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Concord Times (Freetown)<\/p>\n

With John Momoh<\/p>\n

4 August 2011<\/p>\n

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Freetown \u2014 It is now finally a graceful end to a long and tortuous heart-breaking journey for the covetous position of SLPP Leader and Flag-bearer for the coming 2012 Presidential and Legislative elections which has terminated on a resounding victory for Retired Brigadier Maada Bio, a former head of the defunct National Provisional Ruling Council (NPRC) which overseen a return to civilian rule after the overthrow of the APC Government.<\/p>\n

The big question in the horizon is whether this time around the retired head of the NPRC junta will be able to topple the APC Government as head of the SLPP, the country’s main opposition party, through the ballot box and the democratic process. When this question was posed to a seasoned SLPP stalwart, his reply was that SLPP’s come-back to power will to a large extent depend on the solidarity and focus of the party’s executives, including the 18 other aspirants who contested for the position of flag-bearer and party leader. He added that there are many influential politicians among the 18, some of whom have made their presence felt in the campaign arena, such as ex-Energy and Power Minister Emmanuel Grant alias ‘Toes Man’.<\/p>\n

Certainly with the end of the campaign, it is now high time for all and sundry to put hands on deck for the reconstruction of a dynamic and vibrant SLPP after the defeat doldrums that set in after the 2007 Presidential and Parliamentary elections when things went out of hand eventually leading to the downfall of the party. With the emergence of Maada Bio as party leader, it is now time to forget about petty jealousies and work towards reuniting the party. The fine example was already illustrated by the Rtd. US Army Major Ishmael Koroma, one of the 19 aspirants who along with others paid the Le50 million eligibility criteria fee. He is said to have given up his presidential ambitions to contest for the party leadership by forging an alliance with Maada Bio to the consternation of other aspirants.<\/p>\n

What losing SLPP aspirants would beware of is the phenomenon of wolves in sheep’s clothing within their ranks. That is to say those pretending to be firm SLPP supporters while in reality they are members of or working as spies for other political parties. They should equally beware of those bent on sowing seeds of discord within their ranks by inciting losing aspirants to quit and pitch tents with other political parties.<\/p>\n

A lot of speculations continue to do the rounds concerning the nomination of a vice-presidential running-mate, which according to the constitution is the prerogative of the Flag-bearer. If ever a running-mate is to be designated, the prospects are that the person must be a political heavyweight from either the Northern Province or the Western Area; that is to say regions of the country where the influence of the SLPP had suffered a setback since the APC regained power in 2007. In fact the lion’s share of Parliamentarians from these two regions is from the red-sun party. It all began when sometime during the SLPP era one of the mishaps that befell the SLPP upon the introduction of the Local Councils was that in the first Local Council elections the Freetown City Council fell to the opposition APC. This delved a severe blow to the SLPP as funds from the City Council were diverted to finance the strength of the APC.<\/p>\n

Some SLPP stalwarts insist that it would be wrong on the part of losing aspirants to nurture the idea of marginalizing Maada Bio for whatever reason. This is because SLPP being humiliated in the coming elections will be felt by all party supporters and stalwarts irrespective of ethnic or regional origin. This is why it can be na\u00efve on the part of losing aspirants to take things for granted on grounds that SLPP business is not my personal business. Doing so means that one day those who are taking things lightly may be direct or indirect victims of political and ethnic witch-hunting.<\/p>\n

Thus losers are obliged to embrace one another in the spirit of the party’s slogan: ‘One Country, One People, the only way out and the only way forward’. It is still an intrigue that many people can hardly believe how come the SLPP was unable to boast of 10 Parliamentary seats in the Northern Province and the Western Area combined, while the newly organized PMDC party of lawyer Charles Margai scratched 10 Parliamentary seats from the SLPP’s southern region stronghold.<\/p>\n

It may be recalled that the ruling APC party went through a similar political mishap in the 1996 Proportional Representation (PR) elections that brought the SLPP to power. Those polls were conducted by the ex-UN Assistant Secretary General Dr. James Jonah. Indeed given the political circumstances at the time, the APC could not have done much after the witch-hunting that set in following the military coup that toppled the party from power. Many APC supporters affirm that at that time the party was effectively weakened after the rigours of defections and some of its top members targeted to stand before commissions of inquiry as well as the leadership struggle that further weakened the party.<\/p>\n

Despite those obstacles however, the APC worked assiduously to win at least 10 seats in the Northern Province mostly from the Bombali district during the 2002 Presidential and Legislative elections that secured a second-term mandate for ex-President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah.<\/p>\n

As had been promised even before the just ended SLPP National Delegates Conference convened in Freetown, one way of enhancing party unity and pacifying the losing presidential aspirants is that priority in the appointment of cabinet ministers and top positions in government will be given to the 18 losing presidential aspirants. Some dedicated SLPP stalwarts have been cautioning against making the mistake of allocating most of the top cabinet positions to SLPP stalwarts in the diaspora in the event of SLPP back to power victory as other political parties have done. This is because the task of bringing SLPP back to power squarely depends on the hard work that may lead to regaining the Northern Province, Western Area and Kono district from total APC dominance; something that is not an easy task given this country’s political landscape.<\/p>\n

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Concord Times (Freetown) With John Momoh 4 August 2011 Freetown \u2014 It is now finally a graceful end to a long and tortuous heart-breaking journey for the covetous position of SLPP Leader and Flag-bearer for the coming 2012 Presidential and Legislative elections which has terminated on a resounding victory for Retired Brigadier Maada Bio, a former head of the defunct National Provisional Ruling Council (NPRC) which overseen a return to civilian rule after the overthrow of the APC Government. The big question in the horizon is whether this time around the retired head of the NPRC junta will be able to topple the APC Government as head of the SLPP, the country’s main opposition party, through the ballot box and the democratic process. When this question was posed to a seasoned SLPP stalwart, his reply was that SLPP’s come-back to power will to a large extent depend on the solidarity and focus of the party’s executives, including the 18 other aspirants who contested for the position of flag-bearer and party leader. He added that there are many influential politicians among the 18, some of whom have made their presence felt in the campaign arena, such as ex-Energy and Power Minister Emmanuel Grant alias ‘Toes Man’. Certainly with the end of the campaign, it is now high time for all and sundry to put hands on deck for the reconstruction of a dynamic and vibrant SLPP after the defeat doldrums that set in after the 2007 Presidential and Parliamentary elections when things went out of hand eventually leading to the downfall of the party. With the emergence of Maada Bio as party leader, it is now time to forget about petty jealousies and work towards reuniting the party. The fine example was already illustrated by the Rtd. US Army Major Ishmael Koroma, one of the 19 aspirants who along with others paid the Le50 million eligibility criteria fee. He is said to have given up his presidential ambitions to contest for the party leadership by forging an alliance with Maada Bio to the consternation of other aspirants. What losing SLPP aspirants would beware of is the phenomenon of wolves in sheep’s clothing within their ranks. That is to say those pretending to be firm SLPP supporters while in reality they are members of or working as spies for other political parties. They should equally beware of those bent on sowing seeds of discord within their ranks by inciting losing aspirants to quit and pitch tents with other political parties. A lot of speculations continue to do the rounds concerning the nomination of a vice-presidential running-mate, which according to the constitution is the prerogative of the Flag-bearer. If ever a running-mate is to be designated, the prospects are that the person must be a political heavyweight from either the Northern Province or the Western Area; that is to say regions of the country where the influence of the SLPP had suffered a setback since the APC regained power in 2007. In fact the lion’s share of Parliamentarians from these two regions is from the red-sun party. It all began when sometime during the SLPP era one of the mishaps that befell the SLPP upon the introduction of the Local Councils was that in the first Local Council elections the Freetown City Council fell to the opposition APC. This delved a severe blow to the SLPP as funds from the City Council were diverted to finance the strength of the APC. Some SLPP stalwarts insist that it would be wrong on the part of losing aspirants to nurture the idea of marginalizing Maada Bio for whatever reason. This is because SLPP being humiliated in the coming elections will be felt by all party supporters and stalwarts irrespective of ethnic or regional origin. This is why it can be na\u00efve on the part of losing aspirants to take things for granted on grounds that SLPP business is not my personal business. Doing so means that one day those who are taking things lightly may be direct or indirect victims of political and ethnic witch-hunting. Thus losers are obliged to embrace one another in the spirit of the party’s slogan: ‘One Country, One People, the only way out and the only way forward’. It is still an intrigue that many people can hardly believe how come the SLPP was unable to boast of 10 Parliamentary seats in the Northern Province and the Western Area combined, while the newly organized PMDC party of lawyer Charles Margai scratched 10 Parliamentary seats from the SLPP’s southern region stronghold. It may be recalled that the ruling APC party went through a similar political mishap in the 1996 Proportional Representation (PR) elections that brought the SLPP to power. Those polls were conducted by the ex-UN Assistant Secretary General Dr. James Jonah. Indeed given the political circumstances at the time, the APC could not have done much after the witch-hunting that set in following the military coup that toppled the party from power. Many APC supporters affirm that at that time the party was effectively weakened after the rigours of defections and some of its top members targeted to stand before commissions of inquiry as well as the leadership struggle that further weakened the party. Despite those obstacles however, the APC worked assiduously to win at least 10 seats in the Northern Province mostly from the Bombali district during the 2002 Presidential and Legislative elections that secured a second-term mandate for ex-President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah. As had been promised even before the just ended SLPP National Delegates Conference convened in Freetown, one way of enhancing party unity and pacifying the losing presidential aspirants is that priority in the appointment of cabinet ministers and top positions in government will be given to the 18 losing presidential aspirants. Some dedicated SLPP stalwarts have been cautioning against making the mistake of allocating most of the top cabinet positions to SLPP stalwarts in the diaspora in the event of SLPP back to power victory as other political parties have done. This is because the task of bringing SLPP back to power squarely depends on the hard work that may lead to regaining the Northern Province, Western Area and Kono district from total APC dominance; something that is not an easy task given this country’s political landscape. 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Certainly with the end of the campaign, it is now high time for all and sundry to put hands on deck for the reconstruction of a dynamic and vibrant SLPP after the defeat doldrums that set in after the 2007 Presidential and Parliamentary elections when things went out of hand eventually leading to the downfall of the party. With the emergence of Maada Bio as party leader, it is now time to forget about petty jealousies and work towards reuniting the party. The fine example was already illustrated by the Rtd. US Army Major Ishmael Koroma, one of the 19 aspirants who along with others paid the Le50 million eligibility criteria fee. He is said to have given up his presidential ambitions to contest for the party leadership by forging an alliance with Maada Bio to the consternation of other aspirants. What losing SLPP aspirants would beware of is the phenomenon of wolves in sheep's clothing within their ranks. That is to say those pretending to be firm SLPP supporters while in reality they are members of or working as spies for other political parties. They should equally beware of those bent on sowing seeds of discord within their ranks by inciting losing aspirants to quit and pitch tents with other political parties. A lot of speculations continue to do the rounds concerning the nomination of a vice-presidential running-mate, which according to the constitution is the prerogative of the Flag-bearer. If ever a running-mate is to be designated, the prospects are that the person must be a political heavyweight from either the Northern Province or the Western Area; that is to say regions of the country where the influence of the SLPP had suffered a setback since the APC regained power in 2007. In fact the lion's share of Parliamentarians from these two regions is from the red-sun party. It all began when sometime during the SLPP era one of the mishaps that befell the SLPP upon the introduction of the Local Councils was that in the first Local Council elections the Freetown City Council fell to the opposition APC. This delved a severe blow to the SLPP as funds from the City Council were diverted to finance the strength of the APC. Some SLPP stalwarts insist that it would be wrong on the part of losing aspirants to nurture the idea of marginalizing Maada Bio for whatever reason. This is because SLPP being humiliated in the coming elections will be felt by all party supporters and stalwarts irrespective of ethnic or regional origin. This is why it can be na\u00efve on the part of losing aspirants to take things for granted on grounds that SLPP business is not my personal business. Doing so means that one day those who are taking things lightly may be direct or indirect victims of political and ethnic witch-hunting. Thus losers are obliged to embrace one another in the spirit of the party's slogan: 'One Country, One People, the only way out and the only way forward'. It is still an intrigue that many people can hardly believe how come the SLPP was unable to boast of 10 Parliamentary seats in the Northern Province and the Western Area combined, while the newly organized PMDC party of lawyer Charles Margai scratched 10 Parliamentary seats from the SLPP's southern region stronghold. It may be recalled that the ruling APC party went through a similar political mishap in the 1996 Proportional Representation (PR) elections that brought the SLPP to power. Those polls were conducted by the ex-UN Assistant Secretary General Dr. James Jonah. Indeed given the political circumstances at the time, the APC could not have done much after the witch-hunting that set in following the military coup that toppled the party from power. Many APC supporters affirm that at that time the party was effectively weakened after the rigours of defections and some of its top members targeted to stand before commissions of inquiry as well as the leadership struggle that further weakened the party. Despite those obstacles however, the APC worked assiduously to win at least 10 seats in the Northern Province mostly from the Bombali district during the 2002 Presidential and Legislative elections that secured a second-term mandate for ex-President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah. As had been promised even before the just ended SLPP National Delegates Conference convened in Freetown, one way of enhancing party unity and pacifying the losing presidential aspirants is that priority in the appointment of cabinet ministers and top positions in government will be given to the 18 losing presidential aspirants. Some dedicated SLPP stalwarts have been cautioning against making the mistake of allocating most of the top cabinet positions to SLPP stalwarts in the diaspora in the event of SLPP back to power victory as other political parties have done. This is because the task of bringing SLPP back to power squarely depends on the hard work that may lead to regaining the Northern Province, Western Area and Kono district from total APC dominance; something that is not an easy task given this country's political landscape. 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