POLITICAL CRAZZYNESS

A PRESIDENT WITH A DIFFERENT APPROACH  * Maada Bio; A Drug Lord or A Democratically Elected President?*  I have seen leaders,  democratically elected and those that usurped power through the barrel of the gun. But what we have never seen in past leaders, elected or not, is to hear extraordinary lies from them as we are witnessing in the Bio administration. We saw Juxon Smith, who was a complete gentleman and we saw Valentine Strasser who was a cool headed but Laissez-Faire leader, which is why he was betrayed by Maada Bio. We also saw Johnny Paul and his unpopular coup but he was another gentleman.  The fact is that leaders are elected through democratic means because democracy provides for responsive, accountable and pragmatic leadership. If one cannot be held accountable for what they say or do in office, that system of governance is worthless and hopeless. In an accountable system, leaders are meant to behave according to laid down rules and regulations, traditions, and their behavi

  WHY PUT POLITICS INTO OUR TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY INSTITUTION By Dr Samura Mathew Wilson Kamara PhD My attention has been drawn to the content of a press briefing by the Commissioner of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), Francis Ben Kaifala, held on Wednesday, 1st September, 2021, at the Cathedral Hall, Gloucester Street, Freetown. I have had cause to review the content of the said press briefing on Facebook in which the Commissioner informed the general public that he has concluded the investigation relating to the alleged mismanagement of funds meant for the renovation of the building housing the Sierra Leone Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York, which had been exposed by the Africanist Press, covering the period since the PAOPA SLPP Bio administration came into governance, 2018-2021. In the reports, the Africanist Press provided incontestable evidential details of the associated non-transparent funds transfers, including the names of persons directly invo