By Asmieu Bah
For the past couple of weeks, before the arrest of opposition politician Charles Margai, the debate that occupied centre stage was whether or not President Ernest Bai Koroma should run for a third term as head of state. The issue was sparked off up by one of the top echelons of the ruling All People’s Congress party, Balogun Koroma, in a series of interviews on television and radio on the eve of his party’s convention.
The theme for this year’s World Press Freedom Day was “Safe to Speak: Securing Freedom of Expression in all Media”. The Sierra Leone Association of Journalists organized a panel discussion with the lead paper presented by Victor Massaquoi. One of three discussants was Isaac Massaquoi who has put his comments together in the following article.
By Asmieu Bah
It was in January this year. President Ernest Bai Koroma addressed a gathering comprising the Police, the Sierra Leone Roads Authority, Road Transport Corporation and civil society. In very strong language and tone he told them to put an end to lawlessness which he said had been permeating our society for a long time. He even said ‘’calls from above’’ would no longer be tolerated as every man must be below and not above the law.
By Tilly Barrie
What are the actual roles of some state institutions in Sierra Leone? I ask because their roles are vague, if at all they have any meaning so I want these institutions to explain to the populace what their roles and functions are.
You will agree with me that there are a lot of misconceptions about the existence of some of these institutions or what they actually represent. For the purpose of this piece I will restrict my curiosity to just a few.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
