Africanus Sorie Sesay

The present @SLBA exco spat on our faces and further blocked us from participating in the democratic process of changing to a new exco. The plot was on the wall for all to see. They didn’t consider the fact that we had paid our conference fees and membership subscription.

The incidents @SLBA Day 2 conference were foreseen. Applications were made to court to contain them but thought otherwise. The blocking of the main Bo to Kenema passage and the corrupt amendment of the agenda even before knowing what the past exco had done were plans hatched.

What a beautiful match. The game actually played and lived up to the expectations of many. The rivalry between Nigeria and South Africa continues.

The AFCON 2023 semi-final match between Nigeria and South Africa will be a battle of skills and cunning. We shall be reminded of how Fela Kuti and Hugh Masakela originated Afrobeat and Amapaino in their days. Victor Oseimeh and Ronwen Williams are the new men for this moment.

The delay to commence voting in majority of the centres in Freetown is akin to voter suppression. @ECsalone this trend is a well calculated ploy when there is no bad weather. This in a way is to engineer voter apathy. I urge all to be in the queue before 5 pm and to be resilient.

At ward 124 Hill Top Community the centre is yet to commence with voting at this time. The voters are so annoyed for the delay and have started chanting “we wan vote”. Please @MKKonnehECSL look at this situation.

@skkoroma Aptly on the law. Definitely there has been no objection in law against the nomination.

Papers filed before the Supreme Court against ECSL,Dr Samura and APC does not amount to an objection against the candidature of Dr samura but QUESTIONS FOR INTERPRETATION. In essence there’s *NO OBJECTION* against Dr samura to contest the elections in June 24 2023

@SBabie2022 This is very simple sir. COIs are not courts under the judicial structure hence they can’t give a verdict of guilt like the established courts. Therefore any adverse finding reached cannot be a judgment to convict and sentence. COI invited persons are not referred to as accused.

@SesayAfricanus This is funny Mr Africanus! What is your authority? If you can accept favorable outcomes as valid exoneration from guilt , why is an adverse outcome not good enough indictment???? Tell us Mr lawyer ESQ.

The COI finding can never be a judgment in civil or criminal terms. COI cannot convict nor pass down a sentence. By so doing it will act like a parallel institution outside the judiciary. So you only appeal COI adverse findings to the Court of Appeal.

Adverse finding of a commission of inquiry is not a criminal conviction and sentence. A COI is merely ad hoc tribunal and gives recommendation which is not synonymous to a court judgement.

The so called barcode in the voter ID cards is not a better means of providing integrity for the process. It’s a cover for rigging elections in countries where the ICT is struggling. We are able to count our 3 million or so votes in SL.

The SL Constitution is very clear on the conditions and collateral questions necessary to trigger the PR according to section 38A and the amendment of 2001. Not going by the spirit of the Constitution is an offence and ‘time does not run against the crown’.

The world is so unfair. In SL the president is often given grace period to act upon ascending to the highest office. In the UK the prime minister is questioned from day one in office on the governance issues. What a contrast in democracies.

Ady Macaulay a legal practitioner has just been detained at the SL CID for proffering a legal opinion on the difference between static protest and procession. It is alleged that his legal opinion had incited the August 10 cost of living protests. This is a threat to free speech.

My attention has been drawn to the voter registration receipt which doesn’t have any serial number. This situation is prone to the manipulation of the voter registration exercise. The elections process will in turn be affected if accountable steps are not taken. @ECSL please act.

@ASAUK_News @twolatweet @simkumalkoroma Congratulations @simkumalkoroma for the laudable achievement. Continue to be a bright star.

Professor Ola Uduku @twolatweet congratulates Dr Simeon Koroma @simkumalkoroma, while Carli Coetzee reads his citation as the winner of the 2022 Audrey Richards Prize for the best dissertation. Congratulations!

@ThomaSenesie To get your own money from the bank is an issue. This will drive people to alternate means as smooth business flow doesn’t need that.

Me Sesay, I have no problem holding a government accountable. I have, on countless occasions, put this administration on BLAST. This is beyond nationalism brother. It is a propaganda that is being initiatived, package and sold to the people as one that embodies our interest-not!

@ThomaSenesie @ThomasSenesie I know you are really not happy with how rights have be come eroded in SL and you feel restrained to talk about them for politics. But with the economy that is hitting us all very hard from every corner that I feel you should be able to say something.

@ThomaSenesie @AdyMacauley @UmaruNapoleon As long as your have the mandate from the people your are constitutionally accountable within the framework of the law to answer for your stewardship. If we don’t want democracy let’s change our laws but as long as that’s what we say we want it’s tenets should be followed.

@AdyMacauley @UmaruNapoleon Of that party has done—EBK! The much overused orders from above became a thing under the APC!! Why will APC trigger unrest and go to great lengths to incite unrest whenever they are in opposition? Una kin passmark bo. Una too lek gbagbati

The Attempt by @UmaruNapoleon to criminalize the right to peaceful protest will not work; & the concerted effort to name & shame those defending that right will equally not work. My advice to u, set up an inquest as required by law to investigate the Pademba Road Prison Massacre.

@ThomaSenesie @AdyMacauley @UmaruNapoleon So holding a system accountable is gbagbati? If you don’t like the smoke please don’t venture in to kitchen.