Sierra Leone: The next president?
Last week, Sierra Leone’s biggest opposition party, the Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP), breathed a sigh of relief after the Supreme Court threw out a protracted case brought against it by one of its own members.
That ruling paved the way for the party’s much anticipated convention, this week end, when it is expected to elect its flag bearer, who will face off President Ernest Bai Koroma in next year’s election.
The inclusion of names of three women on the ballot for flag bearer adds impetus to this. Tribalism, which here takes regional dimension, exists at the heart of all level of politics. Delegates will most certainly have that at the back of their minds as they cast their votes on July 31. But perhaps of utmost interest is that out of 19 aspirants vying for the chance to face off with President Koroma only three are female.
Read the whole article at Daily Monitor, published 31. July
Last week, Sierra Leone’s biggest opposition party, the Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP), breathed a sigh of relief after the Supreme Court threw out a protracted case brought against it by one of its own members.
That ruling paved the way for the party’s much anticipated convention, this week end, when it is expected to elect its flag bearer, who will face off President Ernest Bai Koroma in next year’s election.
The inclusion of names of three women on the ballot for flag bearer adds impetus to this. Tribalism, which here takes regional dimension, exists at the heart of all level of politics. Delegates will most certainly have that at the back of their minds as they cast their votes on July 31. But perhaps of utmost interest is that out of 19 aspirants vying for the chance to face off with President Koroma only three are female.
Read the whole article at Daily Monitor, published 31. July