Dr Ibrahim Bangura: A Compelling Case For APC Flagbearership
By Tamba Amadu Matturie The contest for the flagbearership of the All People’s Congress (APC) should be approached with seriousness, maturity and a clear understanding of what is ultimately at…
Sierra Leone’s Constitutional Crisis: When The Atmosphere Becomes The Order From Above
By Oumar Farouk Sesay In developing my theory of disavowed agentic corruption, I have argued that one of the most effective mechanisms by which institutional wrongdoing operates is the familiar…
Pontius Pilate In Parliament
By Yoni Emmanuel Sesay Pontius Pilate is remembered not because he lacked authority, nor because he was oblivious of the gravity of the decision before him. His story has endured…
Why ‘Two-Thirds Of Parliament’ Cannot Mean ‘Two-Thirds Of Who Are Present’
By Moses MASSA, Esq. The Hypothetical Imagine a massive political crisis or a total boycott where only ten Members of Parliament show up to the well of Parliament in Freetown.…
The Nothingness In President Bio’s Parliamentary Address
By Mohamed Sankoh (One Drop) One thing President Julius Maada Bio appears to be good at is his knack for churning out what seems to be sexed-up statistics to make…
Sierra Leone: A Nation At War With The Past
By Oumar Farouk Sesay A dangerous principle increasingly governs Sierra Leone’s politics: yesterday’s wrongs can justify today’s abuses. That principle is captured in the Krio expression “You du me, ah…
The Constitutional Questions Parliament Must Answer
By Yoni Emmanuel Sesay Constitutions are not written for ordinary days. They are written for the day when the obvious answer is no longer obvious; when the election is close,…
APC Spokesman Decries Gov’t Borrowing
By Lemuella Tarawallie The All People’s Congress (APC) Parliamentary Spokesperson, Honourable Dr Unpha Sorie Gbassay Koroma, has raised serious concerns over “persistent revenue leakages, increasing domestic borrowing and weak revenue…
The Greatest Weakness Of The Amendment Bill Is Not What It Changes
By Alpha Amadu Jalloh Having examined the principal amendments proposed throughout the Bill, a broader constitutional picture begins to emerge. Constitutional amendments should always be assessed collectively because the Constitution…
From The Bar Association Blockade To The Kneeling State (Part 2)
By Oumar Farouk Sesay In Part One of this series, disavowed-agentic corruption was introduced: the transfer of moral and legal responsibility to real, anticipated, or fictitious authority—often concealed behind the…