The opposition SLPP once again exposes its flair to use untruths and deception as a political weapon against the ruling APC government in a recent article written by its presidential running mate Dr. Kadie Sesay for the feminist Ms Magazine (www.msmagazine.com) and republished in the SLPP’s thenewpeople online newspaper (www.thenewpeopleonline.com) today. The article is considered by right thinking Sierra Leoneans as another episode of the opposition SLPP’s calumny of an international media conspiracy to wither the international credibility of the APC and its acceptance as a government inclined to upholding the tenets of democratic principles in the estimation of Sierra Leoneans in the Diaspora.
In response to cries of the aged and other vulnerable groups of elders who lack source of income from any pension scheme, the APC government of President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma through the Social Safety Net Secretariat of Ministry of Labour and Social Security at New England Ville, Freetown, is on the verge to soon make payments of allowances to these persons as the verification process comes to an end, according to reliable source in the secretariat.
The 2007 Presidential and Parliamentary elections witnessed a dramatic twist in Sierra Leone political set-up with the removal from power of a ruling party by an opposition party. Berewa’s chances of winning those elections were slim, taking into account the manner in which he was catapulted into the SLP leadership in Makeni.