President Koroma Must Stay Neutral

If President Koroma has wisely decided not to run a third term, then he must try to remain impartial in the upcoming All Peoples Congress (APC) flag bearer contest for which many big names have started emerging. His recommendation of any flag bearer candidate will bear the highest potential to create political chaos in the party.

Ernest Koroma must allow a level playing field for all aspirants to compete fairly; His manifested support to any candidate may tear apart the party and make it vulnerable to defeat in the coming general elections. If he suggests any candidate and that candidate is unfortunate to lose the election, the party may blame him for giving them the wrong candidate.

If it is true that John Sisay, Minkailu Mansaray, Alpha Kahn, Keifala Marah and Musa Tarawalie are eying the flag bearer position, then I am making the following analysis.

John Sisay being the direct blood relative of President is vulnerable to much criticism. Political cynics may view John Sisay’s proposed party leadership as a calculated attempt by President Koroma to transform the APC into a dynasty or family propery. Besides, John Sisay has spent a better part of his life as a successful business man, not as a successful politician. The name John Sisay appears very strange on this country’s political platform. Does such a man posses the political popularity to lead the APC to victory in 2018?

Keifala Marah is viewed as a very conservative bookworm who is high up there and can hardly come down to the grass root people who constitute the bulk of APC supporters. Alpha Kahn has some political weight as he hails from a very large district that is one of the strongest bases of the ruling APC but he is not regionally balanced neither does he have the required ancestry and popularity to galvanize South-Eastern votes without which the APC can hardly gain victory.

Being the Deputy Leader of the APC, Minkailu Mansaray seems to be overconfident that he is to succeed Ernest Koroma as Leader of the party but his foreign face, despite his Sierra Leonean name, tempts many to view him as a foreigner dressed as a Sierra Leonean citizen.

Musa Tarawalie is a very strong force to reckon with as he is a very powerful mixer who cuts across all sectors of society and is tolerant to all political parties. He is also a very generous donor who has financially rescued a lot of people irrespective of their tribal, regional or political belonging.

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