This is a letter written to President Ernest Bai Koroma by Ansu B. Lansana, the candidate for Constituency 005 whose votes were nullified by Justice Adeliza Showers. It was received on Friday 6 December 2013. It reads:
Your Excellency!
I write to you during this Christmas season of goodwill in the hope that you receive my concerns in the spirit of goodwill and a kind Christian heart.
I must start by introducing myself to you for ease of recollection and recognition.
By Francis Ben Kaifala, Esq.
Every society has those practices and expressions which with time become generally accepted as right. Some may be good and others may be bad. The good ones usually become conventions while society has to take positive steps, either through legislation or such other conscious-limiting actions to counter the bad practices that have the tendency to become established and be used by both ingenuous and callous men to benefit their aspirations and interests rather than serve much useful purpose for the wider society.
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By Vuyiswa Sidzumo,
We knew this day would come. We were ready but yet we were not ready.
By Ezekiel Nabieu
A well-known maxim that “power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely” is now a cliché and it is apt here. In this Republic we are about to witness the onset of absolute power judging by recent events.
Power is flattering and deceiving but it can lift up and cast down. The question that should be staring us in the face is not where the power comes from but who should possess it. In other words the Head of State is the most important person which is why a separate election is done for the presidency.
STATEMENT FOR THE CLOSING CEREMONY OF THE SPECIAL COURT FOR SIERRA LEONE
Mr. Vice-President
Our Lady the Chief Justice
Mr. Miguel de SerpaSoares ,
Under Secretary-General for Legal Affairs,
Present and Past Presidents and Honourable Judges and Members of the Special Court,
Excellencies,
Distinguished Guests,
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
