𝐁𝐲 𝐒𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐚. In January 2006, Charles Francis Margai, formed the PMDC after he left the SLPP (Sierra Leone Peoples Party). In the 2007 run-off election between the SLPP candidate Solomon Ekuma Berewa and the APC’s Ernest Bai Koroma, Charles Francis Margai’s PMDC forged an alliance with the APC party which led partly to the defeat of Solomon Berewa. The …

Stakeholders in Koinadugu District, northern Sierra Leone, have assembled some of the largest crowds and converged on Kabala town where they formally handed the district over to His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio who continues his working tour of the country. The President is on a 3-day tour of Koinadugu and Falaba Districts, where almost all Paramount Chiefs in …

Sixteen SLPP candidates have received provisional nomination certificates to contest as ordinary Members of Parliament in Bombali district on 24th June. The ECSL (Electoral Commission for Sierra Leone) District Returning Officer in Bombali and team processed the nomination forms at their office in Makeni on Sunday, 7th May, 2023 and certified them. One of the leading SLPP MP candidates in …

His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio and leader of the ruling Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP), has welcomed a powerful opposition politician who publicly resigned on Friday, 28th May, 2023 from the All People’s Congress (APC), to officially join the ruling SLPP. The President noted that “In continuing with our commitment towards opening up the space for other broad-minded …

The leader and flag bearer of the SLPP, President Dr Julius Maada Bio was in Kono District at the weekend to formally welcome more than a thousand APC and C4C party members/supporters to the SLPP. According to the SLPP Chairman Kono district, Mr. Safea Leslie Moiwa, he has been working tirekessly together with his executive to convince over a thousand …

Fellow Sierra Leoneans, 1 It is with great honour that I address this August House for the sixth time on this auspicious occasion of the dissolution of the Fifth Parliament of the Second Republic of Sierra Leone. 2. We are a nation defined by our hope and resilience forged in zeal and devotion. Our forefathers spread knowledge and truth, and …

Leaders of the ruling Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) and the opposition National Grand Coalition (NGC), have on, Sunday, 23rd April, 2023, put aside their egos for the progress of the country. At the launch of an alliance at the Bintumani Conference Centre in Western Freetown, President Julius Maada Bio who doubles as Leader of the SLPP, said they have …

No fewer than 300 party members have dumped the main opposition APC party for the ruling SLPP in Biriwa Chiefdom, Bombali district. Led by their spokesman, Foday Koroma alias Koloto, they disclosed that they were leaving the APC to join the SLPP because of the good things that President Brig.(Rtd) Julius Maada Bio has done for the country in less …

The life of the Fifth Parliament of the Second Republic of Sierra Leone is expected to end on Tuesday, 25th April, 2023. His Excellency The President, Dr Julius Maada Bio is expected to officially dissolve the current Parliament on 25th April, 2023. The current Members of Parliament were elected on a constituency basis except for the Paramount Chief Members of …

His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio today commenced a three-day working tour of chiefdoms in the Pujehun District as part of his nationwide engagements with local authorities, women and young people on the need for citizens’ participation in national development and peaceful elections. At Masa Town, in the Kpaka Chiefdom, he said he was happy to have been the …