THE PRESIDENT'S SPEECH AT HIS SECOND SWEARING-IN CEREMONY AS PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SIERRA LEONE ON FRIDAY23RD NOVEMBER, 2012
Fellow Sierra Leoneans
By the grace of God, I have once again been elected as your President. The people have spoken and their collective will has prevailed. I give praise and thanks to Almighty God for the great honour bestowed on me to lead this nation. This is a win for every Sierra Leonean; and I thank every Sierra Leonean for bringing about this victory for this land that we love.
Sierra Leoneans displayed maturity, patience and tolerance during the elections. These are enduring Sierra Leonean values, and we must continue to display them to sustain our peace, our democracy and our development.
We deeply appreciate the commitment of the National Electoral Commission, Political Parties Registration Commission, and the Security forces to the constitution of this country and the sacred tenets of democracy, peace and security. We also applaud the many other state agencies, domestic and international monitors, civil society groups and the media for their positive contribution to ensuring credible, transparent and peaceful elections in the country.
My fellow Sierra Leoneans, you have given me, and my party, the All Peoples Congress, the mandate to govern our country for the next five years. You endorsed the achievements we made with the Agenda for Change and asked us to continue on to the Agenda for Prosperity.
This is my new contract with you; we will focus on creating jobs for the youths, and on training our youths to seize the immense employment opportunities we are creating in the construction, mining, agriculture and other sectors. We will continue with our infrastructural development programmes; we will continue to attract investment; we will continue to fight corruption; we will continue to protect and promote the rights of every woman, every man, youth, child, journalist, and civil society activist.
The time for politics is over; the moment for continuing the transformation has come. This is the time for all of us to embrace each other. In the name of Mama Sierra Leone, let all APC supporters embrace every SLPP supporter and supporters of other political parties. I am inviting the leadership of the SLPP and other political parties to join the leadership of the APC in moving this country forward. The job at hand requires the goodwill and positive energy of the membership of all political parties.
Fellow Sierra Leoneans, democracy respects divisions; good governance transcends divisions. I will make sure that the fruits of the Agenda for Prosperity are equally distributed in every district and region of the country. Our creation of jobs will be for youths all over the country; our focus on skills for employment will be for the youths of every political party; we will construct roads in every region, continue to bring electricity to every district; develop agriculture in every chiefdom and provide free healthcare for the mothers and children of every village.
The work starts today. We know Sierra Leoneans everywhere are celebrating this national victory. But let us celebrate within the law; let us celebrate with the grace, tolerance and goodwill that must be the corner stone of the job at hand. Let us, as we celebrate, be mindful that the work starts today, and every Sierra Leonean, from all political parties, regions, ethnic group, age, and religion is central to our Agenda for Prosperity. We must therefore embrace each other as we march forward with action, bravery, commitment, discipline, empathy and fortitude.
I assure you all that with tenacity of purpose, and with great courage and determination, we will sustain our peace, democracy and development. The future beckons with high hopes for a prosperous Sierra Leone, whose sons and daughters will live together in peace and harmony, and enjoy the abundant fruits of our labour.
God bless you all
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BUT THE DISGRUNTLED CONFUSED SLPP WANT TO SPOIL THE GOODWILL MESSAGE - READ THEIR SECRETARY GENERAL'S "SOUR GRAPES" PRESS RELEASE; TYPICAL OF BAD LOSERS
Press Release:SLPP would be inclined not to accept the result of such a rogue election. Saturday 24 November 2012
By Sulaiman Banja Tejan-sie National Secretary General SLPP
Freetown, 24 November 2012: The Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) notes with
utter dismay the announcement by the Chairperson of the National Electoral
Commission (NEC) on 23 November 2012 of the result of the Presidential
Elections held on 17th November 2012. The Chairperson of NEC made the announcement
despite the fact that the SLPP had brought to the attention of NEC,
international observers and the general public its concerns about the
incidences of systemic and widespread irregularities, malpractices and
injustices that occurred on polling day which undermined the credibility of the
results.
It will
be recalled that in earlier Press Releases, the SLPP had made it known that
unless appropriate and satisfactory remedial action was taken by NEC to address
these concerns, it would be inclined not to accept the result of such a rogue
election.
In the circumstances, therefore, the SLPP is convening an emergency meeting of its National Executive Council (NEC) on Tuesday, 27 November 2012 at the Party National Headquarters in Freetown to determine its reaction to the events that have occurred.
In the circumstances, therefore, the SLPP is convening an emergency meeting of its National Executive Council (NEC) on Tuesday, 27 November 2012 at the Party National Headquarters in Freetown to determine its reaction to the events that have occurred.
In the
meantime, the SLPP is calling upon all its members, supporters and sympathisers
to continue to remain calm and peaceful and to refrain from any action that
might bring the Party into disrepute. Any person who is the victim of any acts
of provocation, intimidation or violence should report the perpetrators
immediately to the nearest Police Station and to the nearest SLPP Party Office. 
Sulaiman
Banja Tejan-Sie
National Secretary-General
National Secretary-General
BUT, as Ade Daramy says in his poem posted in Facebook...........( see extract from the first 2 verses below)
(If ‘Salone nar wi oll yone’, mek wi gree say nar wan king nommoh for siddom nar t’rone)
"So, sit back and let me begin…
The results we’ve all waited for are finally in
Only one side can win and the other struggles to take it all in…
The race has been run, a battle lost and a victory won
I had my eyes set on the big prize
I go under or I could rise
This time, it wasn’t meant for me
Maybe next time, it could just be…
I could go away and come again
Lick my wounds and salve my pain
Or I could find someone or something else to blame
So much easier than to say I played a poor game
One man’s joy may be another man’s sorrow
But we can still join hands for a better tomorrow..."
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Sierra Leone Opposition May Dispute Results - ABC News
"...U.S. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said in a statement that "any grievances related to the election must be resolved through Sierra Leone's judiciary, in accordance with the rule of law."
"...The SLPP has convened an emergency meeting on Tuesday to determine what further action they will take".
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Carter Center Reports Transparent and Orderly Process in S. Leone Elections
See Full Report- check out Link
http://www.frontpageafricaonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4724:carter-center-reports-transparent-and-orderly-process-in-s-leone-elections&catid=67:news&Itemid=144
"...Carter Center observers reported that voting and counting processes were peaceful, orderly, transparent, and in general accordance with Sierra Leone's legal framework and obligations for democratic elections..."
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