Investigations conducted by this medium, appears to be forced to make his latest speech.

Tthe two times former flag bearer of the main opposition All People’s Congress (APC)  on Wednesday 19th June 2024 in relation to the Unity Agreements  Tripartite Committee blamed the Electoral Commission for rigging the elections in favor of the ruling Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP).

His speech was meant to calm down supporters of the APC who had earlier on predicated that there would be a change of political leadership in June 19, 2024.

Sources say Samura was forced to deliver the speech because the party had been tied up by the constitution for the following reasons.

The agreement has made the constitution sacrosanct and only the Supreme Court, as stipulated by the constitution, has the powers to order a rerun of elections, not a subcommittee born out of an agreement.

The Tripartite Committee does not have any mandate to recommend a rerun or the removal of any commissioner from the ECSL.

It is these matters for the constitution of Sierra Leone are to address, not the committee.

The APC has participated in this process for six months, and only a few days before its conclusion, they now want to boycott it and deprive Sierra Leoneans of the very progressive reforms that the committee and all the experts have worked on for six months.

The ECSL commission appeared before the committee as posted by the ECSL on their information page.

Why did the APC not ask them all these questions during that time but had to send them a separate letter later?

From the ECSL responses to the letter issued by the APC team, it is very clear that the ECSL submitted all the documents they were asked for. Why then use the ECSL as an excuse for your failure to serve this nation and your party supporters? Any grievances regarding electoral outcomes should be followed by due legal processes, including recourse to the Supreme Court as outline in S45 (2) paragraph a, b, and the timeline for Sierra Leone’s next general election is scheduled for 2028.

It was observed based on it TOR, that the Tripartite Committee’s work does not involve re-running the 2023 elections and does not make any recommendations that might warrant the re-run of the June 2023 elections. That the mandate of the committee was to electoral reform and not on replacing President Julius Maada Bio’s current term in any way. That the Committee engaged various stakeholders across the country-traditional & religious leaders, local councilors, and political parties and political parties supporters, CSOs, media, etc. to discuss the work of the Committee and obtain feedback on how to strengthen our electoral systems in Sierra Leone. To teach people every process and activity of the committee is inclusive and participatory. That the committee was very clear and cautioned against misinformation on the activity of the committee that will cause misinformation leading to public confusion.

It was observed that the APC team on the Committee has been constantly misleading their supporters and the general populace on the scope, objectives and activities of the committee which have raised tension and stability of the peace in the county. That the APC team of the Committee has been given wrong information and hope to their supporters and the general populace that there will be a re-run of the previous 2023 elections when they well know that there are procedures and regulations guiding elections in the country as outline in the Public Elections Act of 2012 and the 1991 Constitution of Sierra Leone.