Some members of the Sierra Leone People’s Party have expressed their dissatisfaction over President Julius Maada Bio who doubles as the party’s Chairman and Leader for selecting Mohamed Gento Kamara to run for the Mayoral position ahead of the forthcoming elections.
Being a democratic party bound by constitutional laws, these aggrieved members and supporters stated that President Julius Maada Bio did not follow the due process rather than just handpicking Mohamed Gento Kamara despite there were other potential candidates vying for the same position. According to these dye in the wool SLPP members, their Chairman and Leader has undermine the democratic principles of the party to singlehandedly select Mohamed Gento as his own choice of candidacy for the position of Mayor without consulting the hierarchy of the party.
A SLPP member who spoke to this medium intimated that President Julius Maada Bio has stained the democracy of the party which he said his predecessors have worked very hard to maintain, adding that the party was established to create a level playing ground for democracy in Sierra Leone. He said the decision of President Julius Maada to select Mohamed Gento Kamara for the Mayoral position is highly undemocratic because the President has already sidelined the other aspirants that were in the mayoral race with Mohamed Gento Kamara.