Bra Parrot is not a politician and will never be one, only that the brave bird is always talking about issues of national development and not about personalities.
That is more the reason the brave bird is flying the length and breadth of the country to sound the views of individuals, group of individuals, political parties, civil society organizations and many more.
The brave bird has been following the activities of all political parties in the country since 2018. Since then the Main Opposition APC party has been crying foul of harassment, victimization and or suppression within their party. It saw party members arrested and detained for no just cause.
Matters were taken to court for hearing they were never heard, and all put together is tantamount to lack of respect for democracy.
The All People’s Congress (APC) party had raised series of concerns before, during and after the 24th June 2023 elections of irregularities which were being allegedly perpetrated by the ruling SLPP party.
Bra Parrot of late was made to understand that, the party had taken a decision not to go to court, and would not take part in governance issues because of the reasons highlighted above.
The concerns of the brave bird now are that since the party took the decision not to take part in governance the entire membership of the party has remained very quiet. Rumours have it that a handful of party members are presently holding secret meetings by way of negotiating behind closed doors which is bent on undermining the party’s original decision not to take part in all governance activities.
Bra Parrot has many a time tried to get on to the National Secretary General of the party Lawyer Lansana Dumbuya to get his own side about the allegations.
The essence is for him to confirm whether it is true or not that a handful of the party members are working behind closed doors to change their original decision but to no avail. The reason why the bird wants to see the Secretary is because the brave bird has never told lies. It will not want to do so at any given time.
The All People’s Congress (APC) party is an institution that has right to take decision on its own. And before such a decision was taken by the National Advisory Council (NAC), according to information, NAC sounded the views all other senior members of the party.
From the views of the people the brave bird had interviewed, it was clear that, some members of the public are in support of APC’s decision while others are against the decision.
In a democratic dispensation, no government will work effectively without the opposition; democracy has no alternative as long as registration of voters, verification of names and voting took place in an election; that is part of the democratic process.
On the other hand, all parties that took part in the elections are present in Parliament that completes the democratic process, but if that is lacking then democracy is not in full gear.
In Sierra Leone today, can anybody stand in the open and say democracy is at work? In the world over, democracy is the order of the day. The European Union (EU), the United States of America (USA), United Kingdom (UK) and all other International Bodies are not in support of any Country that is not democratic.
The question is, will the All People’s Congress (APC) party heed to the demands of the ruling SLPP government, when they say members will lose their seats after thirty (30) sittings in Parliament. The brave bird stands to be corrected.
If that is the case, “what goes around, comes around,” a Speaker in one West African Country said at one in Parliament.