By Tornyayia Lemoi

The attack on the country’s main opposition All People’s Congress (APC) presidential hopeful for the June 24th presidential election, Dr. Samura Mathew Wilson Kamara is not only shameful but a painful one on Sierra Leone’s young democracy.

Last Sunday’s indecent and callous behavior at Mile 38 checkpoint needs to be thoroughly investigated to unveil the identities behind it.

To belong to organization be it social, political or otherwise, is a choice. It is not like being born in a particular family, country, colour or tribe which is squarely determined by nature (God, our creator). For a country that has suffered from 11 years brutal and bloody non-sense war that has left an indelible scar on the lives and history of the country, needs no reminder for a recurrence. Dr. Samura Kamara is a peaceful citizen that knows his duties and responsibilities and of course well understands the pros and cons of not complying with the laws more so when he is an opposition flag bearer.

Unlike President Bio, Samura Kamara is an epitome of peace that deserves his own bit of respect nationally.

To welcome the national leader of the APC during the eve of the election should be seen as a desperate move for change by the general masses who are perturbed with the prevailing economic hardship that has almost reduced the country’s tiny population to destitute punctuated by the recent ruthless killings of unarmed civilians who were merely protesting for better living.

The political climate is growing strong as there are bad omens hanging over the land towards the elections as warring tensions continue to mount between the two main political parties.

Citizens are worried and fearing that if only things continue unfolding in such manner then the country is heading for the worst that lies ahead.

The recent clash at Mile 38 has sparked public outcry about what will be the consequence of the three-tier elections with such occurrence on the eve of the general elections.

The type of politics practiced between and among members of the SLPP and APC especially is bad for the future generation of politicians to copy-cat the same. In Sierra Leone politics, the party in governance has the political will to hold to ransom the delegate’s conferences of other political parties to their own best advantage.

Some political pundits are bothering with the question if truly Sierra Leone is really ripe for democracy. Our politicians are not protecting national developments and interests but rather protecting what they have continued to plunder from the people they claim they represent.

In a contemporary and decent democratic dispensation, political parties should not see themselves as enemies but as state actors eager to see national development as development is a team work.

Therefore, neither SLPP nor APC alone can solely develop this nation but needs each other’s hands on deck for the country to regain its past glory in Africa and globally.