The wise bird has been monitoring the movements and activities of President Maada Bio as a father of the nation since his controversial re-election almost four months ago.
Bra Parrot is reliably informed that President Bio will be traveling to America to attend the United Nations General Assembly on the 12th of September, 2023.
But what has beaten Bra Parrot’s imagination though is whether President Bio indeed have to travel to attend the UNGA summit given the press statement that was released on 31st on August 2023 by United States Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken placing ban on our government officials from travelling to USA with a visa restriction policy under section 212(a)(3)(c) of the Immigration and National Act for undermining the democratic process in the June 2023 Sierra Leone general elections.
There are speculations that, President Bio is among those affected in the visa restrictions. As usual the wise bird does not want to tell lies as the bird has never told lies to the people of Sierra Leone, so the brave bird went out to sound the views of people whether indeed President Bio will travel to America to attend the summit on the 12th September 2023.
To ease the Wise bird’s curiosity, he spoke to a number of legally minded people (Lawyers) who are grounded in our laws to know whether the travel ban placed will affect the President.
In response, one of the senior Lawyers (name withheld) told the wise bird that, indeed President Bio has the right to travel to America as long as he is going on official matters, insisting that the ban will only affect our number one gentleman when he is going on private visit.
What is interesting though is the question people are asking if for any reason President Bio travels if can come back after the summit, now that the International Criminal Court (ICC) has invited him?
And this development is exactly what has remain a mystery to the respected Wise Bra Parrot if this is not a ploy to arrest our disputable Head of State or better still for him to respectfully surrender certain officials in his administration to the ICC? Keep tuned the brave bird will inform you accordingly as development unfolds.