By: Mohamed M. Sesay
A clarion call for the Anti-corruption Commission to launch an immediate investigation as the Acting Chief Executive Officer for Corporate Affairs Commission Prince B. Williams unearthed that the Consortium of Progressive Political Parties (COPPP), was erroneously incorporated and registered on the 20th June 2022, as a company limited by guarantee without the requisite approval from the appropriate authorities for use of the words ‘Political’ and ‘Parties’.
In a letter addressed to the Secretary of Consortium of Progressive Political Parties, Prince B. Williams vehemently expressed that such illegal registration is in contravention of Section 28 (1) (C) of the 2009 Corporate Affairs Commission’s Act. As provided in the aforesaid Act, the letter states that no company shall be incorporated or registered under this Act by a name which in the opinion of the Commission is capable of misleading as to the nature or extent of its activities or is undesirable, offensive or otherwise contrary to public policy”.
It further states that the commission has, therefore, withdrawn the approval for use of the aforementioned prohibited names and also asked that the Certificates of Incorporation and Registration be returned to Corporate Affairs Commission.
“It has come to the notice of Corporate Affairs Commission that Consortium of Progressive Political Parties was erroneously incorporated and registered on the 20th June 2022, as a company limited by guarantee without the requisite approval from the appropriate authorities for use of the words Political’ and Parties’. This is in contravention to Section 28 (1) (C)”, it states.
It could be recalled that in September 2021, ten (10) political parties formed a coalition dubbed as Consortium of Progressive Political Parties (COPPP) illegally operating in Sierra Leone. Among the Consortium of Progressive Political Parties are the All people’s Congress Party (APC), the National Ground Coalition (NGC) the Coalition for Change Party (C4C) among other political parties.
