By: Mohamed M. Sesay
The newly crowned Chief Minister Dr. David Moinina Sengeh has condemned the ill statement made by the United States Ambassador to Sierra Leone David Reimer for his unfortunate and unfounded statement on Radio 98.1.
He admonished developments to stop making incendiary statements that will undermine state security.
“Sierra Leone and the United States have a deep history of mutual respect and shared aspirations for our people – we’re committed to their dreams and hopes. The relationship between our country and any other state is bigger than any single individual’s ego or specific program.
When we invest 20% in education, we do it for our children. When we pass global corruption indices, we do it for our future. When we invest in girls education and human rights, we do it for ourselves. Make no mistake that as leaders of our country, our sovereignty and our national security is more important than anything.
We invest and build systems for a reason and no external body can tell us how we mediate our own challenges.
This is why I am happy the President has set up an independent committee headed by the excellent Vice President to look into all election-related issues and bodies so that we can protect our people’s votes in the future.
This is why I am happy the Independent Commission for Peace and National Cohesion is facilitating the conversations between the opposition and government. This is why I am happy we are moving steadfastly on our ambitious national investment and transformation plans. I find it quite fascinating that people believe African governments sit and wait for congratulatory messages from western powers.
We are equals as nations, irrespective of our economy. We are equals as nations, no matter how much help we receive from others. We are equals as nations, no matter our chosen bilateral relations with other nations. When our partners make incendiary statements that have the potential to disrupt our security and democracy backed by their own data and personal beliefs, we must understand that there are consequences to those words,” he said on Facebook.
Dr. David Sengeh admonished that Sierra Leone, and the United States have a deep history of mutual respect and shared aspirations for the people Sierra Leone of which the Bio Government is committed to their dreams and hopes. He sent a strong worded warning that the relationship between Sierra Leone and any other state is bigger than any single individual’s ego or specific program.
The Chief Minister expressed elation that President Bio has set up an independent committee headed by the excellent Vice President to investigate all election-related issues and bodies so that they could protect the people’s votes in the future.