{"id":14508,"date":"2023-02-14T12:02:07","date_gmt":"2023-02-14T12:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/hon-amara-alkalie-kamara-declares-for-apc-flag-bearer"},"modified":"2023-02-14T12:02:07","modified_gmt":"2023-02-14T12:02:07","slug":"hon-amara-alkalie-kamara-declares-for-apc-flag-bearer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/hon-amara-alkalie-kamara-declares-for-apc-flag-bearer","title":{"rendered":"Hon. Amara Alkalie Kamara Declares For APC Flag Bearer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Sierra-Leone. <\/strong><\/span>Former Member of Parliament, Hon Amara Alkalie Kamara, has thrown his hat into the race to become the next flag bearer of the All People\u2019s Congress (APC) party for the 2023 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"aswift_1_host\"><\/a>He made this declaration during a press conference held on Friday, the 10th February, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the press on Friday ,Hon. Alkalie promised to work tirelessly to unite the people of Sierra Leone by giving more recognition to Paramount Chiefs whom he referred to as the symbols of peace in their Chiefdoms and the country.\u201cAS leader of the APC party, I will continue to unite members and factions of the Party. I will pioneer a program to modernize the APC party to serve the interests of every member of the party and every Sierra Leonean. Transparency and accountability will be the way of life in the APC party under my leadership. Diplomacy in Party politics leads to corruption. We will call things by their right names.\u201d He stated.<\/p>\n<p>He promised that he will pay special attention to the Welfare Organ of the Party in a bid to recognize the services of their retired members and veterans. He noted that his vision for Sierra Leone and the APC will give more insight about his developmental program for Sierra Leone.<\/p>\n<p>Responding to questions on the conference, Hon Alkalie recounted how he played a significant mediation role to negotiate peace between Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma and M. L. Bangura and his group before Koroma became President in 2007.<\/p>\n<p>He said after 2018 elections, he has been heading a group of loyal and committed members of APC as Chairman of the party\u2019s Peace Facilitation Group, which negotiated peace between the former National Executive of the APC and the National Reformation Movement (NRM).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese negotiations led to the signing of the MOU between the NRM, former National Executive and Stake Holders of the Party and the adoption of the APC 2022 Constitution in Makeni at meetings chaired by our Former President Ernest Bai Koroma. The Peace Facilitation Group has successfully negotiated peace between factions and members of the Party.\u201d He added.<\/p>\n<p>Hon Amara Alkalie is an Electrical Engineer with a Master of Science (M. Sc.) Degree. 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