{"id":16884,"date":"2023-04-30T11:32:43","date_gmt":"2023-04-30T11:32:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/voters-in-sierra-leone-to-give-verdict-as-high-court-adjourns-case-against-samura-kamara"},"modified":"2023-04-30T11:56:55","modified_gmt":"2023-04-30T11:56:55","slug":"voters-in-sierra-leone-to-give-verdict-as-high-court-adjourns-case-against-samura-kamara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/voters-in-sierra-leone-to-give-verdict-as-high-court-adjourns-case-against-samura-kamara","title":{"rendered":"Voters in Sierra Leone to give verdict as High Court adjourns case against Samura Kamara"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Sierra-Leone. <\/strong><\/span>The Anti-Corruption Commission case against Dr Samura Kamara and five others has been adjourned to 14 July 2023. This is almost three weeks after the people of Sierra Leone would have voted in the presidential and general elections slated for June 24.<\/p>\n

Samura Kamara is the leader and presidential candidate of the main opposition All People\u2019s Congress (APC). The adjornment means that the man widely believed would emerge as President of Sierra Leone after the polls of June 24 is now free to focus on his bid to lead his country.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis trial has been a heavy burden on our candidate\u2019s movement and political campaign. Although there is very limited time left, we will optimally use it to take our message of \u2018Wan Nation\u2019 of hope, and of economic recovery to the people,\u2019 said Sidi Yahya Tunis, the APC National Publicity Secretary.<\/p>\n

The main opposition candidate Samura has over forty years of professional experience in various senior management positions without blemish.<\/p>\n

In his last job as minister of foreign affairs and international cooperation, as in other posts, he worked very hard for his country, sourced millions of dollars he left the money in the national coffers including funds meant for the refurbishment of Sierra Leone\u2019s Chancery building in #NewYork.<\/p>\n

Those who succeeded him reportedly met the funds in the ministry\u2019s account, used the money dubiously then they put him in the dock on what observers describe as \u2018strange charges\u2019 of \u2018not following due process\u2019 and \u2018deceiving a principal. For more than two years, he stood accused for money his lawyers say were expended after he had left office.<\/p>\n

Political and legal analysts who have been following the case hold the view that Samura Kamara\u2019s trial could not be unconnected with his decision to challenge the incumbent President Julius Maada Bio for the highest office in the land.<\/p>\n

Francis Gabbidon, a senior lawyer and former Ombudsman said during an \u2018AYV On Sunday\u2019 television programme that he didn\u2019t see anything in the case against the APC presidential candidate and that he believed Samura Kamara\u2019s trial was politically motivated.<\/p>\n

Many lawyers and public servants I have spoken with hold the same view, and for many political observers, yesterday\u2019s adjournment of the trial until after the June 24 elections will give voters the chance for a referendum on the APC candidate\u2019s innocence.<\/p>\n

Dr Samura Kamara\u2019s supporters say his hands are clean and that he has the temperament, the competence, experience and expertise to rebuild the economy, unite the country and restore peace and democratic good governance.<\/p>\n

This is in response to his critics\u2019 fear of retaliation for the many violations this government has committed including their persecution of Samura Kamara. But Samura Kamara himself has said he wouldn\u2019t have time for that.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will not repeat their mistakes of spending much needed resources and time needlessly pursuing opponents. There are too many urgent competing priorities to tackle. My focus will be on fostering \u2018one\u2019 nation, restoring livelihoods and setting the country on motion to middle income,\u201d Kamara assured.<\/p>\n

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