{"id":19974,"date":"2023-07-11T17:56:31","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T17:56:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/jfk-sheds-light-on-the-possiblity-of-a-parliament-without-apc"},"modified":"2023-07-11T18:05:52","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T18:05:52","slug":"jfk-sheds-light-on-the-possiblity-of-a-parliament-without-apc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/jfk-sheds-light-on-the-possiblity-of-a-parliament-without-apc","title":{"rendered":"JFK Sheds Light on the Possiblity of a Parliament Without APC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Mohamed Foday Conteh<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Sierra-Leone. <\/strong><\/span>Former Attorney-General and Minister of Justice in the Ernest Bai Koroma Administration Joseph Fitzgerald Kamara (JFK) has shed some light on the possibility of Parliament to function with the main opposition All People\u2019s Congress (APC).<a name=\"aswift_1_host\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to Kamara, Parliament would be less functioning with the main opposition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cParliament without the APC is a Sisyphean task for Governance.\u201cFor instance, for a parliamentary debate as contemplated by sec. 98 of the Constitution, there has to be the other side,\u201d Kamara said.<\/p>\n<p>He said the ruling Sierra Leone People\u2019s Party (SLPP) would need the APC to initiate a debate in the well of Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGovernment can\u2019t debate with itself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHence, without the APC, there will be no debate,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Days after results were announced by the Electoral Commission for Sierra Leone (ECSL), the hierarchy of the APC party intimated that they will boycott governance due to disagreement with the results.<\/p>\n<p>The party accused the ECSL of lacking transparency while urging them to release results by polling stations across the country.<\/p>\n<p>About a week ago, the APC released a dossier with signatures of their newly elected MPs, mayors and district chairperson planning to boycott governance.<\/p>\n<p>With Parliament set to open on 13 July, the APC which control about 40 percent of total seats remain defiant.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\">Sierra-Leone<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mohamed Foday Conteh Africa-Press &#8211; Sierra-Leone. Former Attorney-General and Minister of Justice in the Ernest Bai Koroma Administration Joseph Fitzgerald Kamara (JFK) has shed some light on the possibility of Parliament to function with the main opposition All People\u2019s Congress (APC). 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