{"id":32183,"date":"2024-05-25T16:35:28","date_gmt":"2024-05-25T16:35:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/ady-macauley-criticizes-bar-association-agm-disruption-as-callous-attack-on-democracy"},"modified":"2024-05-25T16:43:29","modified_gmt":"2024-05-25T16:43:29","slug":"ady-macauley-criticizes-bar-association-agm-disruption-as-callous-attack-on-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/ady-macauley-criticizes-bar-association-agm-disruption-as-callous-attack-on-democracy","title":{"rendered":"Ady Macauley Criticizes Bar Association AGM Disruption as \u2018Callous\u2019 Attack on Democracy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Sierra-Leone. <\/strong><\/span>Ady Macauley, a well-known APC Politician, lawyer and former Anti-Corruption Commissioner, has voiced strong criticism of the recent events at the Sierra Leone Bar Association (SLBA) Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Kenema. In a recent statement, Macauley described the incident as a \u201cnew low\u201d for the Association.<\/p>\n

Macauley referred to the disruption at the AGM as \u201cblue wrist band banditry,\u201d condemning it as a callous and cold-blooded attempt to undermine the democratic process and silence opposing voices. He accused those responsible of lacking integrity and attempting to steal the voices of others.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is not going to be business as usual,\u201d Macauley declared, emphasizing that those expecting the issue to fade away are gravely mistaken.<\/p>\n

He affirmed that he and others who oppose this attempt to silence them will not rest until the anomaly is corrected. Macauley promised to hold those responsible accountable and to publicly shame them for their actions.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Sierra-Leone<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Sierra-Leone. Ady Macauley, a well-known APC Politician, lawyer and former Anti-Corruption Commissioner, has voiced strong criticism of the recent events at the Sierra Leone Bar Association (SLBA) Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Kenema. In a recent statement, Macauley described the incident as a \u201cnew low\u201d for the Association. Macauley referred to the disruption […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":32181,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,12],"tags":[291,293,292],"class_list":["post-32183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-sierra-leone","tag-sierra-leone"],"yoast_head":"\nAdy Macauley Criticizes Bar Association AGM Disruption as \u2018Callous\u2019 Attack on Democracy - Sierra Leone<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ady Macauley, a well-known APC Politician, lawyer and former Anti-Corruption Commissioner, has voiced strong criticism o ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/ady-macauley-criticizes-bar-association-agm-disruption-as-callous-attack-on-democracy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ady Macauley Criticizes Bar Association AGM Disruption as \u2018Callous\u2019 Attack on Democracy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ady Macauley, a well-known APC Politician, lawyer and former Anti-Corruption Commissioner, has voiced strong criticism o ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/ady-macauley-criticizes-bar-association-agm-disruption-as-callous-attack-on-democracy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sierra Leone\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-05-25T16:35:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-25T16:43:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/sites\/16\/2024\/05\/sm_1716642716.910769.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"628\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/ady-macauley-criticizes-bar-association-agm-disruption-as-callous-attack-on-democracy#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/ady-macauley-criticizes-bar-association-agm-disruption-as-callous-attack-on-democracy\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Ady Macauley Criticizes Bar Association AGM Disruption as \u2018Callous\u2019 Attack on Democracy\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-05-25T16:35:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-05-25T16:43:29+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/ady-macauley-criticizes-bar-association-agm-disruption-as-callous-attack-on-democracy\"},\"wordCount\":175,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/ady-macauley-criticizes-bar-association-agm-disruption-as-callous-attack-on-democracy#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/sites\/16\/2024\/05\/sm_1716642716.910769.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Sierra-Leone\",\"Sierra-Leone\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/ady-macauley-criticizes-bar-association-agm-disruption-as-callous-attack-on-democracy#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/ady-macauley-criticizes-bar-association-agm-disruption-as-callous-attack-on-democracy\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/ady-macauley-criticizes-bar-association-agm-disruption-as-callous-attack-on-democracy\",\"name\":\"Ady Macauley Criticizes Bar Association AGM Disruption as \u2018Callous\u2019 Attack on Democracy - Sierra Leone\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/ady-macauley-criticizes-bar-association-agm-disruption-as-callous-attack-on-democracy#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/ady-macauley-criticizes-bar-association-agm-disruption-as-callous-attack-on-democracy#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/sites\/16\/2024\/05\/sm_1716642716.910769.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-05-25T16:35:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-05-25T16:43:29+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Ady Macauley, a well-known APC Politician, lawyer and former Anti-Corruption Commissioner, has voiced strong criticism o ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/ady-macauley-criticizes-bar-association-agm-disruption-as-callous-attack-on-democracy#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/ady-macauley-criticizes-bar-association-agm-disruption-as-callous-attack-on-democracy\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/ady-macauley-criticizes-bar-association-agm-disruption-as-callous-attack-on-democracy#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/sites\/16\/2024\/05\/sm_1716642716.910769.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/sites\/16\/2024\/05\/sm_1716642716.910769.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":628,\"caption\":\"Ady Macauley Criticizes Bar Association AGM Disruption as \u2018Callous\u2019 Attack on Democracy\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/ady-macauley-criticizes-bar-association-agm-disruption-as-callous-attack-on-democracy#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Ady Macauley Criticizes Bar Association AGM Disruption as \u2018Callous\u2019 Attack on Democracy\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/\",\"name\":\"Sierra Leone\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Ady Macauley Criticizes Bar Association AGM Disruption as \u2018Callous\u2019 Attack on Democracy - Sierra Leone","description":"Ady Macauley, a well-known APC Politician, lawyer and former Anti-Corruption Commissioner, has voiced strong criticism o ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/ady-macauley-criticizes-bar-association-agm-disruption-as-callous-attack-on-democracy","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Ady Macauley Criticizes Bar Association AGM Disruption as \u2018Callous\u2019 Attack on Democracy","og_description":"Ady Macauley, a well-known APC Politician, lawyer and former Anti-Corruption Commissioner, has voiced strong criticism o ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/ady-macauley-criticizes-bar-association-agm-disruption-as-callous-attack-on-democracy","og_site_name":"Sierra Leone","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2024-05-25T16:35:28+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-05-25T16:43:29+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":628,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/sites\/16\/2024\/05\/sm_1716642716.910769.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/ady-macauley-criticizes-bar-association-agm-disruption-as-callous-attack-on-democracy#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/ady-macauley-criticizes-bar-association-agm-disruption-as-callous-attack-on-democracy"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Ady Macauley Criticizes Bar Association AGM Disruption as \u2018Callous\u2019 Attack on Democracy","datePublished":"2024-05-25T16:35:28+00:00","dateModified":"2024-05-25T16:43:29+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/ady-macauley-criticizes-bar-association-agm-disruption-as-callous-attack-on-democracy"},"wordCount":175,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/ady-macauley-criticizes-bar-association-agm-disruption-as-callous-attack-on-democracy#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/sites\/16\/2024\/05\/sm_1716642716.910769.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Sierra-Leone","Sierra-Leone"],"articleSection":["all news","head lines","policy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/ady-macauley-criticizes-bar-association-agm-disruption-as-callous-attack-on-democracy#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/ady-macauley-criticizes-bar-association-agm-disruption-as-callous-attack-on-democracy","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/ady-macauley-criticizes-bar-association-agm-disruption-as-callous-attack-on-democracy","name":"Ady Macauley Criticizes Bar Association AGM Disruption as \u2018Callous\u2019 Attack on Democracy - Sierra Leone","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/ady-macauley-criticizes-bar-association-agm-disruption-as-callous-attack-on-democracy#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/ady-macauley-criticizes-bar-association-agm-disruption-as-callous-attack-on-democracy#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/sites\/16\/2024\/05\/sm_1716642716.910769.jpg","datePublished":"2024-05-25T16:35:28+00:00","dateModified":"2024-05-25T16:43:29+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Ady Macauley, a well-known APC Politician, lawyer and former Anti-Corruption Commissioner, has voiced strong criticism o ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/ady-macauley-criticizes-bar-association-agm-disruption-as-callous-attack-on-democracy#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/ady-macauley-criticizes-bar-association-agm-disruption-as-callous-attack-on-democracy"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/ady-macauley-criticizes-bar-association-agm-disruption-as-callous-attack-on-democracy#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/sites\/16\/2024\/05\/sm_1716642716.910769.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/sites\/16\/2024\/05\/sm_1716642716.910769.jpg","width":1200,"height":628,"caption":"Ady Macauley Criticizes Bar Association AGM Disruption as \u2018Callous\u2019 Attack on Democracy"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/ady-macauley-criticizes-bar-association-agm-disruption-as-callous-attack-on-democracy#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Ady Macauley Criticizes Bar Association AGM Disruption as \u2018Callous\u2019 Attack on Democracy"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/","name":"Sierra Leone","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32183\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}