31st January 2021
‘’We strongly aver that the prolonged detention of Kamarainba by the court, over an alleged
offence that is bailable, and which has ultimately served as a precursor to his loss of political leadership
in his Alliance Democratic Party, amounts to a clear violation of fair trial rights of an accused person
guaranteed under section 23 (4) of the 1991 constitution of Sierra Leone.
If bail had been granted to him, it is certain that such outright stripping of his leadership title by the
Political Parties Registration Commission may not have arisen in the first place. He would have had, at
the very least, an opportunity to defend himself in person.
We therefore call on the learned Judge to do the needful if not for any other reason but to save the
judiciary from being misconstrued as ‘complicit’ to a political system that is anathematic to democratic
pluralism, multi-partyism and constructive criticisms within the state’’.
LET JUSTICE PREVAIL EVEN IF THE HEAVENS WERE TO FALL!
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