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Wednesday, 6th June turned out to be a nightmare for the Propaganda Secretary of the ruling Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP), Victor Ibiyemi Reider(photo), when desperate youths from his constituency in central Freetown demanded that he must no longer represent them in Parliament.
“Tem don don, Victor Reider yu for go nar doe” meaning, “Time is up, Victor Reider you must leave,” the irate youths sang and chanted repeatedly in front of the party’s regional office at Rawdon Street.
Reider is seeking a re-election for a Parliamentary seat in this year’s Parliamentary elections, but according to a spokesman of the youths, “Victor Reider is proud, he is not a down-to-earth individual and above all, he has not done anything for the Central 2 Constituency.”
The politically charged crowd which was expecting the long anticipated election for the SLPP symbol became disappointed when they were informed that the election had been postponed, apparently because of the seemingly tense atmosphere.
Addressing the disgruntled crowd at the regional office auditorium, a member of the Electoral College, Alex Rogers, revealed that he received a phone call from Vice President Solomon Berewa who informed him that he was worried by the on-going political developments at Central II and therefore deemed it necessary to take the necessary line of action.
Rogers said that the constituency chairman, Eke Halloway, had earlier sent a petition to the Vice President requesting him to take necessary action with regards to that constituency, disclosing that “the VP is about to take action in relation to those petitions.”
He further disclosed that, the VP has summoned the SLPP regional chairman, Alhaji Cole, the National Chairman UNS Jah to his Spur Road Lodge to discuss the ugly situation in the constituency.
With this development, members of the constituency are worried that some behind-the-scene maneuvers are about to take place to retain Reider in that constituency, but according to an irate youth, “that will only lead the SLPP to self destruction in that constituency.”
Repeated attempts to contact Mr.Reider for his reaction have so far failed.
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