Proceedings at the All Peoples Congress (APC) National Delegates Conference (NDC) have stalled owing to objections by some of the flagbearers. The pausing of the Conference has instigated what appears to be agitation on the part of the APC rank and file. The disappointed members of Conference are shouting choruses of ‘We want vote!’We dae vote!’

The basis for the objections is not immediately known but former President Koroma has intervened to rally the ‘troops’ back to business. He reminded Confetence that this was a court ordered NDC with a strict timeline which the APC must meet if the beleaguered party must participate in the June 25 general elections.

Prior to the commencement of this NDC, the party had endured a fractious and painstaking Lower-Level elections which culminated into what many felt was the final stage of the party political trials. It could be recalled that a day to the conference, a rather unlikely but dramatic injunction was slammed on the party, restraining it from convening this event. Just after considerable pressure was brought to bare on the judiciary via witty legal maneuvers, and barely a day after the three- day NDC had started so well, this rather awkward development occured.

The man who is highly credited for his fortitude in weathering difficult political storms and who is very familiar with these shenanigans, has assured the Conference that he would consult with the flagbeaters to understand what their objections were, with a view to resolving them.

Fmr President Koroma and the objecting flagbeaters are correctly locked in a ‘family meeting’ at the end of which it is expected that the much court delayed APC NDC would progress to finality.

© Sheriff Mahmud Ismail