S.Leone ruling party candidate claims ‘president’s legacy’
Makeni, Sierra Leone, (MILLAT ONLINE):The ruling party candidate seeking to succeed President Ernest Bai Koroma as Sierra Leone’s president claimed Monday he was his boss’s “biggest legacy” to the country as election campaigning wrapped up.
The ruling All Peoples Congress (APC) held a rally attended by thousands in the northern city of Makeni while the opposition Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) gathered crowds in its southern stronghold of Bo ahead of Wednesday’s general election.
APC candidate Samura Kamara told AFP he was the one to carry on Koroma’s work after 10 years in power — though the president has tried to distance himself from accusations his former foreign minister was a personal choice rather than a party decision.
“I am his biggest legacy. I need to sustain what he has achieved… and build on it,” Kamara said.
He promised to focus on infrastructure, agriculture and education if he is elected to lead the small West African nation.