Press Release
Today is D-day for the PMDC national convention. Dr. Jarrett was the
Electoral Commissioner for the just completed PMDC elections. Charles
Francis Margai is now the leader elect and flag bearer of the movement.
Nominations for all positions lasted from January through February
2007. Mr. Charles Margai had no challenger for the leadership of the
movement. He was nominated by Mr. SK Foyoh, Chairman of PMDC southern
region and seconded by Dr. Columba Blango of the England/Ireland
chapter.
We would like to use this opportunity to also put the records straight on rife
rumors stating that the PMDC convention was at stalemate; that Dr. James Jonah and
Dr. Columba Blango challenged Mr. Margai and that Mr. Margai was the
least favoured of the three.
We elected our leaders in the most democratic process. No one came out
crying foul play. James Jonah is not a registered member of PMDC and
was not in Bo for the convention. Dr. Columba Blango could not have
challenged and seconded Mr. Margai’s nomination at the same time.
Please be informed that the rumors are unfounded and baseless. The
convention was democratic in nature and the outcome was extraordinarily
successful.
The contested positions were well promulgated within the movement. The
delegates came from all four corners of the country and abroad and they
all spoke with one voice for the highest position in the movement.
If democracy is government of the governed, for the governed and by the
governed, nothing could truly represent democracy than a shared view by
all of the people concerned, with nobody disagreeing in electing their
leader.
Simply, unopposed means the movement elected Mr. Margai
unanimously for its leadership. We hope this clears all the doubts our critics have about the process.
We will also like to inform you that a hard working and prominent name
in the PMDC ranks honorably lost his position as the Media Director. Mr. Thompson lost to Mr.Mohamed Bangura who is a journalist by trade from
Canada by 45 to 342 votes. I personally enjoyed working with Mr.
Thompson and look forward to a better relationship with Mr. Bangura.
Mr. Charles Francis Margai is now delivering his acceptance speech and
we will bring you updates as soon as our officials get back to us with
more details about the ongoing PMDC convention.
Karamoh Kabba
Director of Media & Comm. PMDC-USA
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