By Alpha P. Marrah
In a series of impactful engagements across Falaba and Koinadugu Districts, senior All People’s Congress (APC) stalwart and influential political voice, Finda Diana Konomanyi, delivered a candid and pointed critique of the party’s continued fixation on the 2023 presidential election results; calling for honesty, unity and forward momentum.
Addressing crowds that included women, traditional leaders and APC supporters, Finda Diana Konomanyi did not mince words. She described the belief that the 2023 election results will be overturned and that Dr. Samura Kamara will still be sworn in as president as “false hope”; a narrative that, according to her, has hindered the party’s strategic focus and undermined its readiness for future elections.
“This is not true,” Finda Diana Konomanyi declared unequivocally. “It is misleading. It is dangerous for our party.”
She went further, turning directly to the party’s 2023 presidential candidate:
“The only person who truly understands what ‘Electoral Justice’ means is Dr. Samura Kamara himself. He must come forward and tell the people of Sierra Leone the truth and stop deceiving them with a promise that has no foundation.”
Finda Diana Konomanyi’s remarks struck a chord within the APC grassroots and leadership alike; challenging what she characterized as a paralyzing illusion that has gripped segments of the party since the June 2023 election. She warned that the narrative has caused internal stagnation and demobilization, with some senior party officials disengaging entirely from political organizing.
“We have executive members who no longer attend meetings, who are inactive, who are refusing to prepare for upcoming local and general elections because they are still trapped in the delusion that 2023 will be reversed.”
Rather than expressing bitterness, Finda Diana Konomanyi’s tone was one of urgency and realism. Her message was clear: the APC cannot afford to be distracted by myths and must instead focus on strategic preparation for 2028.
“Only the APC can defeat the APC,” she warned. “And if we lose again, it will not be because of the SLPP but because we allowed ourselves to remain divided, distracted and unprepared.”
Finda Diana Konomanyi’s frank assessment echoed sentiments that other APC figures have voiced quietly over the past year but often at great personal and political cost. Many of those who questioned the electoral justice narrative were branded as traitors or accused of lacking loyalty to the party and its leadership.
But Finda Diana Konomanyi, a formidable figure in the APC and no stranger to political battles, reaffirmed that her position was not anti-Samura but anti-deception. Her critique, she emphasized, was rooted in strategy, not sabotage.
“This is not about surrender. It’s about strategy. It’s about saving our party from self-destruction.”
Her tour through Falaba and Koinadugu may prove to be a pivotal moment in the APC’s internal reckoning. With 2028 looming ever closer, her message has served as both a wake-up call and a rallying cry: to realign, reorganize and reenergize.
As she concluded her engagements, Diana Konomanyi reminded her audience that leadership isn’t about telling people what they want to hear but what they need to hear.
And what the APC needs now, she insisted, is to accept the past, focus on the future and prepare to win—not through wishful thinking, but through unity, honesty and hard work.
“To remain stuck in 2023 is to betray the people we claim to represent,” she said. “Our victory lies ahead—not behind.”
