By Amin Kef Sesay
In a statement issued on the 7th January 2021 by the United States Ambassador to Sierra Leone, Maria Brewer, she disclosed that the United States Congress has completed its Constitutionally mandated count of the Electoral College vote and affirmed the election of Joseph R. Biden, Jr. and Kamala D. Harris.
According to the Ambassador, they will be sworn into office and a peaceful transfer of power will occur on January 20, 2021 adding that the criminals who committed violent acts of terror against her country’s democracy on the 6th January 2021 will be held accountable in accordance with the rule of law in the United States.
She expressed heartfelt gratitude to the many citizens of Sierra Leone who sent messages of support during the difficult hours of the 6th January 2021.
“The enduring friendship and partnership between the United States and the people of Sierra Leone will endure and thrive as we recommit to supporting and living up to our democratic ideals,” she maintained.
Ambassador Maria Brewer said they recognize that January 6 also marked a very sad anniversary in Sierra Leone, that of the RUF entering Freetown in 1999.
“We remember the many who suffered and died during that attack, which also reminds us that liberty and democracy must be continually safeguarded,” she concluded her statement.
