The former Chairman of the Peoples Movement for Democratic Change (PMDC), Mohammed Bangura has submitted to the Political Party Registration Commission (PPRC), documents for the registration of a a new political party.   Registrar of the PPRC, Abraham John said the commission would take about 60 days to examine details of the documents to ensure that the proposed United Democratic Movement (UDM) fulfills the conditions for the registration of a political party, as contained in the PPRC Act.   He told Mr. Bangura that the submission of documentation has not in any way qualified his movement as a political party.   Mohammed Bangura, interim chairman and leader of the UDM said the day was a milestone in his political career, noting that he was confident that his movement was going to be a youth revolution in the country.   Mr. Bangura said at present his political ideology was being greatly admired by the youth in the country. He said his movement was opened to all in the country irrespective of ethnicity, region, age and religious beliefs.   He dismissed claims that he has support from the ruling APC party but agreed that he has very close relationship with all political parties in the country.   Bangura has resigned from the PMDC which was found after the disputed delegates’ conference of the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) in 2005.   He is currently in court with his former leader, Charles Margai who broke away from the SLPP to form the PMDC.    

The National Publicity Secretary of the Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) says 19 candidates have paid a Le 50m fee each to qualify for the race to lead the party into the 2012 presidential polls.   Honorable Musa Tamba Sam said four aspirants who had initially paid Le 10m each but failed to meet the deadline to complete their payments had been dropped out of the race.   Honorable Sam however declined from naming the four unpaid candidates.   He also dispelled claims that the candidature fee for the party’s flag-bearer was too exorbitant and would create disunity in the party.    Honorable Sam said the money collected would be used for the party’s campaign in the forthcoming presidential and parliamentary elections.

The Young Generation of the main opposition SLPP has called on the party leadership to remain neutral in the forthcoming national delegates conference which would see the election of a flag-bearer for the 2012 presidential election.

Former head of state and junta leader, Retired Brigadier Julius Madaa Bio has described some media reports on him as baseless and a “witch hunt” to tarnish his reputation.