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Viewing cable 08FREETOWN305, APC AND SLPP RE-LAUNCH UNITY RADIO

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
08FREETOWN305 2008-06-27 19:06 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Freetown
VZCZCXRO5373
RR RUEHMA RUEHPA
DE RUEHFN #0305 1791906
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 271906Z JUN 08
FM AMEMBASSY FREETOWN
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 2003
INFO RUEHZK/ECOWAS COLLECTIVE
UNCLAS FREETOWN 000305 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPARTMENT FOR AF/W 
 
E.O. 12958 N/A 
TAGS: PREL PGOV PINR SL
SUBJECT:  APC AND SLPP RE-LAUNCH UNITY RADIO 
 
Ref (A) Freetown 300 (B) Freetown 237 
 
1.  SUMMARY: On June 12, Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai Koroma, 
of the All People's Congress (APC)-led  government officially 
re-launched the opposition Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP)) Unity 
Radio 94.9. The Ministry of Information and Communication had closed 
the radio station on May 8 (Ref B). Several senior SLPP members, 
former officials of the former SLPP-led government and key civil 
society representatives attended the launch. The party leadership 
acknowledged their political differences, but agreed to cooperate 
and support a peaceful democratic process in Sierra Leone. As the 
local election campaign period moves into full swing, both parties 
will need to reaffirm publicly such unity of purpose and urge their 
followers to do the same. END SUMMARY. 
 
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Radio Unity Launched 
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2.  On June 12, President Koroma, along with SLPP opposition 
stalwarts, re-launched the SLPP radio, Radio Unity. The mood was one 
of playful competition between the two parties, belying the 
animosity exhibited since the government shut down the station and 
the heated negotiations ensued prior to the resumption of 
transmission. Senior SLPP, civil society and GoSL officials spoke on 
themes of freedom of speech and the press and media responsibility. 
 
3. Roland Caesar, Acting head of the Political Parties Registration 
Commission (PPRC) challenged both parties to follow the example of 
the minority party, the People's Movement for Democratic Change 
(PMDC) in honoring signed commitments to transparency that followed 
the 2007 national elections. 
 
4.  Independent Media Commission (IMC) Commissioner Abubakarr Kargbo 
stressed the importance of fair and impartial radio and print 
coverage of candidates' campaign in line with the IMC Media Code of 
Practice. The Media Code of Practice requires fair and balanced 
coverage of candidates regardless of gender or political party 
affiliation and prohibits the provocation of regional and ethnic 
tensions. SLPP Publicity Committee Chairman Dr. Sama Banya called 
the negotiations to restore the radio transmission the "longest 
short journey," and pledged SLPP compliance with all regulations of 
both the Ministry of Information and Communication and the IMC. 
Banya confirmed that President Koroma also agreed to address issues 
regarding the compliance of other domestic and international 
broadcasters operating in Sierra Leone.  Banya, however, noted that, 
because of the shutdown, the radio will only have only been able to 
broadcast for one month prior to the July 5 local election, adding 
that during the 2007 national elections the SLPP-led government had 
never shutdown the APC radio station. 
 
5. President Koroma replied that when the APC was in the opposition, 
the party did not have the same access to President Kabbah. 
President Koroma welcomed an effective opposition radio because it 
levels the campaign playing field. Success, Koroma said, is now up 
to the truthfulness of each party's message. In a nod to the colors 
of the political parties, President Koroma finished his speech with 
the message that "whether red, orange, or green, the object is for 
all to rise up and build a new Sierra Leone." (Note: Red represents 
the APC, green the SLPP and orange the PMDC). 
 
5. COMMENT: The government and SLPP bear equal responsibility for 
the initial closure of Unity Radio and the tensions that arose from 
its abrupt closure. For the government, the move to silence the 
opposition station appeared to reflect political grandstanding, 
bureaucratic muscle-flexing, and procedural problems in carrying out 
telecommunications policy. The SLPP, while stridently expressing 
their displeasure, failed to acknowledge their own culpability when 
it was revealed that they had only partially carried out the 
required steps to legally erect an antenna on land owned by the 
government. Fortunately, such finger pointing ultimately gave way to 
effective mediation to resolve the problem in relatively short 
order. The negotiations not only addressed the immediate concern, 
but also, with luck, set a precedent for resolving future 
differences. 
 
6. COMMENT, (Cont): The launch to restart Radio Unity transmissions 
provided an opportunity for the APC and SLPP parties to affirm 
publicly their commitment to seek mediation in areas of 
disagreement. Given the more recent incidents of political 
intolerance in the northern part of the country (ref A), more 
frequent displays of unity between the parties will be needed to 
remind the public that political violence and intolerance undermine 
Sierra Leone's democratic development. END COMMENT. 
Jameson DeBose, Thomas R. Pickering Fellow, drafted this cable. 
PERRY