The sacking of Hon. Musa Tarawally as Minister of Lands,
Country Planning and the Environment came as a shock to many people. Before
Monday’s announcement, many people had seen Hon. Musa Tarawally as President
Ernest Bai Koroma’s blue-eyed boy.
Truth
to be said, Hon. Musa Tarawally’s loyalty to President Koroma was, without a
shred of doubt, cast-iron. The two of them were seen as inseparable.
But, of course, Hon. Musa Tarawally had no
faith in the APC party. His loyalty to President Koroma was unwavering. He
always served the master, to the best of his ability.
Nobody knows why, that strong bond between
President Koroma and his golden boy deteriorated to the point of the President
taking the harsh and unprecedented decision of not only sacking his pet boy,
but also setting up a committee to investigate his stewardship in the Ministry
of Lands.
Of late, Hon. Musa Tarawally had developed
cold feet towards APC party activities. Eventhough he holds an important
position in the ruling party (National Organizing Secretary), Hon. Musa
Tarawally was hardly visible during APC party activities.
He may have had genuine reasons to believe
that, the party does not like him. The only man that loves him was (and still
is) the man at the helm of affairs. That was a sad mistake!
President Koroma is not the Proprietor of the
APC party. He is merely the party’s Chairman and Leader. Period!
The party’s politburo is full of grey-haired
party loyalists, who, behind the scene, can easily arm twist their leader to
always listen to the party’s views on governance.
All said and done, Hon. Musa Tarawally,
should calm down and accept the fact that, there can never be two Presidents of
a country at any given time. President Koroma has shown that, the buck stops at
his desk.
Hon. Musa Tarawally is a grown up and common
sense Politician. He knows that his days in the APC are numbered. Will he stay
in the APC and fight to get out of his current quagmire? Or will he join his
former party (the SLPP) to kick the APC out of office in 2018?
All these questions can only be answered when
the storm is over.
The sacking of Hon. Musa Tarawally should
serve as a lesson for other Politicians: never leave certainty for uncertainty!
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