The opposition SLPP Gambia branch has decried trends in Sierra Leone as CNN showed deplorable areas in the city and the high cost of living under the APC government within a short period of their rule. 
        
The Executive of the Sierra Leone Peoples Party Gambia Branch recently pointed out their dissatisfaction in the way their people have continued to suffer since the inception of the new government who were hell bent on coming to power to correct what they called mistakes of the SLPP government.

The SLPP Gambia Branch Executive said coming to power with a vengeance is tantamount to failure or doom in the political arena. “The APC had trumpeted the much acclaimed light issue, the foundation of which was laid by the SLPP government, but could not complete it until they took over and now they want to show they can do big things when in fact we have not seen any good but the vices of what we were promised. The appalling story from that country is killing us here because we care for our people and we send money for them,” Peter A. Mustapha said.

According to reports monitored from Sierra Leone, people in the country are seeing increments in the cost of basic commodities such as rice, which during the SLPP regime cost only 60,000 Leones, which now cost to 105, 000 Leones. Palm oil and other foodstuffs have all shot sky high and the poor are now living in abject poverty compared to what was promised during election. People believed the APC was their Saviour but are now beginning to see the reality and are wishing for the return of SLPP. “Transportation costs have gone sky high and everything is changing for the worst,” SLPP Domingo said. In other deplorable developments, the poverty has forced bandits to take to armed robbery. A group of Fula traders have given a ten-day ultimatum to bring to justice the killer of their trades’ mate who was killed recently. Some people believe that if the poverty continues this way a lot of things will happen and they will appreciate SLPP the more. Martin Juana, Secretary of the SLPP Executive says, “Elephant aid no to pikin aid.” Meaning, “Elephant’s head is not a child’s head.”

“They should remember that when one points their finger the other fingers will point at you,” Eddie Yonnie, President of the SLPP interim Executive, said.