In my last rebuttal to the MP'S salary increment,I vehemently refused to buy the idea that they should be given a pay raise. Now these very MP'S are out of their seats in parliament,is the country going about the nation's business? If yes,then these so-called MP'S have proven not to useful as without them,the government is still going on normal. These MP'S are creating a very dangerous precedent for the other sectors that have always being yearning for a pay raise;if all other sectors can decide to lay their tools/services,what will be effect on the country. I will recommend for the executive branch of the government to let loose these so called MP'S and continue to manned the affairs of the nation probably a better result will be produced or we replace them with representatives from all works of life and experiment a different approach to the governance of our beloved country. Thank you.

President Koroma, you are my favourite President that Sierra Leonean Youths have ever produced.I know there can be a dialogue in every dispute. President Koroma go to Parliament and negociate.If they insist in stopping Parliamentary sessions, the Youths including the entire Citizenry will vote them out of Parliament in the next round. What i have come to observe from this Parliament, is that they portray too much of their Political banners in Parliament, instead of enacting or amending Laws that will protect Sierra Leoneans. I commend this Writer. A pay rise? Are you not satisfied with the one you corrupted President Kabba's Government with?

Why you entertain the silly notion that EBK is not in bed with the parliamentarians is beyond me: look, dude, it is the same crowd of soupists.

Do you imagine that those parliamentarians are not cognizant of the tiffy, tiffy 'policies and practices' of the insurance salesman? They want in, that's all; and, under the logical and empirical structure of soupism, ain't a thing wrong with that.

Get real!

Cheers.

The MP'S are entitled to salaries equal to their responsibilities. They have the absolute right to demand a salary raise if infact, what they are receiving is pittances. But what the MP'S cannot and must not do is to shut down the work of the people for which they had aspired and campaigned to be elected to serve,for the flimsy and myopic reason that their demands and desires have not been met or fulfilled. The MP'S ought to know better. They know the state of the country and the procedure to follow under THE STATE SALARIES, PENSIONS, GRATUITIES, AND OTHER BENEFITS ACT 2003 which provides for a STATE SALARIES COMMITTEE handling every salary assessment question from the president and his cabinet to the judges and the MP'S. The committee is made up of the speaker of the house as its chairman,the two leaders of the political parties in the parliament, one paramount chief member of parliament, one independent member of parliament if any,the minister responsible for finance, the minister responsible for labor and industrial relations,and with the clerk of parliament as secretary of the committee.The committee determines questions of assessment of salaries by a simple majority vote but, "shall have regard to" the "state of the economy of the country" and the "gov't's ability to pay" for such salaries and benefits assessed.The process further is that, assessment made by the state salaries committee must be submitted to the president for "consideration" and "comment" if any, and "transmitted" back to parliament. Therefore,if the minister of finance, be it him or the president agreed with the MP'S demands, but, begged to defer the "raise" issue and expressed substantial fear about the state of the country's economy, and the fact that given other vital problem areas of the country that are yet to be attended to, as amply itemized by Ms. DARAMY, author of the articulate article, the gov't may not be able to pay the salaries of the MP'S, Should not ignite a hullabaloo by any chance. Work hard MP'S TO LIFT UP THE COUNTRY!

Point of correction the name of the author of the article is MS. Kandeh and not MS. Daramy.My fault.

The most stupid lines ever. can the writer try to draw proper semblance.

Well, it all begins with the Government and her administration. There's a proverb which says; if you show a man how to fish rightfully, he will continue to fish with productivities; but if you don't, he will tries but it will take time to do so. The APC Party have being doing this for decades knowing that only very few highly educated people who are Sierra Leoneans are currently in Public Services but acted the same way as the Government itself. Main reason, there are not enough honesty, faithful and patriotic Sierra Leoneans in Sierra Leone who are bound and not scare to sacrifice for the sake of the country and to show the bad and unpatriotic behaviours of those who are drastically destroying their own country. Where in the world have you seeing a government official who tends to be patriotic towards his/her country but continue to destroy his/her country, only in Sierra Leone. I won't blame those who are doing it; that's why they don't want to take steps to educate Sierra Leoneans about such situation of their wrong doings. Sierra Leone education is one of the MOST worst education. If Sierra Leoneans are being told in schools about such bad behaviours of our criminal and government official, I can assure you that such a evil behaviours will stop and the country will develop as they politicians promise. What a shame to those Sierra Leonean Politician who preach development for the country but keep filling up their pockets. May the Almighty Lord help them someday!!!!