“We don’t understand what’s going on at the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP). Despite our tireless efforts during the campaign, we are being treated as if we don’t exist. It’s as though anyone trying to maintain relevance within the party structure is now seen as a threat,” one SLPP supporter spoke in outburst.
According to the dissatisfied SLPP supporters, this is happening under the very administration they fought hard to bring into power.
“They behave like we were never part of the campaign — like we’re invisible. And yet, when the president is around, they’re quick to echo the campaign mantra: ‘Monkey work, monkey eat.’”
“But now that the monkey has done the working, they’re calling you ‘Babu’ — saying you want to eat.”
The stalwarts questioned the direction of the current administration: “What is really going on under this new leadership? Is this how politics should work? People campaigned. People were given symbols. People made real sacrifices?”
“Now, those same people are being sidelined, ignored, and discarded — as if they never mattered.”
They concluded with a pointed reminder:
“The monkey has worked. The monkey has done the work. So why won’t they let the monkey eat?”
