Abass Bundu

Abass Bundu

Dr. Abass Chernor Bundu (born in Gbinti, Port Loko District, Sierra Leone) is a former politician and diplomat from Sierra Leone.

Career

Bundu's numerous positions include Executive Secretary of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) from 1989–1993, the posts of Foreign Minister (1994–1995), Minister of Agriculture and Presidential candidate in the 1996 Presidential election in Sierra Leone. Bundu failed to garner much support in the election, gaining just under 30,000 votes or 2.9% of the national vote. He is an expert on West African affairs. Bundu teamed up with one of Sierra Leone's most respect political thinkers, John Karefa-Smart and wrote an analysis of the Civil War in Sierra Leone, Democracy by Force? [ [http://www.amazon.com/dp/1581126980/ Amazon.com: Democracy by Force?: A study of international military intervention in the conflict in Sierra Leone from 1991-2000: Abass Bundu,John Karefa-Smart: Books ] ]

Opposition of President Momoh

In 1991, Dr. Bundu strongly criticized President Joseph Saidu Momoh's government because of clauses their party wished to add to Sierra Leone's constitution. He was then forced to leace the All People's Congress (APC). [ [http://news.sl/drwebsite/publish/article_20051151.shtml Abass Bundu Is A Good Man: Sierra Leone News ] ]

Dr. Bundu contested the 1996 elections as unconstitutional. [ [http://news.sl/drwebsite/publish/article_20051151.shtml Abass Bundu Is A Good Man: Sierra Leone News ] ]

Presidential Campaign

In [1996] Dr. Bundu formed his own political party and for president in Sierra Leone. His bid was unsuccessful. He ran again twice but did not win. [ [http://news.sl/drwebsite/publish/article_20051151.shtml Abass Bundu Is A Good Man: Sierra Leone News ] ]

Alleged corruption & exoneration

In 1996 Bundu was prosecuted for alleged illegal sale of Sierra Leone passports under the immigration investment programme. In October 2005 Government of Sierra Leone dropped the prosecution and publicly exonerated Bundu [ [http://news.sl/drwebsite/publish/article_20051123.shtml Abass Bundu cannot turn Gbinti to Green says Hon Ibrahim Bundu a Sierra Leone Parliamentarian: Sierra Leone News ] ] of any wrongdoing based on new evidence which, had it been available in 1996, would not have given rise to any prosecution.

Education

Bundu attended St. Edward's Secondary School. He became a juris doctor at the University of Cambridge. [ [http://www.universal-publishers.com/book.php?method=ISBN&book=1581126980 Democracy by Force? ] ]

External References

[http://www.amazon.com/Democracy-Force-international-intervention-1991-2000/dp/1581126980 Democracy by Force?: A study of international military intervention in the conflict in Sierra Leone from 1991-2000] by Abass Bundu and John Karefa-Smart

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