‘Fighting hate speech must start with President Adama Barrow’ - Lare Sisay
By Sheriff Saidykhan Lare Sisay, Retired Senior Manager at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and a leading voice of the main opposition United Democratic Party (UDP), has said that fighting hate speech in the country must start with himself the President He made these remarks at the Popular Coffee Time Show on West Coast Radio with Peter Gomez on Thursday. “I heared the National Human Rights Commission talking about hate speech is bad, it creates conflict. It must start with him the President, and those that surrounds him that make incendiary statements.” he said He called on the government of President Adama Barrow to focus on the ‘bigger picture’ of the country, chief among which is the cost of living crisis. To deflect and demonize he said, is the typical strategy of the government. “When you demonized an opposition party, or an individual, you loose heavily in terms of what input they can bring to solve the problems of the country.” said Lare Sisay. On
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