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=**All People's Congress**=

The All People's Congress is a party that was founded on September 11th, 1960. The party's creation was in response to the concentration of political power in a single ethnic group and a corrupt system. It was also a reaction to bad governance that caused the widespread of social and economic injustices towards the poor and urban workers (APC Homestead). It is one of the two political parties in Sierra Leone, the other being the SLPP, Sierra Leone's People's Party. The former president of Sierra Leone, Siaka Stevens founded the party in 1962.During that time in 1962, it contested the first National Elections and won at least a third of the 66 contested seats for parliament. In was the same in 1967 and won dominance of the SLPP. Because of the massive popularity the APC was receiving, it created the first coup 'detat in the country. The APC has lasted at least 41 years and has been in control of Sierra Leone for 24 out of 40 years since its' independence from Great Britain (APC Homestead).

The party's ideal is based off of democracy and currently, the government is under control of the APC. President Ernest Bai Koroma and Vice President Alhaji Samuel Sam-Sumana are part of the APC (All People's Congress). According to President Koroma's ideals, he states, "We must be united" (Koroma). This is in response to the previous and current corruption in Sierra Leone. Under the APC, President Koroma wants the people of Sierra Leone to be united and have faith in the nation's current development (We Must Be United). American legislators have even helped the APC in legislation of illegal diamonds that were associated with SLLP. The biggest goal of the APC is to regain control over the failing government in Sierra Leone. Not only do they want to repair the corruption in Sierra Leone but they also want to repair the years that SLPP were in power of government (APC Homestead).

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"All People's Congress." //Apc.homstead.com//. APC Homestead, n.d. Web. 5 Feb. 2011. "All People's Congress." //Wikipedia.com.// Wikipedia, n.d. Web. 5 Feb. 2011. "We must be united." //Allafrica.com//. All Africa, n.d. Web. 5 Feb. 2011.

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