Topic: Legitimacy of Government during Popular Uprising
Country: Sierra Leone
Delegate Name: Amelia Berg
School: Williamston High School
Topic page: background guide and all position papers All Sierra Leone position papers GLIMUN 2011 committees
The recent demonstration by citizens of Libya, Egypt and Syria, once again, citizens and non-citizens are calling legitimacy of government into question. The Country of Sierra Leone has had some of these problems in the past. Sierra Leone is still having government issues today. Sierra Leon's Government is not a believer of having the government deal with its citizens or problems cause by the citizens.
Sierra Leone feels that there are more important things in their country to worry about. Sierra Leone feels that they would rather worry about Sierra Leone than other countries right now. Sierra Leone feels they need to deal with their popular uprisings before they help others.
Sierra Leone believes in taking over by force with the military. Sierra Leone believes that with extreme crimes that physical force is required to get the point through that what they did was wrong and they should not do that again.
The international community has improved sanitation, they are also creating more education laws and they are also trying to lower the poverty rates. Sierra Leone likes this because Sierra Leone is poor and dirty. With these new laws Sierra Leone's education rate will raise, Sierra Leone will gain more money and it will become a cleaner country.
Sierra Leon's stance on all of this is influenced by the actions of their citizens and the reaction of the end of Sierra Leone's civil war. Sierra Leone's rules on how to govern during a popular uprising is not set yet. Sierra Leone's government is having many problems of its own in Sierra Leone and they feel it is more important to deal with their problems first.
