Following the concluded 2025 Mayoralty election in New York City and the declaration of the Democratic candidate as the Mayor-elect, I wish on behalf of the People’s Democratic League (PDL), our members and on my own behalf, to congratulate Mr Zohran Mamdani on his election victory. On 4th November, 2025 election for the Mayoralty of New York City was held, in which the Democratic state assemblyman Zohran Mamdani won with 50.4% of the vote cast, defeating Curtis Sliwa of the Republican Party and Andrew Cuomo -the independent candidate. Mamdani would be inaugurated as the first Muslim of South Asian immigrant and the youngest to become the Mayor of New York City since 1892.
Mamdani’s election victory to lead the people of New York as the City Mayor demonstrates the confidence and trust with which New Yorkers attach to his promising role-model leadership. It is an expression of the will of the electorate, whose demands and aspirations centered on change and restoration of the lost dignity of the City of New York, a mission Mr. Mamdani so eloquently championed. The Mayor-elect campaigned against President Trump and promised to uplift the status of New Yorkers against outdated policies of his predecessors.
It is a well-established fact that the pursuit of political leadership involves intensive persuasion to the population towards winning their support to a well-defined vision and mission. We, in the PDL believe Zohran Mamdani did well to win the hearts of the people of New York. His patriotic zeal and dedication to uplift the status of New Yorkers have added impetus to his score marks.
On this great occasion, we express our immense pride regarding the geopolitical status of New York City as the seat of the United Nations Headquarters. We pray that the incoming Mayor will do everything to forge and develop a friendly relationship with the United Nations Secretariat, with a view to help rebrand the image of the world body.
The Integrity of Elections are based on cherished values that are acceptable to all, and ensure guarantee according to everyone of voting age the opportunity to exercise their constitutional rights and democratic freedoms. We wish to commend the New York City Election Body for ensuring that all New Yorkers are equal in politics by allowing them to exercise their political power devoid of fear, intimidation or favour. PDL therefore commends the peaceful manner in which the citizens of New York exercised their franchise, and we congratulate other candidates that participated in the whole electoral process. Their participation means an enrichment of democracy in the New York municipality.
For us in Sierra Leone, the deliberate and unconstitutional act to eliminate the PDL out of the peace and democratic process, robs the entire country of its multi-tier democratic electoral process. By meting out brutal injustice to the PDL, the Political Parties Regulation Commission (PPRC) in Sierra Leone is irreparably interfering with the constitutional rights and democratic freedoms of Sierra Leoneans to freely choose their political representatives and vote for them. These are not the marks of freedom, democracy or justice, but the emergence of a dysfunctional system that makes a mockery of fair justice to have someone in a leadership position within one political party sit in judgment on the conduct of that party’s real opponents.
The 2018 and 2023 elections called and held in Sierra Leone were particularly a farce. The People’s Democratic League is a threat to the party dynasty rule that has dominated Sierra Leone’s politics since independence from British rule in 1961. Unfortunately, this kind of fascist dictatorship does not give expression in a democratic dispensation, and in the case of Sierra Leone, the anti-people’s politics will only lead to more discontent by the Sierra Leonean electorate. In such an environment, democracy is a sham if not a farce.
We have deliberately delved into Sierra Leone’s dysfunctional politics, because the PDL shares the same aspirations with the Mayor-elect of New York City, for change of the old, avaricious, epileptic and dysfunctional system or status quo, and empowering the people to be able to stand tall in dignity. PDL’s policy is not to divide Sierra Leoneans along ethnic politics, regional bigotry or religious fanaticism, but to solve problems by debating economic, political and other issues that militate against development and prosperity. This is where the PDL is seen as a threat to the failed governance system in Sierra Leone.
We know that this is a moment replete with pride for the New York City’s Mayor-elect and his wonderful family. It is their victory, but it is also a victory for all New Yorkers. Needles to remind Mr. Zohran Mamdani that New York City is in his hands. And to say that Mamdani’s election victory is important for New York City, the United States and the global community is to say the obvious. Every New Yorker today is proud that real change has come to the US oldest City, and no doubt that Mr. Mamdani will be balanced and judicious, and will govern with equanimity from the seat of his authority.
No time to waste, Mr Mamdani. The City of New York is in its day of reckoning. Problems that were neglected for too long must now be given priority with a view to provide lasting solutions to the demands and aspirations of New Yorkers.
The time is now to transform the entire City of New York. This is our mission for Sierra Leone-a complete change of the rotten system or status quo and improve upon the lives of all Sierra Leoneans regardless of tribe, region or religion. The opportunity is now to rebuild the New York economy that is dynamic and exciting enough to answer the doubts of any New Yorkers, who wonder if their future can be built with a new face at the seat of the New York City’s Mayoralty.
Concluding, we want to assure the Mayor-elect of New York City that the PDL is a party for rejuvenation, for unity together with courage and with common purpose to define the course of the Sierra Leonean nation, to serve our people, our country and our Creator. We pray that Mr. Mamdani will find time during his busy schedules to look into PDL concerns about the governance system that is being practiced in Sierra Leone today. We wish Mr. Mamdani success as he prepares to steer the affairs of New York City, and wish him also good health, long life and happiness.
Signed:
Alimamy Bakarr Sankoh
Founder and Leader
The People’s Democratic League (PDL)
For and on behalf of all PDL Cadres, members and supporters in and outside Sierra Leone.
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