also a Barrister-at-Law. Career Bundu's numerous positions include Assistant Director of International Affairs and Consultant in Constitutional Law in the Commonwealth Secretariat in London from 1975–82; Executive Secretary of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) from 1989–1993, the posts of Foreign Minister (1994–1995), Minister of Agriculture 1982–85; 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 and a renowned expert on constitutional and international law. Bundu has written a critical analysis of the Civil War in Sierra Leone, Democracy by Force? Opposition to President Momoh In 1991, Dr. Bundu strongly criticised President Joseph Saidu Momoh's government because of clauses their party wished to add to Sierra Leone's constitution. He was then forced to leave the All People's Congress (APC). Dr. Bundu contested the 1996 elections as not democratically free and fair. Presidential campaign In 1996, Bundu formed his own political party and ran for president in Sierra Leone. His bid was unsuccessful. Alleged corruption and 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 of any wrongdoing based on new evidence which, had it been available in 1996, would not have given rise to any prosecution. References External links https://web.archive.org/web/20140528005444/http://politicosl.com/2012/04/like-abass-bundu-like-lilian-lisk/ https://web.archive.org/web/20131102014131/http://news.sl/drwebsite/publish/article_200523995.shtml https://web.archive.org/web/20140527214324/http://news.sl/drwebsite/exec/view.cgi?archive=2&num=1030&printer=1 Democracy by Force?: A study of international military intervention in the conflict in Sierra Leone from 1991–2000 by Abass Bundu https://web.archive.org/web/20140528010414/http://news.sl/drwebsite/exec/view.cgi?archive=2&num=1123 Living people 1948 births Speakers of the Parliament of Sierra Leone Foreign Ministers of Sierra Leone Sierra Leonean writers Sierra Leonean academics Alumni of St. Edward's Secondary School, Freetown Executive Secretaries of the Economic Community of West African States Temne people People from Port Loko District Sierra Leonean diplomats Sierra Leonean Fula people Sierra Leonean Muslims