I salute the intelligenza and the articulate manner he answers questions.He's quite an intelligent man and deserves a better treatment as a former president.
Thanks for the documentary. I love this man's how he responds to your questions. I have also watched the video at the UN plenary hall. I couldn't resist liking his articulation on matters Africa and Sierra Leone. My prayer is that one day he will appear again in the world stage of politics. Congratulations for this video.
I have respect for him. He did not stash cash in some off shore bank like todays leaders do. If he had, he would have been rich by now. I respect him for being sefless. Those saying he blew his opportunity want to mean that he should have hidden lots of cash somewhere.
This man is very intelligent. My goodness, now I see why at age 25 is became a head of state. Put politics and pride aside, he should be an adviser to the president.
Wondering why he is not in responsible employment. He's quite intelligent.. he even flipped the interview and made the interviewer answer questions. I still respect him
Yes I agreed. The committed a lot of mistake; however, they were also too young for those responsibility.. Sierra Leon authorities should take care of his medical bills.
I’m not from Sierra Leone but Strasser and Maada Bio’s issue qualifies for a fine case study. It’s beats imagination to Know that, a man ( Strasser) who is claimed to love power hence doesn’t want to surrender it, never returned to join or form political party, but he’s accuser ( Maada Bio) was able to go into politics and even progressed to become a Head of State. So the question now is; “which of them loves power”?
@@atsuini It is clear that it is the accuser that loves power more😂. The truth is out! Strasser gave great warnings in this interview but SL are not paying attention to the details to guide their choice. Now see where we are?
Thank you Sir, Rtd. Captain Valentine Esegragbo Melvin Strasser for making your kind opinion known; to some of us who have great plans for our country will listen to you. Thanks and may God continue to guide you.
Very interesting guy Ret Capt. Strasser. Very impressive person. Such a pity his life after leadership of his country did not go so well. He is so eloquent, wise and has a real persona of leadership about him. His country would do well to include him somewhere in their structures, maybe as an independent government adviser. The African Union would also do well to involve him in continental affairs. This level of experience and wisdom, in an otherwise young former statesman is like gold. It is a travesty that his life today is characterised by despair and self harm. The circumstances and context of the things that happened back in 1992 onwards in his country under his command; and his involvement should be viewed and weighed in the right way. He’s real, and I would really like to meet him one day. Respect to you and may God bless you, your country might not realise what a jewel they have in their midsts 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
From what I've heard, JMB has built a house for him and I have actually watched the video on TH-cam on this same channel. Just search for it. In addition to that, JMB is taking care of his life time medical bills from the time he became president and until he leaves office. How much more do you want the government to do for him when our people are suffering from poverty? Captain VEM Strassar should have put himself together as well.
Big shame I'm in shorts of words, even if the government can't do it are there not able bodied men/women in Sierra Leone who can help this guy for real, I guess y'all are just struggling and also a pauper like him
Wow, former president of Sierra Leone Captain Valentine Strasser is very intelligent, knowledgeable and interesting. He should be paid the pension of a former head of state.
Strasser was good for Sierra Leone. He said he wanted a two-year transition to democracy, he cut street crime and resumed tax collections. He slashed civil service rolls by one-fourth and cut inflation from 115% annually to less than 15%.
This man needs to got into rehabilitation centre for alcohol abuse after then he must be given work to his country. He's a former head of state, he's entitled for emolument. Africans must respect our leaders.
He's still got his intelligence and courage after being beaten cruelly by life. This man needs to be worshipped. Sierra Leoneans, please this man before he dies and pay him tributes.
@@joycepeters-macauley6455 took over by coup but rescued and transformed the country before he was misadvised and made blunders and forced out of power on a gun point
I still remember that uneventful day when the took over the government, I was attending school at Municipal Primary School in Freetown. He actually inspired me up to this day because of his courage and how well spoken he was and is today.
As usual and expected of Africa. Strasser is being Vilify and Maada Bio is being celebrated. Clearly, Maada Bio is power conscious whiles Strasser only served his people but as he had not stolen from his people, he is poor today. Maada Bio who seems to know the taste for money has ventured into politics and as rewarding we are for corruption, Maada Bio is now the President of Sierra Leone.
Why they can't remember the good he did?He was only 25 when he became president a heavy responsibility for one so young .Iam 10years older than him yet he looks like my father.Heavy stress.
Funny! If a former Head of Sierra Leone looks like 70's when he is in his fifties. I wonder how the ordinary Sierra Leoneans are looking. The govt shud respect the office not the individual.
Yes Unisa sesay, na yu go school. Di intv difficult in other words, very laboured. Ar guess anyone wo don live na UK/USA go agree. Kudos to AYV, we glady for di good wok. But dis na a country wo get a high percentage of people wo nor go bette school. Krio for be be di Bette medium so dat di reach go be country-wide.
It seems like Sierra Leone has never healed from the War! Hopefully, the time will come when the people will demand change and healing! But it's up to the people...However, as the Capt., said, the Southern Region suffered the most during the war. The aftermath of killings also hunts the path of healing. Long ways to go! Emotions will continue to run high the surviving families. Generations will pass down what they heard about their family members, making healing very difficult. Some war torn countries have healed and moved on for the sake of the people. Generate opportunities for all Sierra Leoneans. This will help in truly rebuilding the nation. That day will come...it's a young nation!
Sierra Leone govt should give him the honor of a retired president having served in that capacity four years, it's a shame for the people of Sierra Leone to live with this unfortunate history at the hands of greedy politicians who are actually not better than him.
@@deno174 He was a handsome young adult even before becoming junta leader. He aged so fast and that must be due to his descent in the deepest pits of poverty OR some illness.......
from the stories i have heard ,first the wife he trusted with his life took off with all his money and left him for pauper, second his friend led his ouster chasing him out of his palace comfort and third sickness too because of the above reasons surely that will crumble your health even to death if not comitting suicide, am i clear Sir. but to be honest you are right he is a pale shadow of former self..
Emancipate yourself from the slave language. English is a foreign language in our land, don't make it a priority when the Englishman is not making our languages a priority, not one! English is not the standard by which we should express ourselves, we will always be limited in foreign tounge!
@@anythinggoes4588 Forget about the slave palava card you're playing my dear, the world's diverse already in terms of language, we have to centralize communication system to further enhance our efforts in making the world a global village
@@marckazlauskas4673 The slave card has to be played (that is, decoding and rejecting the trend) because the Eurocentric players are still in the game of dominating and oppressing anything African. When you spoke about so-called global village, I'm yet to see a part of this village where the community is centralised around something African, or Aftican-led!
@@anythinggoes4588 You talk as if we Africans can live without the westerners, do you know how archaic we Africans will be without them if they hadn't showed up, I don't blame them for whatever they did to us because if we were also in the shoes, black man would have done more than what they did and are probably still doing, just stop the hypocrisy please okay...
@@marckazlauskas4673 You're not black, your language, tone, attitude, lack of self, and your name (for the most part) says it all. You're a non-black Lithuanian and that's the end of this conversation - you racist troll!
Why all the fault about extra judicial killings during the NPRC era is been attributed & hang in the head of Maada Bio when Strasser was the number one man then. Strasser signed the execution of Bambay & others....you should ask him about that too...don’t know why we keep asking the answer & not the question!
And he cleverly and intelligently dudge answering that question.I honestly hate what they always do to this man,always bringing him to the spotlight to throw shades on his former colleague.
Valentine doesn't know Maada much. He answered your question already. Valentine was not in favour of Democracy and that's why he was removed from power. Please leave Maada alone and talk about Samura ok? Samura has destroyed the economy of that country and that's a big problem for our people.
As far as African history is concerned, the story of Valentine Strasser is a fascinating one. It would be great if he could write a book.
I salute the intelligenza and the articulate manner he answers questions.He's quite an intelligent man and deserves a better treatment as a former president.
He is more than intelligent
Thanks for the documentary. I love this man's how he responds to your questions. I have also watched the video at the UN plenary hall. I couldn't resist liking his articulation on matters Africa and Sierra Leone. My prayer is that one day he will appear again in the world stage of politics. Congratulations for this video.
Sierra Leone Govt should take care of him as a former head of state. Even if you don't like him but respect the office as being former.
I dont think so, unfortunately its sad but it will deter idiots before they think of over throwing goverment
@Khari Frank ok thanks.
I think so too that he must be taken care of.
I have respect for him. He did not stash cash in some off shore bank like todays leaders do. If he had, he would have been rich by now. I respect him for being sefless. Those saying he blew his opportunity want to mean that he should have hidden lots of cash somewhere.
Are you forgetting he had innocent people executed?
@@carpediem4512 but he apologised and created a mourning period it seems that action was misinformed by his advisers
@@carpediem4512 Q
That is it!!
This man is very intelligent. My goodness, now I see why at age 25 is became a head of state. Put politics and pride aside, he should be an adviser to the president.
Wondering why he is not in responsible employment. He's quite intelligent.. he even flipped the interview and made the interviewer answer questions. I still respect him
Yes I agreed. The committed a lot of mistake; however, they were also too young for those responsibility.. Sierra Leon authorities should take care of his medical bills.
I’m not from Sierra Leone but Strasser and Maada Bio’s issue qualifies for a fine case study.
It’s beats imagination to Know that, a man ( Strasser) who is claimed to love power hence doesn’t want to surrender it, never returned to join or form political party, but he’s accuser ( Maada Bio) was able to go into politics and even progressed to become a Head of State.
So the question now is; “which of them loves power”?
Jkusi . You have asked such important questions, as a Sierra Leonean born it blows my mind. As to our current head of state.
@@atsuini 🇸🇱👊🏿❤🔑✅✅
@@atsuini It is clear that it is the accuser that loves power more😂. The truth is out! Strasser gave great warnings in this interview but SL are not paying attention to the details to guide their choice. Now see where we are?
Thank you Sir, Rtd. Captain Valentine Esegragbo Melvin Strasser for making your kind opinion known; to some of us who have great plans for our country will listen to you. Thanks and may God continue to guide you.
quite intelligent gentleman. thank you for the good services during your time
Thank you V EM for your wise words, and am happy you are still alive, to revail some facts about the past to the blinds.
we love you Mr. Strasser you'll live forever in our hearts
This man`s courage is extra ordinary. Tears in my eyes. May God help us all.
I wish he can become president again. this man is the real deal.
My prayer...
Very interesting guy Ret Capt. Strasser. Very impressive person. Such a pity his life after leadership of his country did not go so well. He is so eloquent, wise and has a real persona of leadership about him. His country would do well to include him somewhere in their structures, maybe as an independent government adviser. The African Union would also do well to involve him in continental affairs. This level of experience and wisdom, in an otherwise young former statesman is like gold. It is a travesty that his life today is characterised by despair and self harm.
The circumstances and context of the things that happened back in 1992 onwards in his country under his command; and his involvement should be viewed and weighed in the right way. He’s real, and I would really like to meet him one day.
Respect to you and may God bless you, your country might not realise what a jewel they have in their midsts 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
So intelligent, may Jehovah grant you peace and a place in paradise here after Captain. Salute from kenya.
Shame of the government of Sierre leone for keeping
a former Head of State in this situation
From what I've heard, JMB has built a house for him and I have actually watched the video on TH-cam on this same channel. Just search for it. In addition to that, JMB is taking care of his life time medical bills from the time he became president and until he leaves office. How much more do you want the government to do for him when our people are suffering from poverty? Captain VEM Strassar should have put himself together as well.
Life is a journey no one knows how it will end, in sorrow or in happiness, but we all go through life bearing and the boarding of our joy.
He is so young. Born 1967. He is somewhat broken man .But also don't forget that 's his natural body posture.
I feel bad that the govt left this man a pauper... Shame on Sierra Leone
Big shame I'm in shorts of words, even if the government can't do it are there not able bodied men/women in Sierra Leone who can help this guy for real, I guess y'all are just struggling and also a pauper like him
we should set up a go fund me for this guy
Sure my dear you're right about the GoFundMe
Make it happen
Strasser was betrayed plain and simple. Treachery seems to be a trade mark of many who claim to stand together.
Wow, former president of Sierra Leone Captain Valentine Strasser is very intelligent, knowledgeable and interesting. He should be paid the pension of a former head of state.
All these things cause a curse on that nation...Tejan Kabbah said he should not be on pension coz he was not a Democratically elected...
Strasser was good for Sierra Leone. He said he wanted a two-year transition to democracy, he cut street crime and resumed tax collections.
He slashed civil service rolls by one-fourth and cut inflation from 115% annually to less than 15%.
Anees Niazi... WOW !! 115% to 15% !
This man needs to got into rehabilitation centre for alcohol abuse after then he must be given work to his country. He's a former head of state, he's entitled for emolument. Africans must respect our leaders.
Strasser is one of the greatest president in SL history..
He's still got his intelligence and courage after being beaten cruelly by life. This man needs to be worshipped. Sierra Leoneans, please this man before he dies and pay him tributes.
I salut him from DRC congo 🇨🇩 .I always had pain in my heart on how he was rejected and went through lots of hard time
I'm enjoying the interview and history
Awesome!
"You na real creole man" you're a Legend Mr.Strasser
It’s all about Sierra Leone. Long live CVEMS.
Would like to listen but at max volume, i can hardly hear.
Was he once a president? I’m from Ghana 🇬🇭. Please let me know. One African one love ❤️
Yes. From 92 to 96
@@slimj5761 Wow I was only 4 in 92. Thanks
He wasn't an elected president. He took over by a coup.
@@joycepeters-macauley6455 took over by coup but rescued and transformed the country before he was misadvised and made blunders and forced out of power on a gun point
I still remember that uneventful day when the took over the government, I was attending school at Municipal Primary School in Freetown. He actually inspired me up to this day because of his courage and how well spoken he was and is today.
At that time, I was also attending Municipal primary school
@@jallohboboh297 I don't remember much about pupils from the school
@@DESmoRASHAD the same. I don't remember much of my days in that school.
Living a hard life has turned Strasser into an old man.
God forgive them,for they dont know what they are doing,bravo capt strasser...you where the man..got number luv 4 u...
This man needs be considered.
Surely Sierra Leone you can do better than this. This man was your President sometime back. He deserves a better life, he shouldn't be a pauper now!
Unfortunately he made some costly mistake, he was exiled but later pardoned to return, he is lucky to be in the country
@@vidallwai8285 Okay, thanks for the info
For the dignity of the country, this man deserves pension as former head of state.
That's our problem let him go out there and work
Lesson for others to take note. i am a gambian but have intrest in african affairs
Capt. VEM Straßer is a man of courage....
Respect mi breda...not everyone is ur friends....fact
Is good that the gov't is now taking care of him🙏🏾
Good talk capt VEM Strasser we wish to have your type in our country back
Yes
Captain Strasser you are the true boy. Much saloot, am from Dar es salaam Tz.
My fellow country man
Long live. Pre Strasser May God continue to bless you 🙏
So sad he had his best days in his early age
Thank God for he is still alive
He was young and failed to get good advisers which led him into such grave mistakes..... sorry.... but he was a courageous man
Oooh Valentine! Sierra Leone lost an intellectual son. Rest in peace! It seems like it was just yesterday.
I just like his English
The youngrst African head of state then. I love him ftom Nigeria fct Abuja
I will laterally need to meet this guy.
As usual and expected of Africa. Strasser is being Vilify and Maada Bio is being celebrated. Clearly, Maada Bio is power conscious whiles Strasser only served his people but as he had not stolen from his people, he is poor today. Maada Bio who seems to know the taste for money has ventured into politics and as rewarding we are for corruption, Maada Bio is now the President of Sierra Leone.
I know he's like "damn, I should've been a klepto like all the others"
Its A shame that this is what is left of this brilliant Gentleman! A Nations Shame!!!!
Happy to see our presiden love so much
Oh my God
The Govt should look after him
An intelligent man.
Thank God for the little part he played in his country.
Wash, Mr. Interviewer, some of us are ready to drop few coins if called for to support him.
I like this man may God help him
Amen 🙏
Captain need some rest in a quite place for six months
Do it for him if you have the means brother, shame on all Sieria leoneans nonsense..
Born a leader 🤝
Why they can't remember the good he did?He was only 25 when he became president a heavy responsibility for one so young .Iam 10years older than him yet he looks like my father.Heavy stress.
This man is bright
Funny! If a former Head of Sierra Leone looks like 70's when he is in his fifties. I wonder how the ordinary Sierra Leoneans are looking. The govt shud respect the office not the individual.
That’s thoughtful of you. Really can imagine how some Sierra leonas looks like.
Hhhmmm. Star TV. Who interviewed who?
Mr mada bio with too much bad past records , he will never rule Sierra Leone
Zarah Mansaray. He is now your president. Man nor be God.
Zarah Mansaray
He is now the president of Sierra Leone. Lol haha you fail
Who is the President mow? Bio, is blessed in Jesus name!
I meant to say now.
Shame on u ????
Very charismatic man
Shame to Bio and Sierra Leonean government. How could they let this brave patriot fall into such desperate circumstances?
sere lion government should take care of him one as a military officer who fought for the country and as a former president
SIERRA LEONEANS HAVE TO PUT PARTY ASIDE, JUST COMPARED THE TWO PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES AND CHOOSE THE RIGHT PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE.
Yes Unisa sesay, na yu go school. Di intv difficult in other words, very laboured. Ar guess anyone wo don live na UK/USA go agree. Kudos to AYV, we glady for di good wok. But dis na a country wo get a high percentage of people wo nor go bette school. Krio for be be di Bette medium so dat di reach go be country-wide.
Star TV you people need to bring late Foday Sankoh on board for interview.
I felt bad
It seems like Sierra Leone has never healed from the War! Hopefully, the time will come when the people will demand change and healing! But it's up to the people...However, as the Capt., said, the Southern Region suffered the most during the war. The aftermath of killings also hunts the path of healing. Long ways to go! Emotions will continue to run high the surviving families. Generations will pass down what they heard about their family members, making healing very difficult. Some war torn countries have healed and moved on for the sake of the people. Generate opportunities for all Sierra Leoneans. This will help in truly rebuilding the nation. That day will come...it's a young nation!
Capt 💪🏿🦁👑🇸🇱🇬🇧
I wonder why the interviewer didn't mentioned a little bit of his private life especially about his wife and children....
Stresser was visionary indeed. I still struggle to understand why he made Julius Maada Bio to deputize him in the military transition government.
"It takes the grace of God to forgive.... "
Sierra Leone govt should give him the honor of a retired president having served in that capacity four years, it's a shame for the people of Sierra Leone to live with this unfortunate history at the hands of greedy politicians who are actually not better than him.
STAR YOUR AUDIO IS NOT CLEAR
Rtd. Captain Valentine EM Strasser, he's still intelligent
Fallen but not broken
APC All your 99 ways and plans will fail, the people of Sierra Leone are sick of all the poverty, thief and backwardness in that country.
Hi Crown on …
Hi Crown APC are very at manipulating stuff. Their time is up
APC your plans has failed
it is sad that Africans don't honor their own legends instead we suppress them.
Why didn't star TV interview Strasser before the Elections? This is an evil game for Sierra Leone.
Vis he still alive ?
why this handsome guy depreciated so fast, he looks to old
Presidency is sweet
@@deno174 He was a handsome young adult even before becoming junta leader. He aged so fast and that must be due to his descent in the deepest pits of poverty OR some illness.......
from the stories i have heard ,first the wife he trusted with his life took off with all his money and left him for pauper, second his friend led his ouster chasing him out of his palace comfort and third sickness too because of the above reasons surely that will crumble your health even to death if not comitting suicide, am i clear Sir. but to be honest you are right he is a pale shadow of former self..
Is he high?
Impressive English skills by Strasser. A far cry from what has been the recent vogue, where office and business communication is now in plain Krio.
Emancipate yourself from the slave language. English is a foreign language in our land, don't make it a priority when the Englishman is not making our languages a priority, not one! English is not the standard by which we should express ourselves, we will always be limited in foreign tounge!
@@anythinggoes4588 Forget about the slave palava card you're playing my dear, the world's diverse already in terms of language, we have to centralize communication system to further enhance our efforts in making the world a global village
@@marckazlauskas4673 The slave card has to be played (that is, decoding and rejecting the trend) because the Eurocentric players are still in the game of dominating and oppressing anything African. When you spoke about so-called global village, I'm yet to see a part of this village where the community is centralised around something African, or Aftican-led!
@@anythinggoes4588 You talk as if we Africans can live without the westerners, do you know how archaic we Africans will be without them if they hadn't showed up, I don't blame them for whatever they did to us because if we were also in the shoes, black man would have done more than what they did and are probably still doing, just stop the hypocrisy please okay...
@@marckazlauskas4673 You're not black, your language, tone, attitude, lack of self, and your name (for the most part) says it all. You're a non-black Lithuanian and that's the end of this conversation - you racist troll!
Hang in there Strasser
I like Rt Captain Strasser.
Is the responsibility of the government to take care for this man as a former head of state....is obvious he really need help. Agaspa Lee Germany
I already hated APC for this why did they included Strasser on their stupid and corrupt election campaign
I'm looking for the Bangura family from Sierra Leone. I'm from Ghana
He looks like 80year oldman.
Hahahahahahha. D journalist need serious math lessons. Wow he questioned the 100.3% by NECwhich is actually due rounding up to 2 or 3 decimal places
If your in power and not stronger enough you need assistance from your people.... By education not by blood
Why all the fault about extra judicial killings during the NPRC era is been attributed & hang in the head of Maada Bio when Strasser was the number one man then. Strasser signed the execution of Bambay & others....you should ask him about that too...don’t know why we keep asking the answer & not the question!
And he cleverly and intelligently dudge answering that question.I honestly hate what they always do to this man,always bringing him to the spotlight to throw shades on his former colleague.
He is a very smart 👨 msn
Valentine doesn't know Maada much. He answered your question already. Valentine was not in favour of Democracy and that's why he was removed from power. Please leave Maada alone and talk about Samura ok? Samura has destroyed the economy of that country and that's a big problem for our people.
Even Strasser commend samura Kamara in this interview.