Introduction
The democratic political battle to give an early peaceful retirement to President Weah in 2023, requires all hands on deck; we mean clean hands, not hands tainted with corruption or any form of sexual impropriety. In this call for democratic and peaceful change, the Collaborating Political Parties, its partisans and sympathizers are under intense scrutiny by critical thinkers and other Liberians yearning for a peaceful change in government. The Unity Party, Liberty Party, All Liberians Party and the Alternatives National Congress, are pillars of this Collaboration.
These four political parties, along with other parties that will eventually join, with the blessing of God and acquiescence of the Liberian people, will usher in new leadership that will shape the direction of the nation for six years after 2023. The four political parties that constituted the Collaboration within their respective party usually bring forth and maintain individuals with impeccable character,
By Kadiker Rex Dahn, MA, M.Ed., PhD
Background
In the course of history, many have distorted and misapplied the Sacred Text of the Holy Bible. Before the Holy Scripture was written, the father of all lies, distortions and misapplications, that Ancient Serpent called the Devil, maneuvered his way to Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden and sugarcoated Godâs instruction on the forbidden fruit.
The Serpent succeeded when he cleverly enticed, deceived and misled Adam and Eve at their detriment and the detriment of mankind. In the Early Church, distortions and misapplications to twist the meaning of the Scripture were vigorously opposed by the early church fathers. For example, Polycarp, the disciple of John, one of the twelve disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ referred to Marcion, an early heretic as âthe first born of Satanâ.
Background
The Judicial Branch under the leadership of Chief Justice, Francis Korkpor has repeatedly been besieged by claims of corruption and manipulations. In public opinions and those who may have had an encounter with the system, it is alleged that the system is infested with flaws, corruptions and certainly, is easily manipulated. Whether these allegations are true or not, two things are required to ensure certainty: Â independent and credible investigations. The United States Government even with some flaws is still the best, independent, credible, sophisticated and reliable democratic government in the world. The U.S. Department of Treasury, as part of its functions, is responsible for financial matters. The Treasury, after closely investigating the issue of corruption and bribery in the judicial system in Liberia, rendered a verdict; that verdict acquiesced with public opinions and perceptions about corruptions and briberies. Those allegedly culpable have been lined up. In
Background
Good reputation and integrity are essential qualities of political leadership. There are a number of Liberians who in the public political discourse, pretend to be honest in their dealings but in reality, their actions are often accompanied by deception to say the least. These political crooks, because some have wealth whether legitimately or ill-gotten, in one form or another, surreptitiously navigate their way into political parties to make their presence felt. These individuals, we conceive, have hidden selfish political agendas but what is clear is that some of these individuals have for a lack of better phrase, character problems both at the national and international levels. Becoming a political party’s chairman is not child’s play. While it is true that no one is infallible, at least, we expect a party’s chairman and other officials to be beyond reproach. When an individual desiring to be a party’s chairman is besieged by claims of corruption, deceptions, c
Background
From antiquity, in the African context, very rarely do individuals and governments take responsibility for failure. âOutsidersâ usually take the blame for any failure of a sitting government. In Liberia, the government of President Weah was ushered in on January 21st, 2018 with flamboyant political promises prominent among which were the declaration that Liberians will no longer be spectators of their own economy and the ill-conceived and formulated pro-poor agenda among others. President Weah, once admired by his followers, now, in the eyes of Cedicians, has become a failure. President Weah and his co-lieutenants have failed to fulfill their promises thus the protest votes by their supporters. The pro-poor agenda has not worked, is not working and will not work. Instead, the pro-poor agenda is actually killing the poor. Cedicians and Liberians across the board are outraged and regretted voting for President Weah and the CDC. Liberians and Cedicians sent a messa