03/02/2023
News: Politics
Liberia presidential aspirant Cllr. Tiawon S Gongloe has described President George Weah ’s State of the Nation Address as a farewell and campaign statement.
According to Cllr. Gongloe, he consider the Liberian leader’s address as a farewell and campaign statement which is a violation of the constitution because, the president deceptively omitted some cardinal historical developments under his administration as far back as 2018 to 2023.
The LPP political leader in a telephone conversation with me on Wednesday February 1, 2023 said it was unconstitutional for the head of state to declare his second term bid during the ex*****on of a constitutional mandate at the national legislature.
‘’it was wrong…it was a clear violation of the constitution…it was a misconduct, the constitution provides for an impeachment of the president for committing gross misconduct…and I think that was gross misconduct…and I think the senate must have a hearing about that but they will not do it because majority of the senate who are opposition members are not functionally opposition party members so they will not represent the Liberian people to hear anything like that but we can say he was wrong’’ he noted.
The former solicitor general said it might be recorded in the Guinee’s book of record that for the first time in the history of Liberia five government officials including two senators and three members of the executives were sanctioned by the United States of America which he said reduces Liberia’s friendship with her premier ally.
He said, president Weah will go down in history for generating the most scandal as president of Liberia in Liberian history including the 16billion, 25million mop-up, the US25million covid-19 fund and the national road fund scandals; the Eton Ebomaf loan from Senegal for the coastal highway, the many unexplained deaths of auditors and the banning of Liberia’s dependable sport pitch by Fifa as unfit for playing soccer.
The former LNBA president acknowledged that he’s not surprise of president Weah’s government failure to address critical sectors of the country including health, Education, road and food security because as a footballing president, he has failed to address challenges and issues affecting an area that brought him to prominence, which is soccer; as under his watch football zest in Liberia has declined as compared to leaders who were not footballers.
He said Liberia is presently in the intensive care unit ICU under president Weah and if nothing is done the country will fall apart.
Cllr. Gongloe asserted, he consider himself now as an alternative for Liberians hope in order to stop the CDC regime from perpetuating themselves into power as a result of the collaborating political parties failure to hold together in keeping the hopes of Liberians in tight for a viable change.
The international human rights awardee maintained that his candidacy in the October poll is a decision of the Liberia People’s Party which thought not to sharpen the divides by joining ranks with any of the breakaway parties whom they think cannot be partially blame for circumstances that led to the division.
He named six major points as fundamental tools to address the major problems of Liberia amongst 10 agendas he is marketing as a vision and mission statement.
The Liberian poor man lawyer as many call him outlined Health, education, rice production, road maintenance and connectivity, rule of law and combating corruption.
Under health, the LPP presidential hopeful said based on the prevailing poverty circumstances at hand, there will be free and compulsory medical treatment for all pregnant women, children and adults at age 55 upward under his administration; under education, all Liberian children will have access to compulsory free education while free trade schools that will teach tailoring, masonry, carpentry and other professional skills will be thought.
He said his administration will initiate a quick impact educational scheme to educate Liberians in two years; a program will be achievable with the employment of junior and senior high school students and University graduates who will be monitor in their communities to teach their parents and other illiterate citizens who had never had the privilege to go to school.
Under corruption, the presidential hopeful said his first approach towards the fight against corruption will be to ensure that top government officials including heads of the executive and judiciary’s salaries be publish in the newspapers to allow the public have access to their earning which can be used as a means to determine government officials wealth accumulation in short period of time unjustifiably.
Another method to determine corruption will be the institution of public audit at government line ministries and agencies after every four month, where people with questionable records in spending and services will be dismissed from government and forwarded to the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission for investigation and if found guilty he or she will face the prescribed period according to law behind bar.
‘’And then the law provides for seizure of all of your monies and asset that you stole, the money that you stole and the assets that you acquired, the building you put up, the cars you bought whether kehkeh, pen-pen anything you bought and the balance of the money in the bank we will take everything from you. And I strongly believe that when you have five ministers in jail and their families suffering because the stolen money taken from them, no minister in government will want to steal again and anyone outside government who want come to government to steal will be afraid of government’s job in the Gongloe-LPP administration’’.
He blamed the cause of the many ritualistic killings across the country during elections time on the appetite of people for government’s job.
‘’The witch Doctor will say you want be managing director bring me human being heart, you want be minister bring me human be eye, you want be ehn-ehn representative bring me human being blood, bring this one, bring this one, so when we fight corruption then the witch doctor business will not be important anymore then we will fix this country’’.
Prince Johnson Play for play Nimba factor:
Responding to questions about senator Prince Johnson Pay-for Play factor in vote rich Nimba, the Nimba native said his kinsman who is presumed to be the political god-father of Nimba has not had influence over the people of Nimba to vote for a specific presidential candidate, instead Nimbayans had always voted for the senator as an individual and not his prefer presidential choice in elections in Liberia.
The former labor minister noted that, the MDR political leader emeritus do not have a history where everyone he show support for won election in Nimba, making reference to the Prof. Francis Mawoyan scenario in the recent Ganta by-election.
Gongloe claimed that with his presence in the election he believed that his kinsman Johnson will not oppose him.
He said, just in case there is second round option in the October 10 poll, he will support the formidable opposition figure that will be going against Weah for a final determination of Liberians hope and aspiration for change.
He spoke with me on Wednesday February 1,2023 in an exclusive telephone conversation on Radio Life 92.5 FM
By: Rational T. Prince Mulbah
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