MONROVIA-The ruling Unity Get together has formally denounced the deliberate counter-protest organized by the group named “Council of Patriots for JNB-JKK,” which they declare represents the Get together’s standard-bearer.
The Unity Get together emphasizes that it has not approved any such gatherings and reaffirms its dedication to peaceable meeting and free speech.
In a press release launched in the present day, the Get together known as for a collective concentrate on governance and nationwide improvement, urging people contemplating taking part in protests to prioritize the nation’s stability over private grievances.
“The Unity Get together stays devoted to upholding the constitutional rights of all Liberians however implores the general public to keep up peace and order,” said a Get together spokesperson. “We should rise above provocation and concentrate on constructing a greater future for our nation”, the assertion maintained.
Highlighting achievements in governance over the previous two years, the Unity Get together pointed to enhancements in safety, stabilization of primary commodity costs, and enhanced street connectivity, significantly in beforehand remoted areas through the wet season.
Moreover, the Get together reaffirmed its dedication to combating corruption and boosting Liberia’s worldwide status whereas actively looking for funding alternatives for job creation via commerce and bilateral engagements.
The Unity Get together criticized members of the organizing committee for the upcoming protest, suggesting that a lot of them have been beforehand in highly effective positions throughout difficult instances for the nation.
They maintained that their previous inaction tarnished the nation’s picture, and the present authorities is targeted on governance reform and the supply of important social companies, as outlined in its Agenda for Inclusive Growth.
Moreover, the Get together requested that each one partisans and members of the Rescue Mission chorus from taking part within the counter-protest or any associated occasions deliberate for July 17, 2025.
The ruling institution expressed gratitude to nationwide safety forces for his or her professionalism in sustaining regulation and order and inspired the Liberia Nationwide Police (LNP) to uphold the best requirements in making certain peaceable meeting whereas safeguarding public order.
Alphonso Toweh
Has been within the career for over twenty years. He has labored for a lot of worldwide media shops together with: West Africa Journal, Africa Week Journal, African Observer and did occasional reporting for CNN, BBC World Service, Sunday Instances, NPR, Radio Deutchewells, Radio Netherlands. He’s the present correspondent for Reuters
He holds first MA with honors in Worldwide Relations and a candidate for second grasp in Worldwide Peace research and Battle Decision from the College of Liberia.
