Monrovia – In a uncommon present of bipartisan solidarity, the Nationwide Ladies’s Leagues of three political events—the Motion for Financial Empowerment (MOVEE), the Congress for Democratic Change (CDC), and the Citizen Motion for Change (CMC)—have launched a scathing critique of President Joseph Boakai’s administration, accusing it of staging a misleading and selective battle towards the nation’s deepening drug disaster.
By Gerald C. Koinyeneh
In a joint assertion, the teams referred to as for pressing and honest authorities motion forward of the August 7 Nationwide Anti-Drug Protest, saying Liberians, particularly moms, are uninterested in watching their youngsters die from habit whereas these in energy shield the true enablers of the commerce.
“We’re elevating our voices towards the mockery of President Boakai’s guarantees to rescue Liberia’s youth from the scourge of habit,” the teams stated in a joint assertion. “His authorities, rife with deception, has frequently failed our kids, whereas political actors interact in a harmful charade.”
The ladies’s leagues expressed alarm over current experiences linking people with shut ties to the President to drug-related crimes. They singled out the alleged arrest and subsequent secret launch of Dominic Morlu, reportedly caught with narcotics valued at over US$295,000. Morlu is alleged to be an affiliate of the President and his son, Tantan Boakai.
The ladies additionally pointed to experiences that George Obi, also called “Unique Japan,” a infamous drug seller, was allegedly pardoned as a part of the President’s July 26 clemency package deal—allegedly because of ties with the President’s inside circle.
“This represents an outrageous betrayal of the very residents they pledged to guard,” stated Angeline Gborie, Nationwide Chairlady of the MOVEE Ladies’s League.
The assertion additional criticized the federal government for what it described as “political theatrics,” accusing President Boakai, lawmakers, and safety officers of endorsing marches and issuing press statements whereas failing to behave decisively behind the scenes.
“They shouldn’t be marching—they need to be taking motion,” stated Ms. Fatu Swaray, Nationwide Chairlady of the CDC Ladies’s League.
The joint assertion referred to as on the Director of the Liberia Drug Enforcement Company (LDEA) and the Inspector Common of the Liberia Nationwide Police to revive public belief by guaranteeing that arrests and prosecutions are clear and neutral.
“As moms and leaders, we demand that the battle towards medicine be real, not staged for optics,” added Ms. Alice Baysah, Nationwide Chairlady of the CMC.
The ladies’s leagues reaffirmed their help for the August 7 protest and vowed to march in solidarity with victims of drug habit and their households. In addition they urged members and supporters to end up in massive numbers to demand actual accountability from the federal government.
“The time for phrases is over,” the assertion concluded. “Historical past will keep in mind those that stood in solidarity with the victims and took significant motion. No extra mockery—solely outcomes.”
