Monrovia – The Motion for Financial Empowerment (MOVEE) has commenced early political coordination with the Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) to help former President George Manneh Weah’s anticipated return to the presidency in 2029.
By Willie N. Tokpah
The announcement was made by MOVEE Political Chief, Ambassador Dee-Maxwell Saah Kemayah Sr., on Saturday, June 21, throughout a commencement ceremony for his ladies’s vocational abilities coaching program held in Paynesville.
Kemayah, who previously served as Liberia’s Minister of International Affairs, described Weah’s comeback as “irreversible,” citing ongoing joint mobilization efforts between MOVEE and the CDC on the county and district ranges.
“The return of former President George Weah in 2029 isn’t just seemingly, it’s irreversible,” Kemayah acknowledged. “MOVEE and CDC are working county by county, construction by construction, to make sure this imaginative and prescient turns into actuality.”
He mentioned MOVEE had not too long ago held a Nationwide Govt Committee (NEC) assembly with delegates from all 15 counties to realign the celebration’s construction and description its strategic roadmap. The discussions, in response to him, targeted on grassroots mobilization and coverage priorities designed to place the celebration for a democratic return to energy.
The occasion, which celebrated the commencement of 40 younger ladies skilled in tailoring, catering, and cosmetology, additionally served as a platform to advance MOVEE’s message of inclusive empowerment linked to nationwide growth objectives. “Our aim isn’t just to win elections, however to remodel lives alongside the best way,” Kemayah mentioned.
This system, which was sponsored by Kemayah and his household, kinds a part of MOVEE’s broader agenda to mix political engagement with tangible neighborhood growth. Organizers confirmed that the following session of the coaching program is scheduled to start in August and can increase into different counties.
Former Assistant Minister for Gender, Kids and Social Safety, Maminah Carr Gaye, additionally spoke on the occasion. She praised the initiative as a nationwide mannequin and inspired different political events—each in authorities and opposition—to undertake related efforts. “This isn’t about MOVEE or CDC. That is about actual change,” she mentioned. “Political events should transfer from guarantees to motion. If MOVEE can do that, all others can, too.”
Addressing CDC Nationwide Chairman Janga A. Kowo, who was current on the occasion, Carr Gaye urged the celebration to revive its ladies’s abilities coaching applications, beforehand held on the CDC headquarters. “Let’s reawaken the CDC’s dedication to ladies’s abilities coaching,” she mentioned. “Liberia’s ladies deserve extra than simply applause. They want alternatives.”
A number of graduates expressed gratitude for the coaching, with some saying their intention to hitch MOVEE as a present of help for the celebration’s empowerment agenda. “I now have one thing to name my very own,” mentioned one graduate. “Due to this coaching, I may also help myself and others.”
