Monrovia — Former Finance Minister Samuel D. Tweah has launched a scathing Christmas message in opposition to the Unity Celebration (UP)-led authorities, accusing it of failing to ship the “golden age” promised to Liberians following the 2023 electoral defeat of the Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC).
In a strongly worded assertion, Tweah argued that Liberians have been “hoodwinked” into believing the CDC was destroying the nation and needed to be eliminated to “rescue Liberia,” insisting that occasions over the previous two years have as a substitute revealed deep governance failures underneath the present administration.
As proof, Tweah pointed to wage delays on the College of Liberia (UL), citing feedback by UL teacher Eric Patten, who reportedly stated that for the second consecutive December because the UP assumed energy, college workers have gone unpaid through the Christmas interval.
“UL households have needed to beg for Christmas for 2 straight years whereas their pay was held by the UP authorities,” Tweah wrote, contrasting the state of affairs with the CDC period, when he stated former President George Manneh Weah elevated instructors’ salaries by greater than 60 % and launched free tuition.
Tweah additionally referenced public college academics allegedly owed three months’ wage, noting that related delays underneath the CDC have been sharply criticized by the then-opposition Unity Celebration. He dismissed present explanations by the Ministry of Finance and Improvement Planning (MFDP) attributing delays to “technical or methods points,” calling it “doublespeak” paying homage to George Orwell’s 1984.
In response to Tweah, the CDC didn’t lose energy due to poor governance, arguing that Liberia’s eligibility for a Millennium Problem Company (MCC) Compact demonstrated progress made underneath the Weah administration, even amid financial shocks and the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Two years have now lapsed, and what we see is retrogression over foundations laid by the CDC,” he stated.
The previous finance minister additionally accused the present administration of trying to silence him by means of what he described as a “bogus nationwide safety case,” alleging political manipulation of the judicial course of. Whereas pledging continued respect for the courts, Tweah stated he would not stay silent on nationwide political points.
In that vein, he introduced plans to seem on December 30 on SPOON Speak, a chat present hosted by media character Stanton Witherspoon, the place he stated he intends to deal with a variety of governance and political issues and counter what he described as misinformation in regards to the CDC’s report.
“I intend to return there to appropriate the lies and set the report straight in regards to the exploits in governance and growth wrought by President George Manneh Weah,” Tweah stated, including that the present “Rescue” agenda continues to be working on foundations laid by the CDC.
Concluding his message, Tweah declared that the CDC is getting ready for a political combat forward of 2026.
“We are going to goal to cowl the broad and no-holds-barred swathe of governance and politics and my goal can be to point out Liberians that it ought to now be clear they made a horrible mistake and are reeling from that mistake.
We’re prepared for battle in 2026!”
