MONROVIA — Former President George Weah has spoken out following the demolition of the Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) headquarters, describing the eviction as “partisan political mischief” by the Unity Celebration (UP)-led authorities below President Joseph Nyuma Boakai.
In a press release issued Saturday, Weah referred to as the destruction of the CDC compound in Congo City “unlucky and regrettable” however urged partisans and supporters to stay calm, law-abiding, and respectful of due course of.
“Fellow Liberians, particularly our supporters and sympathizers, I encourage you to remain calm, stay law-abiding, and respect due course of within the curiosity of our democracy, the rule of regulation, and peaceable coexistence amongst all Liberians,” Weah stated.
The previous president accused the Boakai administration of disregarding the rule of regulation and abusing energy, claiming the police acted on direct orders from the president regardless of the CDC’s pending appeals in courtroom.
“This was not a lawful eviction; it was a failed mission to destroy and erase the CDC in an try to fulfil the very want Boakai has repeatedly expressed to his lieutenants,” Weah charged.
He described the demolition as a menace to Liberia’s fragile peace and democracy, including: “Their record of violations grows each day—from police brutality towards peculiar residents to outright disregard of courtroom orders.”
Regardless of condemning the federal government’s actions, Weah assured his partisans that the CDC would rebound from the setback. He introduced the institution of a Particular Nationwide Headquarters Supply Committee to spearhead the development of a brand new “trendy, state-of-the-art headquarters.”
“Whereas the lack of our workplace constructing is a setback, I need to emphasize that it’s only short-term. We will overcome this sooner moderately than later, because of your unwavering dedication, dedication, and resilience,” Weah stated.
The CDC political chief, nonetheless, cautioned supporters towards violence. “I should be clear: resist the temptation to take the regulation into your personal arms. Nevertheless disillusioned we’re by this end result, I name on every of you to proceed respecting the regulation and due course of,” he emphasised.
Weah vowed that the occasion’s identification and energy transcend bodily buildings, saying: “The unity, energy, and identification of our occasion and coalition aren’t present in bricks and mortar. They stay within the minds, hearts, and combating spirit of our teeming supporters.”
The previous president concluded by expressing optimism in regards to the CDC’s political future, declaring: “Collectively, we’ll construct a greater homeland for our occasion. So assist me God. God bless Liberia.”
CDC partisans awoke Saturday morning to the sight of bulldozers tearing down their occasion headquarters after the federal government, performing on the orders of the Sixth Judicial Circuit Court docket of Montserrado, carried out the eviction. Police and courtroom sheriffs, some carrying masks, oversaw the operation that leveled the compound, together with the Munah E. Pelham Youngblood Vocational Faculty positioned on the premises.
Chatting with reporters on the Roberts Worldwide Airport upon his return from Japan, President Boakai defended the demolition, insisting it was a lawful enforcement of a courtroom ruling and never a political resolution.
“The regulation is the regulation. It’s not the federal government; it’s the authorities’s implementation of the regulation,” Boakai stated. “The police have been ordered to hold out the motion, they usually did. That demolition was merely the removing of individuals from premises that didn’t belong to them.”
