Monrovia-The political local weather in Sinoe County has erupted into open confrontation following gorgeous remarks by Senator Crayton Oldman Duncan that the federal government of the Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) was a “failure.”
However his categorization of the get together as a failure didn’t go unnoticed with the get together’s Sinoe County Spokesman who additionally described him as a hypocrite.
Senator Duncan is a rating member of the CDC, and he got here to energy by the propelling instrumentality of the CDC administration he has branded as failure.
He made the remarks just lately on the AMUWLU Mental Heart in Greenville Metropolis, an event of his post-birthday handle to unveil a brand new political motion aimed toward eradicating each the CDC and the ruling Unity Occasion (UP) from energy.
His criticism of the CDC is broadly considered as a dramatic departure from get together solidarity — and one which triggered instant and fiery backlash.
Duncan accused the CDC-led authorities of failing the Liberian individuals, drawing a controversial comparability between former President George Weah and President Joseph N. Boakai.
“How may a youthful, extra dynamic George Weah lose to an older opponent?” he requested rhetorically, suggesting the reply lies within the CDC’s poor governance and public disillusionment.
He additionally dismissed a reconciliation try from former Senator J. Milton Teahjay, who had taken to Fb to increase congratulations and promote unity within the county. Duncan flatly rejected the gesture: “I have already got my legislative ally in Senator Augustine S. Chea. I don’t want Teahjay’s friendship.”
Whereas reaffirming his dedication to native growth — particularly his push to rework the Samuel Alfred Ross Port into an autonomous entity — Duncan’s remarks had been unmistakably designed to separate himself from the CDC, regardless of having immediately benefited from its help in 2023.
Nonetheless, his criticism of the CDC didn’t go unanswered, as CDC’s official marketing campaign spokesperson in Sinoe County in the course of the 2023 elections, Henry Doe Dargbeh III, issued a blistering rebuttal, accusing Duncan of hypocrisy and political opportunism.
“Yesterday, in an mental discussion board, Senator Duncan mentioned CDC misplaced as a result of President Weah failed,” Dargbeh mentioned. “However as CDC spokesperson, I imagine the get together misplaced as a result of Duncan himself was by no means honest in his help for the CDC in the course of the second spherical.”
Dargbeh argued that Duncan, having already secured his Senate seat within the first spherical, did little to make sure turnout for Weah within the runoff election.
“He sat as an government of the CDC, dealt with assets, but refused to mobilize voters,” Dargbeh continued. “Over 24,000 eligible voters didn’t forged their votes in Sinoe in the course of the second spherical. Practically 50% of those that voted for the CDC or COD within the first spherical stayed home-largely as a result of their leaders did not help or finance their participation.”
He went additional to recommend that Duncan’s present criticism is nothing greater than calculated image-polishing: “As a politician, I do know typically you criticize simply to be beloved. That is Duncan’s approach of gaining consideration. However he must look within the mirror. He didn’t have interaction totally when it mattered — and now needs to scapegoat the get together he deserted when it counted most.”
The feud between Duncan and CDC stalwarts indicators deepening fractures in Sinoe’s political construction — and presumably the nationwide CDC framework. Duncan’s daring disavowal of his get together, paired with Dargbeh’s accusations of sabotage, paints an image of mistrust and disunity that will carry lasting penalties heading towards the 2029 election cycle.
Whereas Duncan seeks to forge a brand new path, his critics insist he’s merely rewriting historical past to masks his personal failures. One factor is evident: political loyalty in Liberia, particularly in counties like Sinoe, is more and more conditional — and reputations are rapidly being reshaped within the eyes of a watching voters.
