By: Kruah Thompson
Looking forward to the upcoming presidential elections scheduled for October this 12 months, the political chief for the Motion of One Liberia (MOL) – MacDella Cooper has declared her occasion’s readiness to unseat President Weah.
Madam Cooper in a press release over the week stated her occasion is a significant drive within the upcoming election and that they’re ready to take away what she described as an incompetent regime.
She alluded to placing the appropriate administration that may ship Liberians from the huge struggling they bear each day.
“The motion of One Liberia goes to be a drive on this election, and we’re severe about eradicating this incompetence administration to place the appropriate individuals who can free the nation from huge struggling folks face each day attributable to President Weah’s ignorance,” she stated.
In the end, she is the one feminine presidential candidate working for the nation’s highest workplace. She was the one youngest feminine presidential candidate within the 2017 presidential elections.
Madam Cooper expressed optimism about her marketing campaign’s probabilities and named steps the occasion will take to make sure a profitable election.
MOL has divided the nation into 5 areas: “We bought our regional well being staff within the 5 areas with 15 County and District representatives.” she stated.
Regardless of this confidence, the chief has acknowledged the challenges that lie forward, together with the necessity for assist from different political events to make sure a peaceable and honest election course of wanting concisely at violence in opposition to girls.
About MacDella Cooper
Macdella Cooper is a Liberian philanthropist and politician who ran for the presidency of Liberia within the 2017 elections. She was born in Monrovia, Liberia, in 1977 and moved to america as a refugee throughout the Liberian civil struggle within the Nineties.
Within the US, Cooper grew to become a profitable entrepreneur, founding the Macdella Cooper Basis (MCF) in 2004. The inspiration goals to empower younger folks and ladies in Liberia by schooling and management growth.
Beneath Cooper’s management, MCF has constructed faculties, offered scholarships, and applied packages to enhance the lives of hundreds of Liberians.
In 2017, Cooper introduced her candidacy for the Liberian presidency, working as an unbiased candidate.
Her marketing campaign centered on points akin to schooling, job creation, and the struggle in opposition to corruption. Nevertheless, Cooper didn’t win the election, which was received by George Weah.
Regardless of her electoral defeat, Cooper stays an essential determine in Liberian politics and civil society.
She continues to work by MCF to empower younger folks and ladies in Liberia, and her philanthropic work has been acknowledged by quite a few organizations and governments around the globe.
Nevertheless, political campaigns and elections are a posh course of that entails many components, like political platforms, public opinion, and electoral legal guidelines, amongst others. However The choice about who’s the appropriate candidate for the upcoming election is finally as much as the Liberian folks to determine by their votes. However, may MacDella Cooper be the one? The reply shouldn’t be but clear.
What has she finished?
Macdella Cooper has demonstrated potential as a pacesetter and a philanthropist. By means of her work with the Macdella Cooper Basis, she has proven a dedication to empowering younger folks and ladies in Liberia by schooling and management growth.
Her basis has constructed faculties, offered scholarships, and applied packages to enhance the lives of hundreds of Liberians.
As a candidate for the Liberian presidency in 2017, Cooper additionally demonstrated her skill to mobilize assist and promote her imaginative and prescient for the nation.
Though she didn’t win the election, however her marketing campaign raised essential points and impressed many Liberians, particularly younger folks, and ladies, to turn into extra engaged in politics and civic affairs.
Total, Macdella Cooper has the potential to be a big voice in Liberian politics and civil society, in addition to a pacesetter within the area and globally.
Her expertise as a profitable entrepreneur, philanthropist, and political candidate provides her a novel perspective and a set of expertise that may very well be priceless in quite a lot of settings.
What are Her challenges?
Macdella Cooper has confronted a number of challenges all through her profession as a philanthropist and political candidate.
As a philanthropist and unbiased political candidate, Macdella Cooper has confronted challenges in elevating the mandatory funds to assist her packages and marketing campaign.
This has restricted the size of her affect and made it tougher to compete with established political events and candidates.
Whereas Macdella Cooper has proven management qualities and a transparent imaginative and prescient for Liberia, she has comparatively little political expertise in comparison with different candidates. This has made it tougher to navigate the complicated political panorama in Liberia and to construct coalitions of assist contributing to her loss in 2017.
She is a girl and a comparatively younger candidate, and she or he has confronted gender and age biases from some segments of Liberian society. This has made it tougher to achieve traction amongst sure teams and to be taken critically as a political chief.
As an unbiased candidate, Macdella Cooper has additionally confronted challenges in getting media protection and reaching a wider viewers.
This has made it tougher to construct identify recognition and get her message out to the general public.
Regardless of these challenges, Macdella Cooper has persevered and made vital contributions to Liberia by her philanthropic work and her engagement in politics.
