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 Mohammed, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said he had been awake, seven days and seven nights, “fighting former leaders” to secure the mandate of voters.

Report from Margibi County says despite an amount of US$650,000 allotted by the Government of Liberia for the inauguration of President-elect Joseph Nyumah Boakai and Vice President-elect, Jeremiah Kpang Koung on January 22, 2024, some key players and stakeholders of the incoming Unity Party, and the county administration, are seriously soliciting funds from businesses in the county for inaugural program to the dismay of many people.

Questions are beginning to mount here whether outgoing President George Manneh Weah is sincere about his pronounced retirement from seeking further presidential ambition, just about a month after he lost his re-election bid.

This new formation is seeking to collaborate with the parties supporting the genocide in Gaza and a policy of militarism and social cuts at home.

The Liberian Senate has voted on the white ballot a female lawmaker, Sen. Nyonblee Karnga-Lawrence, from the incoming Unity Party alliance as the new President Pro-Tempore, succeeding Grand Kru County Senator Albert T. Chie.

Two executives of the ruling Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC), Cllr. J. Fonati Koffa and Mr. Thomas P. Fallah have been elected Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives at the start of the 55th Legislature.

Liberia’s former Finance Minister (under the regime of slain President Samuel Doe) David Fahart, says it does not matter who becomes Speaker of the House and Senate President Pro-Tempore because once elections are over, these offices seem not to exist in African politics. 

Outgoing Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor’s recent disclosure of treatments received in the Coalition government of President George Manneh Weah that she served for six years is nothing but crying over spilled milk. How could a woman of her status allow herself to have suffered such psychological humiliation without speaking out!

Montserrado County District#9 Representative Frank Saah Foko, Jr., says President-elect Joseph Nyumah Boakai’s $5K for inaugural party should stay clear of his district because it is an inducement for lawmakers to support the election of Unity Party Representative Richard Koon for the speakership.

Liberian President-elect Amb. Joseph Nyumah Boakai has assured citizens that Liberia his leadership is prepared to welcome investors for the development of the country.