Liberia: CDC Cancels Campaign Launch Date

Monrovia – The Chairman of the ruling Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC), Mr. Mulbah Morlu, has announced another date on which the party will launch its Montserrado County’s by-elections campaign activities.

Previously, Chairman Morlu had announced Saturday, June 8, a day after the much-talked-about June 7 protest, as the day set for the launch of campaign activities. He has now pronounced Saturday, June 22^nd as the new date for campaign launch.

According to Morlu, the decision to move the campaign launch from the weekend to the 22^nd is informed by the presumption that a consecutive political activity on June 8^th, may contribute to an unenviably sustained disruption of business activities in Central Monrovia and its commercial environs.

“The leadership of the CDC being eager to minimize the adverse effect of back-to-back political activities in Central Monrovia, has concluded to reschedule the launch date of its official campaign, leading to a declaration of June 22^nd as the new date for the official launch of its Senatorial and Representative by-elections campaigns in Montserrado.

“This is especially so considering that irrespective of any political objective, the Mighty Coalition for Democratic Change will never sub optimize political expediency above the socio-economic interest of the ordinary citizen, to whom democratic and constitutional power belongs.”

Despite this new date, when he announced the previous date, he had advised his partisans to rest from all campaign/political activities on June 7, which is the day that the Council of Patriots’ #SavetheState protest will be staged.

He called on his partisans and other Liberians to remain peaceful while going about their normal businesses. He even cautioned his fellow cdcians to exercise “maximum restrain against counter-protest and acts of provocation.” “Lastly, it is important to state that throughout this campaign the CDC requires of its partisans the highest demonstration of respect for the rule of law as always, promoting peace and stability of tribe, gender, ethnicity or religion.”