MONROVIA – National Patriotic Party Chairman, Atty. George Mulbah, has hinted at the party’s imminent exit from the Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC).
By: Varflay Kamara, [email protected], contributor
The CDC is a Coalition of three Political Parties including the NPP, Liberia People Democratic Party and Congress for Democratic Change.
In an interview on State Radio ELBC Thursday, Atty. Mulbah said the framework agreement on governance among the constituent parties of the Coalition for Democratic Change will no longer exist after January 22 inaugural program.
“we signed the coalition document premised on the fact that the definition of coalition will be clearly applied. What is Coalition? Coalition is a one or two parties coming together to form a government. Now we don’t have a government; so we have to ask ourselves what is the next step to be taken”, Atty. Mulbah said.
He said the NPP, LPDP and the CDC cannot work together under a coalition arrangement because they would no longer be governing the country.
Atty. George Mulbah called on his colleagues in the CDC and LPDP to begin high-level discussions surrounding the future of the Coalition, stressing that new agreement may be signed to keep the three parties together.
However, Chairman Mulbah said the NPP, like the other two political parties in the coalition, reserves the right to remain or leave the alliance.
“We have the personalities to contest as President on the ticket of the NPP in 2029. We have produced countless lawmakers, prop-temp and other high ranking members of the legislature. So, it is not a question of whether we have the personalities within the party to contest in 2029”.
The NPP national Chairman reflected on the mistakes of the CDC government, attributed part of its defeat in the November 14 run-off Presidential elections to lack of level playing field, constituent parties not having access to opportunities and outgoing President George Manneh Weah.
“If you remember constituent parties mainly the LPDP and the NPP were outside of the perimeter of the campaign. These parties have members; and they hoped that their leaders would be on platforms at campaign rallies. Even to see the President, it was difficult. So many factors led to the defeat of the Coalition in the just ended elections”, George Mulbah asserted on State Radio.
Meanwhile, George Mulbah has warned against targeted audit by the incoming government.
Atty. Mulbah said though he welcomes the audit of the outgoing administration, such audit process must be holistic to avoid witch-hunting.