Ganta, Nimba County – Leaders of twelve political parties in Liberia meeting in Ganta, Nimba County Saturday signed a communique agreeing to work together and collaborate for victory in the ensuing 2017 Presidential and legislative elections.
Report by Henry Karmo, [email protected]/Selma N. Lomax, [email protected]
The two-day gathering brought together Senator Prince Y. Johnson of the Movement for Democracy and Reconstruction (MDR), Liberty Party’s Charles Walker Brumskine, Benoni Urey of the All Liberian Party ALP, George Weah’s Congress for Democratic Change and Alexander Cummings of Alternative National Congress (ANC).
Other parties include the former ruling National Patriotic Parties (NPP), Movement for Economic Empowerment (MOVEE), Movement for Progressive Change, All Liberia Coalition Party, Victory for Change Party, New Liberia Party, Vision for Liberia Transformation, Union of Liberian Democrats and Liberian Nation Union.
Under the aegis Opposition Political Parties Collaboration Summit, the Ganta meeting has claimed the attention of thousands of locals who began converging at the venue of the meeting hours before kickoff time.
Many of them interviewed by FrontAfrica reporter covering the program petitioned their leaders to come out with a ‘single voice’ to defeat the ruling Unity Party in 2017.
The communique signed by the twelve party leaders read:
In consideration of the aforementioned opposition political parties constitute a joint Technical committee comprising two representatives from each political party to work out the details and modalities for approval by the National Executive committee of their respective political parties.
Opposition political parties not signatories to this document are encouraged and welcome to form a part of this collaborative initiative by a letter to the joint technical committee.
Opposition political parties that are signatories to this declaration hereby make a seldom pledged not to castigate or denigrate each other in any manner and form. In the event of disagreement among or between political parties the matter shall be refer to the joint technical committee for resolution.
The joint Technical committee shall report in sixty days as of the signing of this declaration given under our hands and part seal on this 17 day of September 2017 in the city of Ganta, Nimba County Republic of Liberia.
Earlier, Senator Johnson declared that the gathering was aimed at working toward a concerted effort for the purpose of finding a lasting solution to Liberia’s mountain problems.
“Despite our diversity of political ideologies, there is still a possibility of placing all of our respective problems and views.
What can opposition political parties do to rebuild and restructure the entire fabrics of the nation?”