MONROVIA – The Standard Bearer of the Collaborating Political Parties (CPP), Mr. Alexander Cummings, concluded his campaign tour of Buchanan, Grand Bassa County, with a call for peaceful and nonviolent elections on Tuesday, October 10.
Cummings stated that as Liberians go to the polls to decide on their choice of leaders, the CPP will accept the results on the condition that they truly and accurately reflect the will and aspirations of the Liberian people.
In a nationwide address from Buchanan, Mr. Cummings called for sober reflection on the part of every Liberian regarding why, at 176 years since its founding, Liberia still ranks among the least developed nations, despite its vast natural resources.
Cummings pointed out that Liberia, at 176, lacks good healthcare, quality education, electricity, piped water, and has a network of disastrous roads nationwide. Moreover, the vast majority of its citizens live in deplorable conditions and abject poverty. He attributed these issues to the country’s worsening economic conditions and the lack of basic social services and infrastructure, which he blamed on decades of poor leadership and gross mismanagement of public resources.
Cummings argued that if “government experience” were the key to achieving national development and economic prosperity, Liberia would rank among the most developed nations. He emphasized that poor choices by Liberians in electing incompetent and wrong leaders over the years, with the same experiences and ideas, have degraded and worsened the country’s economic potential.
He pledged to make the hard and tough decisions necessary to change Liberia and accelerate economic development. He urged Liberians to elect competent and experienced leaders with a vision to promote economic growth through the creation of a strong and vibrant private sector.
Cummings, drawing on his wealth of experience and knowledge of economic and business development, expressed his capacity to transform the country’s ailing economy, create jobs, fix the roads, and restore basic social services. He appealed to Liberians to give him the greatest honor by electing him President to lead Liberia’s economic recovery for the betterment of all Liberians.
To conclude his campaign in Buchanan, Cummings met with several political, civil society, inter-religious, and interest groups, thanked them, and pleaded for the chance to lead.
On Sunday, Cummings, accompanied by his Vice Standard Bearer Counsellor Charlyne Brumskine, concluded the campaign with worship services at several churches. These churches offered special prayers for blessings and wished him victory in the Tuesday, October poll.
In an exclusive interview with Radio Gbehzon on October 7, Mr. Cummings vowed that a CPP government would prioritize the interests of Liberian businesses and, within the first one hundred days, begin to restore salary cuts for civil servants initiated by the CDC government.
Cummings assured journalists that his quest for the Presidency is to work alongside all well-meaning Liberians to change the deplorable conditions faced by Liberians, not to plunder the country’s resources. He emphasized that as President, he would donate his salary to charitable work and dispel critics’ notions that he seeks the presidency for personal wealth accumulation.
The CPP Standard Bearer expressed that God has blessed him with enormous wealth and that his pursuit of the Presidency is not for a job but rather to use the Presidency to improve Liberia for the betterment of all citizens.
Cummings declared that while aggressively combating corruption, a CPP Government would ensure Liberia reaps the full benefits of its natural resources without necessarily terminating any concessionaire agreements.
Last week, the CPP Standard Bearer visited Bong and Nimba Counties and received a rousing welcome with pledges of support for his Presidential bid.
Additionally, Mr. Cummings, accompanied by his Vice Standard Bearer Counsellor Charlyne Brumskine, attended the closing campaign ceremony of Grand Bassa County Senatorial Aspirant Gbehzongar Findley in Buchanan on Sunday, October 8. Mr. Findley, a former Senator of Grand Bassa County and President Pro-Tempore of the Liberian Senate, is seeking re-election. The impressive ceremony was attended by thousands of Grand Bassa County citizens.
According to the National Elections Commission timetable, the official campaign for the 2023 General and Presidential elections ended on Sunday, October 8. Since the 2017 elections, Cummings, widely considered the best and most suitable Presidential candidate among the 20 contestants, has remained engaged with Liberians nationwide, advocating for their cause and making the case that he is the right candidate to bring about real change in Liberia.