By Taisiah Merfee
IPNEWS: Former Ruling Unity Party and now opposition Standard bearer Amb. Joseph Nyumah Boakai has warned the ruling Coalition for Democratic Change, saying ” Elections rigging will be devasting and unimagined against President George M. Weah.
The former Liberian Vice President had also challenged and dare the ruling Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) to tamper with its votes and rig the elections.
Speaking at a News conference on Sunday, November 12, 2023, at his resident in Paynesville, UP political leader said that if the CDC tamper with their votes and rig the elections, the consequences on President George M. Weah will be devasting and unimagined.
“We understand President George M. Weah and the CDC feeble strategy to desperately hold on to power. We dare Mr. Weah to tamper with our votes and rig these elections. The consequences on him will be devastating and unimagined. We are committed to protecting the Liberian votes and permitting the will of the majority to prevail” Amb. Boakai stated.
According to him, with the runoff elections scheduled on Tuesday, November 14, it is becoming obvious that the only strategy left with President Weah and his CDC is to engage in fear mongering and in some cases vain attempts to eliminate strong opponents.
The former Liberian vice president adds that CDC wants to deter peaceful Liberians from turning out in their mass to vote against what he describes as the ” failed CDC government.
The UP-standard bearer who sit at number one on the presidential runoff ballot papers further indicated that these troubling patterns of disrupting, harassing and viciously attacking Party leaders in an effort to assassinate or silence them, days to the runoff elections, is indicative of a government that has realized it will be defeated for its miserable failures.
“The Unity Party takes these frequent attacks seriously and We recall that during the first round of the elections, UP partisans were violently attacked on multiple occasions. As a result of our commitment to the Farmington declaration, we exercised utmost restraint to avoid undermining our fledgling democracy” he pointed out.
Finally, Amb. Boakai stated “We have called on our partisans and sympathizers to remain calm as such unprovoked acts are intended to instill fear, divert our campaign, and frighten our people but WE WILL NOT SURRENDER! WE WILL MEET OUR FOES WITH VALOR UNPRETENDING.
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