Hundreds of self-proclaimed disenchanted members of the Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) on Thursday, January 19, 2023 sealed the perimeters of the Unity Party (UP) headquarters on Snapper Hill, Broad Street, to openly declare their support for the presidential bid of Ambassador Joseph N. Boakai.
In the presence of the UP hierarchy, newsmen and others, the CDCians announced their decision to officially quit, resign, distance and disassociate themselves and their families from “the failed Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) and its government that is run by thieves”, noting that their decision to exit the CDC is deeply rooted in a passage of the Holy Bible that says, “A wise man changes.”
They noted that for more than 12 years they sweat and bled for the CDC, and still remember the many struggles they took to ensure that the CDC and Senator George Weah became President. “Our lives and those of our families were constantly placed in danger, all for the promotion of this same failed CDC. We protested, and rallied on many occasions with our comrades and partisans against the government of the Unity Party for a better Liberia, and today what we have is a failed state,” the statement of the disenchanted CDCians stated.
“We cried for a Liberia where President Weah himself asked Liberians not to judge and measure him by the eloquence of his speeches, but by the quality of his decisions, but today all we have seen is the total opposite. Additionally, he assured Liberians that we will not be spectators in our own economy, but today we are nowhere near the stadium. We see rampant corruption, with the disappearance of L$16 billion, the stealing of US$25 million in an unjustifiable mop-up exercise, in addition to secret killing of auditors, lavish spending on foreign travels that has produced no economic returns, failure to provide the one million jobs annually as promised in the failed ‘Pro-Poor Agenda for Prosperity and Development (PAPD)’,” the statement continued.
“As we near these important presidential and legislative elections,” the statement added, “every decision we make is cardinal, the evidence being the one we made in 2017 that has ruined the economic fabric of our country. Thank God for a rescuer and liberator in His Excellency. We see in His Excellency Ambassador Joseph Nyuma Boakai a statesman par-excellence, a man of integrity and the right man with the kind of character our country needs as President.
“In view of the above, we have come on this 19th day of January 2023 to officially express our collective decision to join the Unity Party (UP) and pledge our support to H.E. Ambassador Joseph Nyuma Boakai’s Rescue Mission for Liberia.
“Your Excellency, our decision to exit the CDC is deeply rooted in a passage of the holy Bible that says ‘A wise man changes’. Therefore, from today onward, we join you to think Liberia, love Liberia and together build Liberia.”
In response, the Standard Bearer of the Unity Party, Ambassador Joseph Nyuma Boakai, welcomed the new members under the banner, “Disenchanted CDCians”, to the Unity Party. “This, for me, is a huge demonstration of confidence reposed in the rescue mission. As Captain of the team, your Rescue-One, I am upbeat that the time is now for this country to rise again from despair to a buoyant renaissance of hope,” Ambassador Boakai stated.
“We remain firmly focused on the months ahead. We must rescue this country together, this is my mission. Don’t sit back, join the rescue team and write your name in history.
“Thanks to all who showed up at the headquarters of the UP. Let the word go forth, nothing fights destiny! Think Liberia, love Liberia, and together, build Liberia,” he noted.