At a news conference Monday, August 14, 2023 in Congo Town, the Chairman of the Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC), Mulbah K. Morlu, disclosed that the CDC nationwide rally will be held in central Monrovia with a specific center point at the Antoinette Tubman Stadium (ATS).
Chairman Morlu termed the day as the “Operation Octopus”, adding that the thousands of bitter balls, pepper sellers and shoe shiners will come out in their mass numbers.
According to him, the rally will be recorded as the final, biggest and goodbye gathering for President George Weah, adding that Liberians will say thanks to the Liberian leader for his re-election.
Mulbah Morlu has however admonished all partisans of the Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) across the country and in the diaspora to demonstrate their love on the day.
He disclosed that the national campaign rally of the ruling establishment will officially close its activities on October 8, 2023.
Morlu also averred that, as no political soldier within the CDC is being left behind, no soldier will equally be left behind in a CDC-led government.
At the same time, the Chair lauded the National Campaign Manager for the CDC 2023 Victory Campaign Team, Lenn Eugene Nagbe, for coordinating all activities across the country.
According to him, Nagbe has well structured, coordinated and is executing the jobs as expected by the National Executive Committee.
Meanwhile, the party’s National Chair has reiterated calls for members and supporters of the CDC to desist from all forms of electoral violence and maintain the peaceful nature of the party.
He noted that the ruling establishment has always been associated with peace, and as such all partisans should at all times create the space for those in the opposition to freely express themselves.
Mulbah Morlu said it is very important for all CDCians to follow such a mandate especially when the party’s Standard Bearer, President George Weah, is poised to, again, win the presidential election on October 10, 2023.
He averred that the opposition community is on a mission to provoke CDCians into violence in order to bring the October 10, 2023 presidential and legislative elections into instability. He made the observation on the ground that the opposition cannot win the election.
The National Chair stated that he believes that the opposition politicians of the varied political parties have sensed their early defeat in the election.
According to the tough-talking ruling party’s Chairperson, President George Weah is nationally and globally recognized for maintaining the peace and stability of Liberia, which he said the Liberian leader has kept, even when he reportedly got “cheated” in the 2005 election.
He underscored that all partisans are mandated to keep all eyes on securing the re-election of President Weah and all senatorial and representative candidates across the country contesting on the CDC political ticket this year.
At the same time, Mulbah Morlu has called on all partisans of the party who may be involved with the tearing down of opposition candidates’ flyers to desist. He emphasized that the destruction of opposition candidates’ political banners is not the will of the Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC).
Morlu emphasized that CDCians are determined to move into the trenches and engage into political war across the country by engaging citizens about the development of President Weah, and not destroying political flyers.
He added that the party is poised to win the 2023 election on the first ballot, as has been protected, and as such there is no need for complacency. He claimed that the argument centering around the impossibility of the CDC winning on the first ballot has been nipped in the bud because the CDC has implemented unmatched developments in all parts and the 15 political sub-divisions of the country.
