The Standard Bearer of the Collaborating Political Parties (CPP), Alexander Cummings, over the weekend rallied massive support in districts #4 and #6, Montserrado County, with hundreds of citizens, community leaders and organizations pledging support to his 2023 presidential bid.
Cummings is said to be the most formidable opposition Political Leader contesting the presidency of incumbent President George Weah, Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC).
The CPP Standard Bearer was given a rousing welcome by hundreds of citizens in districts four and six, and received three endorsements from youth groups, including the National Patriotic Congress Movement, at the Balawala Field, GSA Road, and the CDC Royal Guard, near the SKD Sports Complex in Monrovia.
The CDC Royal Guard was one of the largest auxiliaries of the ruling CDC government of President Weah, which was instrumental in his victory in 2017.
The group is spread out in six counties, including Montserrado and Margibi, and headed by Ansu Bility. On Sunday, November 13, Bility denounced the leadership of President Weah for betraying and dashing the hopes of thousands of youths, who were in the vanguard of the political struggle for his leadership.
Bility denounced the CDC and rebranded the CDC Royal Guard as the new CPP Royal Guard, and presented L$10,000.00 to Cummings as manifestation of the group’s allegiance and support to his 2023 presidential bid.
“We call on you not to give up or second yourself to anyone in this race because we are placing our hopes in you, and we believe in you,” CDC Royal Guard Leader Bility said.
Cummings’ rallies for support were greeted by citizens from Du-Port Road Community, Rockhill, GSA Road Community, King Gray Town and Studio intersection Community, with statements of support describing the CPP Standard Bearer as the best and most competent alternative for the presidency in 2023.
Cummings was accompanied on the tour by an array of CPP stalwarts, supporters and sympathizers.
The tour was kicked-off with a special worship service at the Christ Embassy, where Cummings later contributed L$100,000.00 on behalf of the Cummings Africa Foundation to the church’s economic empowerment program, which is training and equiping young people, mostly women, with life skills.
He also visited the Central Mosque in the ELWA Community, where a statement of thanks and appreciation was extended him for his immense contributions toward the renovation of the mosque.
The tour of districts four and six, Montserrado County, was climaxed with a jam-packed town hall meeting at the Paynesville City Hall. The town hall discussion was structured in three categories: leadership, economy and governance. This afforded citizens the opportunity to engage, seek explanations/clarifications on, and provide input to Cummings’ vision of “real change” in the lives of millions trapped in extreme suffering and poverty.
On the economy, Cummings vowed to resuscitate the ailing economy beginning with his first hundred days in office as President by ensuring the availability of import and export credit facilities for small, medium and large businesses, especially businesses of women in Liberia.
He said such credit facilities, intended to grow and expand businesses, will be at very low interests for all Liberians desirous of doing business.
Cummings said a CPP government within it first hundred days would endeavor to improve all market facilities and construct warehouses for marketers and farmers to store their goods and products.
Cummings promised to establish a national youth service program, to train and equip youths with technical skills that will enable them to become productive citizens.
He vowed to undertake a comprehensive audit of government, aggressively attack corruption, strengthen integrity institutions including the LACC and GAC to fight corruption, while at the same time, increase civil servants’ salaries to enable them to better cater to their families while reducing their inclination to corruption.
Cummings said implementing women’s economic empowerment programs will be a key priority of his first hundred days in office as President. His goal, he said, would be to ensure that women are lifted out of poverty and live better lives.
Cummings said his international managerial skills and enviable record of building high performance teams will guarantee a new leadership style, free of corruption, wasteful spending and impunity. He promised that the country’s resources will purposely be used for the general good of the people and society.
Cummings said hard work, commitment and dedication to duty will be the hallmark of a CPP government, and all Liberians will be accorded equal rights to job and opportunity.