ALEXANDER B. CUMMINGS, Political Leader of the Collaborating Political Party (CPP), appears to have hit the ground running for the prize of the presidency, 2023. Cummings appears to be a first among equals in terms of public endorsement for the political battle with incumbent, popular President George Manneh Weah. On Monday, September 12, 2022, an executive of the National Patriotic Party (NPP), Lewis Brown, who served as ministers of Foreign Affairs and Information, endorsed Cummings for the battle ahead.
BROWN CAUTIONED THAT the nation’s cherished peace is under stress, and that the 2023 general elections will be a critical determining factor whether the country will retrogress into its dark days or progress as a nation. According to Brown, who also served as Ambassador to the United Nations, “The decisions we make in 2023 about who will lead us will also decide, at least for a generation, if our nation will rise or fall or if we will move backward or forward.” The prominent Liberian based his observation in his capacity as a signatory to the 2003 Accra Comprehensive Peace Agreement, which ended 14 years of brutal civil war 19 years ago. He cautioned Liberians that 2023 will be a critical turning point in the country’s 175 years, “with absolutely no excuses for our mistakes—if we elect the wrong leaders.
UNBENDING IN HIS conviction of Cummings as an ideal leader, Brown maintained, “Who we choose to lead us in 2023 will decide the condition of the hospitals, the quality of the educational system, our personal securities, as well as decide the prices of food, salaries of workers, and whether there will be jobs for the thousands of unemployed Liberians.” He warned that 2023 elections will not be the time or place to gamble the lives of Liberians and fate of the nation, but rather “required sober reflection to rescue Liberia and reset how we must live with each other”.
THE NPP EXECUTIVE said he endorses Cummings, because he “has the right character, temperament, integrity and leadership credentials to move Liberia into the future we all seek and desire for ourselves and children”. According to Brown, the CPP Standard Bearer, Cummings, is an inspiration for a new mindset to reject wrongs, and a motivational force for Liberians to set new standards, aimed at making Liberia a better place for all. “I stand with Cummings because of his boldness of vision, freshness of ideas, the courage to continue fighting when it seems easier to surrender and the quality of leadership experience he has achieved to get things done,” Brown said.