“Old Wine In New Bottle”: The Boakai Administration Criticized For Patronage, Cronyism, Brownnose Sycophancy, And Nepotism
SOCIAL CRITIC ALBERT Porte frequently used the designation “old wine in new bottle” to criticize policies, actions and situations of President William V.S. Tubman’s administration he thought were unjust and, therefore, unacceptable. The vanguard Student Unification Party (SUP), following in this tradition, has released a critical analysis of the Boakai-Koung administration’s 100-day deliverables, describing the administration as cautiouslyheaded for imminent disaster.
IN A RELEASE issued Tuesday, May 28, 2024, SUP stated that the Liberian economy is going through the abuse of mismanagement amidst the already prevailing economic hardship, high level of youthful unemployment, and the skyrocketing of prices on local commodities and transportation. According to SUP, the Boakai-Koung administration promised to restore the economic dignity and probity of the Liberian people in 100 days, but this promise has proved more political if not chronically pretentious. “Patronage, cronyism, brownnose sycophancy, and nepotism are the new licenses of employment, thereby denying several qualified young Liberians the right and opportunity to serve their country and contribute to nation building and, as well, leaving young people with motorcycle and Lonestar and Orange minutes long-walk hustles as means of survival. Lack of adequate means of transportation continue to increase the price of transportation, hence shifting economic hardship on the Liberian masses.”
SUP CLAIMED THAT since the Boakai leadership poverty has been on the rise, hardship increasing and hunger and starvation reaching new heights. “This is a clear demonstration that the Boakai-Koung administration is an old wine in a new bottle heading for imminent disaster…”
THE UNIVERSITY OF Liberia campus-based political movement further criticized the Boakai administration as it regards good governance and corruption, security, health, sanitation and water, noting that the outcome of President Boakai’s short-term agenda has created more problems than intended to address basic conditions of the people. SUP assured the Liberian masses of a “new moment of struggle against the Boakai’s ineptitude and greed”.
