Dozens of political auxiliaries, interest and civil society groups, as well as inter-religious groups and supporters of legislative aspirants turned out in the tens of thousands on Sunday, October 1, 2023 in support of the Collaborating Political Parties’ Victory Rally, held at the Antionette Tubman Stadium (ATS) in Monrovia.
Auxiliaries included the Global Youth Movement, Wings of Cummings, Moboidiral For Cummings, Progressive Liberians for Cummings, CPP Bestee For Life, CPP Integrated Youth Movement, Cummings Support Group, Friends of PatMandela, Wisner and Attorney Lawrence Sua, Sambola, Nancy, Brisco and Roseline.
Others were the Cummings Alternative Girls, Royal Sisters for Cummings, Alternative Girls, Alliance for Justice and Democracy, Young Professionals of Liberia, Acrowd Liberia, Mentrol Bloc 106, Professionals for Cummings, the CPP National Youth Congress, Innovative Youth for Cummings, the WFC-Church and the All Liberian Solidarity Party (ALSOP).
The CPP pre-victory rally, described by a political commentator as one of the largest political gatherings in recent times at the ATS, was also graced by thousands of supporters of CPP Montserrado and Bomi counties’ legislative representative candidates, along with Montserrado County’s district #10 Representative, Yekeh Kolubah.
Several musical artists performed and entertained the crowd with beautiful instrumental music, as political support groups danced to campaign songs in support of the presidential bid of CPP Standard Bearer, Alexander Cummings.
The ATS was jam-packed to capacity with an overflow of citizens dressed in the CPP official colors of red, white and green, spread outside the stadium on the United Nations Drive and Lynch Street.
The CPP momentum began to build up immediately after church service, when partisans and supporters were spotted marching in groups to make their way to the venue of the program. After delaying for several hours, the CPP supporters caught many observers by surprise during the evening hours when they began to overcrowd the ATS. Simultaneously, the headquarters of ALSOP, an ally party of the CPP, was filled with partisans who had turned up to grace the CPP occasion.
The CPP Standard Bearer, Alexander B. Cummings, arrived at the venue accompanied by his wife, Teresa Cummings, Vice Standard Bearer Counsellor Charlyne M. Brumskine, along with hundreds of partisans, supporters, sympathizers and well-wishers.
The CPP Victory Rally was characterized by musical extravaganza and jamboree, with echoes of music all around the ATS as citizens danced with great excitement.
The arrival of Cummings and entourage ignited the thousands of supporters, with renewed energy and zeal, as they danced and shouted slogans, such as, “Cummings is the man we want”.
Addressing the partisans, supporters, sympathizers and well-wishers, Cummings expressed gratitude to the organizers, legislative aspirants and all Liberians for the huge turnout at the “Victory Rally”.
Cummings assured Liberians that a CPP government will mark a turning point in the economic life of the Liberian people, and will provide decent paying jobs, restore basic infrastructure, including good roads, hospitals and schools, as well as other social services that will ease the suffering and extreme poverty. He urged Liberians to turn out en masse on October 10 and give President George Weah a “red card” for his poor leadership performance, which he said has subjected the vast majority of citizens to extreme hardship and deplorable living conditions.
Earlier, CPP Vice Standard Bearer, Counsellor Charlyne M. Brumskine, cautioned Liberians against repeating past mistakes of electing wrong leaders blamed for the hardship and suffering of the vast majority.
She denounced the 12-year rule of the Unity Party for rampant corruption and the six-year leadership of President George M. Weah for massive fraud and poor governance.
The CPP Vice Standard Bearer urged Liberians to reject both the Unity Party and the Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) at the October 10 poll.
“You can’t leave from 12 years of suffering, endured another six years of hardship and suffering, and want to go back. Liberians must vote them out,” Cllr. Brumskine said.