The CDC National Executive Committee strongly condemns Deputy Speaker Thomas Fallah and other CDC lawmakers who have disobeyed the CDC National Executive Committee and His Excellency President George Manneh Weah to go against Speaker J. Fonati Koffa. These actions are clearly influenced by the Joseph Boakai government and intended to destabilise the CDC. These schemes will fail and the CDC will emerge stronger after all this.
We are closely monitoring the situation.
These developments speak to the wider threat to Liberian democracy where an overbearing executive can interfere with the function of the other two branches, thereby undermining checks and balances.
The evidence is clear that the UP government is undemocratic and has gone against every facet of the rule of law as evidenced by disrespecting Supreme Court rulings, violations of Human Rights , arbitrary dismissals civil servants, ill treatment of Liberian Diplomats deployed during the CDC government, and many more violations.
We are all aware that under Liberian democratic practices, political parties have limited control over their members elected to the National Legislature as suspensions or expulsion have no bearing on their seat at National Legislature. We need a national conversation on strengthening political parties powers over their elected members at the National Legislature.
The CDC will be considering its next steps.
We call on all partisans of the CDC to remain calm and collected as the party in consultation with Stakeholders considers next steps!!
