Alternative National Youth Congress Official STATEMENT after Attack on leaders in Grand Gedeh.
The Indomitable National Youth Congress (ANC) has watched with utter dismay the unruly behavior of some thugs, hooligans and hoodlums who were hired by CDC government officials and trucked into the county from Monrovia to demand that the political leader of the Alternative National Congress and chairman of the Collaborating Political Parties (CPP), Mr. Alexander B. Cummings, Hon. Yekeh Kolubah and other high ranking opposition leaders “immediately leave Grand Gedeh County.”
This act of violence clearly contravenes Article 13(a) of the Liberian Constitution which states, “Every person lawfully within the Republic shall have the right to move freely throughout Liberia, to reside in any part thereof and to leave therefrom subject
however to the safeguarding of public security, public order, public health or
morals or the rights and freedoms of others.” The woeful, undemocratic, appalling, dreadful and repulsive situation being witnessed in Grand Gedeh does not only remind us of our bitter past as a people, but it shows to Liberians and the world at large that Mr. Weah is either unwilling or unable to execute the duties and responsibilities assigned to the office of president.
While we (ANC/CPP) conduct ourselves responsibly and lawfully, we want to unequivocally condemn and denounce the distasteful and unacceptable circumstance of lawlessness displayed by the Coalition for Democratic Change hired mobsters. And we call on the government of Liberia to immediately arrest the situation to avoid setting a very dangerous roadmap that would threaten the peace we have all worked tirelessly to strengthen over the years.
Similarly, we want to call on ECOWAS, the African Union, the United Nations, the United States Embassy near Monrovia and all development partners of Liberia to closely monitor the happenings in Grand Gedeh County and also pressure Mr. Weah to safeguard the peace and security of Liberia by ensuring that the rights of every Liberian citizen is protected as enshrined in the Liberian Constitution.
Thanks.
Signed:
Mulbah Kesselly
Secretary General
Indomitable National Youth Congress
Approved:
James P. Morris
Acting Chairman
Indomitable National Youth Congress
