By Festus Poquie
Liberia’s main opposition Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) has launched an aggressive assets recovery campaign targeting the party’s properties across the country.
The party is tracing fleets of vehicles and motorcycles purchased for the 2023 presidential and legislative elections. After a devastating loss to the then opposition Unity Party, CDC higher-ups are retrieving cars and other assets assigned to individuals and groups to canvas for the now defeated candidate, George Weah.
No one in the CDC is willing to speak on the matter. Secretary-General Jefferson Koijee declined comment when contacted by the Oracle News Daily.
At stake is 100 motorcycles and over 50 vehicles.
While the CDC is taking stock of its properties, it is vehemently opposed to the national government’s assets recovery program and policy.
The party, which ruled between 2018 and 2024, has refused to cooperate with the authorities in relation to their assets recovery efforts. Secretary-General Jefferson Koijee has described President Boakai’s asset recovery initiative as a “reckless venture,” stating that “not even a chicken that is associated with the CDC will give in.”
The current administration has not projected the volume of state assets that may have been diverted to personal usage. However, the erstwhile Weah administration estimated that $4 billion United States dollars worth of state assets were under individual control.
