Patriots, and guardians of our collective destiny, the morning of December 6, 2025, unfolded like a grim reminder of the dark chapters our nation once swore never to revisit.
As daylight broke over the city, armed officers of the Liberian National Police descended upon the construction grounds of our new CDC Party Headquarters and barricaded the premises in an act that bore all the markings of a coordinated political attack. This was not policing. It was state intimidation masquerading as authority.
It was the calculated choreography of a regime desperate to instill fear, disrupt order, and provoke unrest. This aggression forms part of a growing pattern that the Liberian people can no longer ignore.
The same police force that now barricades construction sites previously invaded, looted, and demolished our former headquarters—actions coated with the false legitimacy of misused judicial precepts. Even before that demolition, armed officers stormed our facilities under the pretense of serving documents later revealed to belong to an entirely different location.
These are not mishaps. These are deliberate provocations shaping a dangerous narrative about the character of governance under Joseph Nyuma Boakai.
Police Inspector General Gregory Coleman is no Neutral Arbiter – He’s a Political Operative
Under the leadership of Inspector General Gregory Coleman, the Liberian National Police has been transformed into an extension of the ruling party’s political machinery.
This reality was laid bare when the police, with full knowledge and permission, allowed Unity Party pen-pen riders to flood the streets during the UP Homecoming. The roads were handed over to partisan jubilation. The laws meant to regulate public order were suddenly flexible. The police became spectators and facilitators of political celebrations.
But when the CDC sought similar civic expression during our groundbreaking ceremony, the same police force became rigid, aggressive, and hostile. This selective enforcement of authority exposes a police high command that has abandoned its oath of neutrality and now serves as a shield for the ruling order. Such behavior erodes public trust and drags our nation toward instability.
Unity Party Appointees Spit on the Code of Conduct They Once Hid Behind
As the police descend into partisanship, Unity Party officials plunge headlong into the hypocrisy they once condemned. Government appointees, many of whom spent six years denouncing the CDC, now openly violate the Code of Conduct with shameless pride. They marched through the streets in party attire, converted official work hours into political carnivals, and used their public offices as platforms for partisan spectacle.
Their actions mock the laws of the republic and confirm what Liberians have come to understand: the Unity Party has no moral authority to lecture anyone about governance, ethics, or integrity.
The Executive Mansion is Now a Party Propaganda Machine
Even more troubling is the transformation of the Executive Mansion into a political propaganda tool. The highest symbol of state authority—an institution that embodies the sovereignty of the Liberian people—used its official government communication channels to broadcast the Unity Party Homecoming.
This is a desecration of the presidency. It signals a dangerous descent into the misuse of national platforms for partisan advantage.
It foreshadows a government willing to collapse state institutions into the belly of one political party. When the Executive Mansion becomes a megaphone of factional politics, democracy is not merely weakened—it is threatened.
The CDC has Been Patient— But the Revolutionary Spirit of the People is Not Dead
In the face of these provocations, the CDC has demonstrated restraint born not of fear but of responsibility. We have chosen peace, even when peace is mocked.
We have given President Boakai the opportunity to govern, even as he weaponizes state institutions to undermine the opposition. But the regime has misread our discipline as submission, our civility as defeat, and our silence as permission. This miscalculation has emboldened a government operating without respect for law, boundaries, or democratic norms.
Boakai’s Draconian Tactics Will be Met with the Resolve of a Free People
Let President Boakai and his inner circle understand this clearly: Liberia is a nation of resilient people who have resisted tyranny in all its forms. Every attempt to intimidate them has only strengthened their resolve. Every effort to silence them has awakened the revolutionary spirit that has carried this republic through war, crisis, and political betrayal. The Liberian people will not be frightened into silence.
They will not be governed through fear. And they will not allow any administration—no matter how veiled its intentions—to undermine the democracy for which so many sacrificed their lives.
If Defending Peace Requires Resistance, Let History Record that We Stood Our Ground
The CDC stands unwavering in its commitment to peace. But peace does not mean surrender. Peace does not demand silence in the face of oppression. Peace does not call for the people to bow while their rights are trampled, and their democracy is endangered.
If protecting peace requires standing firm against creeping dictatorship, then let the record show that we stood. If defending democracy demands resistance, then let our names be etched alongside those who refused to betray this republic.
The Republic Will be Defended
We will defend our democracy. We will protect our freedom. And if the moment calls for it, we will resist with our lives. The future of Liberia will not be handed over to fear, intimidation, or tyranny. Not now. Not ever.
