Former House Speaker Fonati Koffa on Monday dismissed accusations by Deputy Speaker Thomas Fallah that Liberia’s opposition Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) is internally fractured and accused ruling party surrogates of obsessing over his party as it prepares for a potential George Weah comeback in 2029.
In a Facebook post, Koffa mocked a string of shifting public narratives about the CDC’s ongoing headquarters project.
Critics have described as an “AI building,” sited in an overpass right-of-way or on a six-lane highway, and most recently dismissed as slated to become a law firm.
His comments came in direct response to Fallah’s remarks on OK FM, where the deputy speaker warned of an “internal crack” within the CDC, argued elites had “hijacked” the party and urged Weah not to contest the 2029 vote.
Fallah, who broke with the CDC in late 2025 and now backs President Joseph Boakai, has formed a local movement to rally support for the incumbent’s rumored reelection bid.
Fallah’s criticisms of the CDC have included predictions that the party’s new headquarters “will be a law firm in the future” and allegations that senior party figures are misleading junior members.
“Let me tell you what it will be: the hi-tech headquarters of the mighty Congress for Democratic Change with its 2029 arrowhead, Dr. George Mennen Weah,” Koffa wrote, adding: “Don’t worry about the CDC, worry about the tsunami.”
Koffa, a lawyer who chairs the special committee overseeing the construction project, forecast a decisive electoral surge for Weah, the former president who lost narrowly in November 2023.
In August 2025, the CDC’s longtime headquarters in Congo Town was demolished amid a decade’s long property dispute and an eviction order. The demolition left the party without a central office for the first time in more than 20 years.
Weah and the CDC are banking on the ruling party’s early failings to retake state power.
While the government faces criticism over slow economic progress and weak anti-corruption measures. Transparency watchdog CENTAL gave the government a 25/100 score in 2026 and warned about lax enforcement of asset declarations among officials.
