No sooner had the man once hailed as the “number cruncher” and “war-room specialist”, Senator Amara Konneh, offered a sober interpretation of both international projections and domestic realities, the Unity Party Government turned on him with the speed and venom of a jilted lover.
On 2nd July 2010, the global community birthed a new UN agency, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women), whose establishment was made possible by the coming together of member states and the powerful global women’s movement.
In Liberia, history does not whisper, it screams. The names may change, the faces may age, but the pattern of power remains strikingly familiar; when citizens rise in protest, the powerful respond not with humility, but with insult.
As we commenced the 178th anniversary of our independence celebrations yesterday, July 18, 2025, I extend my warmest greetings to every citizen of our beloved nation.
Today, we celebrate 'evil over Good' to extend, we no longer can distinguished 'evil from good' anymore. As a result of this truth, both good and evil are now struggling with identity crisis. Therefore, for one to become a leader in the land once governed by constitutional democrats & republicans, one must seek to marry both good and evil?
History does not simply repeat itself, it instructs, warns, and when ignored, punishes. Today, July 17, 2025, the Liberian people rise, not in rebellion, but in righteous demand for justice, inclusion, and accountability.
Superior presidency is the perceived model within the body politics of Liberia. While this may still trigger debate amongst political pundits, constitutional experts strongly believe that the 1986 Constitution does give the Liberian president a wide range of powers that unintentionally provide the impetus for such autocracy.
When the Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) was elected in 2017, its supporters declared they would rule for 24 years, not out of vision, but out of entitlement. Six years later, the Unity Party (UP), freshly returned to power, made the same declaration, we are here for 24 years." What we are witnessing in Liberia is not a clash of ideology, but a revolving door of entitlement. A different cast, reciting the same tragic script.
