Liberia: “Honesty and Transparency Required for Success of New Political Coalitionâ€
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- 28 Mar 2022
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As Liberian opposition political parties regroup to form another coalition, the International Vice Chairman of the National Democratic Coalition (NDC), Dr. Dougbeh Chris Nyan, has stressed that “transparency and honesty are required for the Liberian people to have confidence in any new coalition of opposition political parties that will be formed in the future.”
“The next coalition should put the interest of the people and the country first, and must bring together sincere, patriotic, and honest citizens that will focus on national interest so as to avoid in-fighting for positions,” Dr. Nyan emphasized.
Responding to questions on the Seclapea’s Truth FM 96.9, Dr. Nyan said, “the Liberian people are justified to be disappointed and having some level of fatigue, mistrust or distrust in the opposition political parties due to the failure of past collaborations.”
In 1997, an alliance of seven parties (ALLIANCE) to contest the general elections against Liberia’s main warlord, Charles Taylor, collapsed due to disagreements on who headed the presidential ticket.
Taylor went on to win that race. In the last two odd years, another alliance, the Collaborating Political Parties (CPP), also broke apart due to the lack of compromises as to who takes the presidential slot on the ticket.
Speaking in a special interview from his biomedical laboratory via phone, Dr. Nyan said that, “political parties coming into the new union, alliance, or coalition should come in with clear heart, a clear mind, and sincerity in the [national interest] of the Liberian people.”
Asked as to whether political parties from the defunct CPP will be welcome in the next coalition, Dr. Nyan responded that, “as social-democratic entities, we all of us that are coming together are opened to all democratic-minded political entities and institutions that will support a general agreement which centers around the interest of the people [not on individual interests].”
He furthered that, “the first benchmark that all political parties have to pass is to commit to working in the interest of the Liberian people and the country, thus eliminating future wrangling and problems” of personality clashes. Read More...
