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Monrovia – Monday, 29 July 2019 Montserrado senatorial and District #15 Representative by-elections have come and gone, but not without teaching the ruling Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) some very hard lessons, as party chair Mulbah Morlu has said the CDC will take steps to change course aimed at averting what necessitated the results of the elections.
With provisional results of the elections announced so far by the National Elections Commission clearly putting the opposition’s senatorial candidate Darius Dillon in winning ways over the ruling party’s candidate Paulita Wie, and another opposition candidate, Telia Urey putting up stiff fight against the CDC’s Abu Kamara in the District #15 by-election, Chairman Morlu stated in a statement issued Thursday that judging from the way the electorate voted, it’s not only a wakeup call to action for his party, but an insistence that the CDC will not ignore to change course.
Until the Monday elections, Montserrado County had for a long time been regarded as the ruling CDC’s stronghold, where she has won at the polls on many occasions.
Morlu, who claims the CDC’s Abu Kamara is already being projected as winner in the District #15 by-election, according to him, NEC’s preliminary result proves that, told partisans and supporters of the ruling party that they fought a good fight.
Howbeit, chairman Morlu stressed that now was the time for the national executive committee of the CDC to swallow what he called the bitter pills by taking some hard decisions both in government and in the party.
“We commit to continuously seeking the interest of Liberians. Most importantly, our supporters who stood with us during our difficult days in the struggle must continue to be empowered,” said Morlu,
Morlu admitted that there is a pressing need to empower Liberians, adding that such need can no longer be sugarcoat by the ruling party.
“The moral demands to empower our people is a fierce urgency that remains our first line of defense as we serve our country,” he said.
Morlu added that the way to do so, will be by officials of the CDC serving in both the Legislative and the Executive Branches of the Government of Liberia (GoL) living in accordance with the George Weah-led government’s Pro-Poor Agenda or, vacate the government and the CDC.
“We have reached the point where we will separate party actions from the actions of some officials of government, where necessary,” Morlu declared, stating, “the period for honeymoon is over. The jobs we gave to you is to help our President succeed and not to undermine our hard-earned gains.”
Morlu described President Weah as a popular individual with a good heart for all Liberians, but noted that the president needs to be helped by those around him in order to deliver for the people of Liberia.
“This election doesn’t mean that our government is unpopular with the people of Liberia. What it means is that our partisans and the people of Liberia in general need us most at this critical juncture in our national political journey,” Morlu pointed out.
In closing, Chairman Morlu announced an extraordinary meeting of the ruling party, slated for Saturday, 3 August, for the sole purpose of building consensus with partisans and stakeholders.
Morlu stated that the Saturday meeting was necessary in the wake of the CDC working overtime to remain a united and stronger party towards 2020 senatorial election, a process he said the ruling party is earmarking to redeem the Montserrado Senate seat lost to the opposition bloc.
