Protesters To Begin Protest At The Entrance Of The Executive Mansion
PHOTO: Mulbah Morlu, STAND’s National Chairman
“While strictly peaceful, these actions will be deliberately disruptive to governance, maintaining sustained momentum until fundamental freedoms and democratic norms are fully upheld and respected.”
By Augustine Octavius, Augustineoctavius@gmail.com
An advocacy organization, the Solidarity and Trust for A New Day (STAND) in collaboration with the ‘Enough is Enough’ Nonviolent Coalition has declared December 17, 2025 as the date for second phase a sustained mass protest in Monrovia.
STAND’s National Chairman, Mulbah Morlu, said unlike July 17, the December 17 protest will be held squarely within the perimeters of the Executive Mansion, which is always open to the public and commercial vehicles.
Addressing a press conference held in Congo Town during the weekend, Chairman Morlu pointed out that as the property of the people, any attempt to block or intimidate peaceful citizens demanding accountability will be futile.
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According to Mr. Morlu, reactionary and excessive security forces are hereby warned that this movement will not bow, break, or bend until the Boakai government ‘leads or leaves’.
He added that beginning December 17, 202, when Liberia will witness a fearless, nationwide wave of nonviolent resistance shaking every major city—holding leaders accountable, demanding justice, and reclaiming the nation’s future from decades of corruption and neglect.
“To coordinate this movement,” STAND’s Chairman went on, “a 15-member Citizens Engagement Board (CEB), representing all 15 counties, has been established”
Mr. Morlu indicated that within 30 days of its launch, the CEB would engage citizens’ opinion and support across Liberia—including traditional and religious leaders, civil society and student leaders, community representatives, political parties, media professionals, security sector actors, and delegates of vulnerable and marginalized groups.
“Following this nationwide engagement,” he explained, “the CEB will submit a formal report to guide and drive the momentum of the December 17 nonviolent protest.”
The head of STAND indicated that as December 17 approaches, the Enough is Enough Protest Coalition will initiate, intensify, and sustain targeted nonviolent actions—both large and small—defending communities, civil liberties, and democratic governance.
“These targeted actions, to be repeated as often as necessary, are intended to exert relentless pressure on the authorities in response to ongoing abuses in the run-up to December.”
“While strictly peaceful, these actions will be deliberately disruptive to governance, maintaining sustained momentum until fundamental freedoms and democratic norms are fully upheld and respected.”
Commenting on the U S State Department’s 2024 Country Report on Human Rights, Mr. Morlu welcomed the U.S. State Department’s 2024 Country Report on Human Rights Practices in Liberia, which confirms persistent human rights abuses, entrenched corruption, and systemic violations of fundamental freedoms.
According to him, this latest report delivers a damning verdict on Liberia’s worsening human rights crisis, bluntly concluding that no significant progress has been made during President Joseph Boakai’s first year in office.
“This is not merely a policy failure, but a moral indictment of the so-called “Rescue Agenda,” exposing its emptiness and the administration’s inability—or unwillingness—to break Liberia’s entrenched culture of impunity.”
Morlu also alleged that President Boakai is squandering taxpayer dollars on a 23-to-40-person entourage to Japan; because he is the same man who once condemned wasteful foreign travel now indulges in it with reckless appetite.
“ Liberians are suffering under rising prices, unemployment, and a failing healthcare system, yet millions are wasted on a foreign junket that delivers nothing—no jobs, no trade, no meaningful investment.”
The STAND Chairman maintained that the U.S. State Department’s assessment is ‘accurate because there has been no significant change as Boakai’s actions prove Liberia remains trapped in the same destructive cycle of waste, arrogance, and contempt for its people.’
“While the broader security apparatus bears responsibility for abuses, the spotlight falls sharply on the Gregory Coleman-led Liberia National Police, documenting violations so severe they cannot be ignored” he said; adding: “ this is not mere criticism, but a call to urgent action.”
These findings reinforce STAND’s core demand for the immediate dismissal of the current Inspector General of Police to restore credibility, integrity, and public trust in the LNP.
STAND and its partners have distilled the essence of the U.S. report into one undeniable truth: under Boakai’s leadership, impunity thrives, abuses persist, and ordinary Liberians remain unprotected.
Morlu noted that the report exposes a nation gripped by extrajudicial killings, arbitrary arrests, prolonged detentions without trial, a silenced-threatened, intimidated & censored press, torture, inhumane treatment, rampant gender-based violence, female genital mutilation, and systemic discrimination.
“At its core is a deeply corrupt government machinery that emboldens lawlessness and strips ordinary Liberians of justice and dignity.”
According to Mr. Morlu, the alarming allegations from senior officials of the Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency and the Independent National Commission on Human Rights have revealed direct involvement of government officials in the drug trade.
“This hypocrisy—by some of those (officials) who paraded in recent anti-drug campaigns—demands an urgent, transparent, internationally monitored investigation, fully compliant with Liberia’s obligations under the U.N. Convention Against Corruption and ECOWAS protocols.”