By Augustine Octavius, augustineoctavius@gmail.com
More professional organizations and pressure groups have declared their support and expressed their decisions to form part of the ‘We Tired Suffering’ rally scheduled for December 17, 2022.
The Chairman of the organizing committee of the December 17 rally, Martin Kollah disclosed that more professional organizations and pressure groups have declared support to form part of the protest against the harsh economic situation in the country during separate meetings in Monrovia.
When news of the December 17 opposition rally/protest boke, the ruling Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) became uneasy, with sharp criticisms coming from the new Secretary General of the ruling party, Jefferson Koijee, who is also Mayor of the City of Monrovia.
Addressing a major press conference in Monrovia, Mr. Kollah, disclosed that the National Tailors Union, the Gobachop Businesswomen and veterans from the session of the Liberian society.
Martin Kollah and Team Cummings Chairman Lewis Brown
According to Mr. Kollah, more youths and women groups are expected to take the podium to be addressing the media in declaring their support for the rally.
The CPP Deputy Secretary General made it unequivocally clear that this rally is not intended to gain political popularity or relevance for Mr. Alexander Cummings , Mr. Lewis Brown or anyone
“The Liberian government supposed to be appreciative to the CPP because we are only creating the platform on which the Liberian people will peacefully expressed their dissatisfaction about the harsh economic situation in the country,” he said; adding: “we want Liberian to use the legal and the appropriated means in which they can vent out their anger about prevailing situation rather than jumping in the bush.”
Mr. Kollah explained that 17 spots have been identified purposely for people to print their T-shirts, because he said only 100,000 T-shirts will be distributed for the rally.
“Teams backed public address systems mounted on pick-up trucks have been dispatched into the communities and stickers on the December 17 ‘We Tired Suffering’ will be distributed.”
The CPP Deputy National Secretary General pointed out that they have begun holding talks with the Liberia National Police and the Liberia National Fire Rescue Service as well as medical teams for ambulances in readiness for emergency
Also speaking, the Chairman of Team Cummings has given reason for the selection of the Samuel Kanyon Doe Sport Stadium as the venue for the ‘We Tire Suffering’ rally.
According to him, the SKD Stadium was selected because it is the same venue that President George Weah made all his failed promises to the Liberian people.
“You should not give up or give in when you know that your cause is just,” he said; adding: “ this is the reason for some are been alive today because others sacrificed their lives for to live to see this day so that we too can have the chance”
“What sacrifices are we prepared to make in order for the succeeding generations do not have to undergo this harsh economic situation?” he asked.
“President Weah came to power with overwhelming mandate such that he couldn’t take oat in the national shrine as where his predecessors did but his inauguration was forced be transferred to the stadium; this is why we are returning to the SKD.”
“This is where he made his promises to the people of this country. This is the place the people have to return purposely to remind him of the broken promises that is why they are scare for us to go there.”
“What have done that you are afraid of the people who gave you 61 percent of the votes want go?” Mr. Brown asked; “no child that does good will be afraid to return after a day’s work”
Commenting on some of the criticism from the opposition circles, the former Information Minister claimed that this is the time for those want to stand on the shoulders of the ordinary people for power, they are giving unimaginable excuses.
“Each of us has an appointed life time; we will not die before our time and we will not silent ourselves as if we are dead because God along holds our lives that is why we fear no man.”
“We are not saying that you do not have the capacity to harm us but you lack the capacity to silent us because only God has that capacity,” he said.
“The day we give in this life, we have created a democratic society for children and they will be in the position to speak truth tom, power without fear and intimidation.”