Liberia’s President George Manneh Weah has used his address to the 74th Session of the United Nations General Assembly to complain the country’s opposition politicians to the world body of alleged attempts to hijack power, since he took office nearly two years ago.
“This is the democracy for which our country has yearned; this is the freedom for which our people have struggled and suffered; and this is the emancipation for which many of our citizens have paid the ultimate price. However, we are beginning to witness the emergence of a creeping threat to our democratic space, and to our hard-won peace and stability. Some individuals, within and out of our country, particularly those who have lost democratically-held elections,” President Weah told the UN in New York on Wednesday, September 25, 2019.
The Liberian leader indicated that the UN and its international development partners should help to discourage such a posture he claims his opponents are bent on.
Over the months, opposition-inspired protests have been prompted by what they considered to be the CDC’s government’s lack of commitment to respecting the Liberian constitution and principles of good governance including lack of transparence and accountability since the Weah government came to power.
They blame the worsening economic hardship on the way the CDC government is performing.
As President Weah was addressing the General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York, patients in public hospitals and clinic around Liberia were being abandoned due to massive health workers strike, which was in its third day.
FULL TEXT OF PRESIDENT WEAH’S SPEECH TO THE UNGA:
https://www.emansion.gov.lr/doc/20190924-GMW-UNGA2-Speech-F%20(1).pdf