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Hundred
of citizens in electoral district #9, Montserrado
County, under the banner, Friends Of (FOHABSANG), have
petitioned Habib Sangaray to contest the ensuing 2011
presidential and legislative elections for the
district’s representative seat. Electorates in their
petition statement over the weekend recounted numerous
contributions Sangaray has made in the district, saying
it was time to pledge their unflinching support and
loyalty to him in the ensuing elections to represent
their interest in the Lower House of the Liberian
Parliament.
Ivory
Coast is moving closer to a return to civil war with
rebels claiming to have captured new territory in the
west and supporters of the incumbent president calling
for attacks against foreigners and U.N. peacekeepers.
Incumbent president Laurent Gbagbo's youth leader says
Gbagbo supporters should chase foreigners from their
neighborhoods and block the movement of United Nations
peacekeepers who he says are backing rebels allied with
the U.N.-certified winner of the presidential election,
Alassane Ouattara.
When
the Liberian civil war ended with the call for a Truth
and Reconciliation Commission, some Liberians and the
entire international community welcome the idea as an
opportunity that will close that ugly chapter of
Liberia, through healing and restorative justice. The
commission has long since shut its gates and while the
debate on its report is forgotten in many quarters,
some, including the Supreme Court and hosts of some
radio talk-shows still consider it worthy of discussion.
The
Muslims United for Progressive Actions (MUPA) has taken
serious exception to statements made by National Muslim
Council Chairman, Sheik Kafumba Konneh; alluding to the
entire Muslim community of Liberia of having lost
confidence in the neutrality of NEC Chairman James
Fromayan, and thus calling for his removal from that
post.
Guinea's
President Alpha Conde has told the BBC the military
junta that held power before he was elected has left the
country bankrupt. Mr Conde said the army leaders had
spent more money in two years than in the 50 years from
independence in 1958. "It was like they were printing
money as if there was no tomorrow," he said. In
December, Mr Conde, a veteran opposition leader, was
declared the winner of Guinea's first democratic
election in 52 years.
Citizens
of district #10 in Montserrado County have petitioned a
prominent son of the district Chemo Foday Kouyateh alias
'papa' to contest for the district representative seat
in the 2011 general elections. According to the citizens
of the district, since the creation of the district as a
sub-political unit within the county of Montserrado, it
has been observed that the past officials had ignored
the basic needs of the district and its people. The
citizens listed some of the infrastructures ignored by
the past and present district administrations as:
administrative building, health center, general market,
recreation center and vocational institution amongst
other things.
My
fellow citizens, what Liberians listened to as the State
of the Nation address, from the president, represented
the typical feel good politics that the government is
making progress in fighting corruption, creating jobs,
providing quality education, improving the economy,
combating crime, increasing foreign investments,
providing basic health care delivery, implementation of
financial austerity ect.
President
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on Tuesday reaffirmed Government’s
commitment to equal opportunity and protection under the
laws of Liberia. The President said no Liberian citizen
has more rights than the other under the laws of the
country. “Anyone who says that there is some concerted
effort on the part of Government to deny a particular
group its rights, is carrying it a little bit too far,
because that is simply not true.”
He’s
done many things in life but the one thing many people
remember him for is the role he played in the TV drama
series, Malawala, Balawala. Now he’s adding another role
to the many roles he has played on the stage of life.
Many people think he’s embarking on the hardest role
he’s ever played. That new role for the Balawala front
man is politic. As an entertainer turned politician,
Kekura Kamara’s campaign was formally launched on
January 21, 2011 on JSA Road. That’s the occasion that
saw hundreds of his excited supporters coming to
petition the man who has entertained them for years.
Liberia
Destiny Debaters.org
Rebel
forces in the Ivory Coast said there will be no security
threat to Liberia's peace process as long as Liberia is
not interfering into their crisis. The Ivorian rebel
forces under the control of Alassan Ouattara, the
internationally accepted winner of that country's
presidential election said they are comfortable with the
level of cooperation between the Liberian government
security forces and their troop.
This
might have been the last day of the marathon war crimes
trial of Liberia's former leader Charles Taylor, but
no-one present was surprised by the latest adjournment.
Mr Taylor was not in court on Friday to hear the legal
argument over whether the trial should be extended. He
maintained his boycott that began on Tuesday when both
he and his defence lawyer, Courtenay Griffiths, absented
themselves from the court after a row with the judges.
The
President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has
challenged several graduates to take advantage of jobs
in the private sector that would enable them support
their families and to also make vital contributions to
the country's national agenda. Serving as keynote
speaker at the 10th Commencement Convocation of the AME
Zion University in Bomi County on Friday, President
Johnson-Sirleaf acknowledged the fact that the graduates
are entering the workforce at a time of high
unemployment among university graduates.
An
official of the Economic Community of West African
States (ECOWAS) has expressed concern that growing
divisions among African leaders are undermining the
sub-regional body’s efforts to resolve the ongoing
crisis in Ivory Coast. Sonny Ugoh, communications
director of ECOWAS, said his organization is consulting
with its international partners to find a solution to
the Ivorian crisis.
The
National Chairman of the National Muslim Council of
Liberia has described 2011 as a period for profound
meditation, sober reflection; and as such, calls for
wise decision and mature judgment. Sheikh Kafumba F.
Konneh said as humans, people are familiar with their
past but groping in darkness in matters of their future;
and hence, were in every way limited in all that
appertain to the future.
The
post-elections tension in Ivory Coast seems not to be
ending soon. With a determined international community
to make real on its threats of military intervention and
Gbagbo’s continued clinging unto power, it appears the
room for peaceful or amicable resolution to the
disagreement is shutting down its doors and windows as
each side suspects the other of dubious engagement.
The
National Mandingo Caucus of Liberia has complained to
the National Elections Commission (NEC) that many of its
members are being denied the opportunity to register
during the ongoing Voterss' Registration exercise. The
Caucus in a letter to NEC said, “We are pleased to
officially inform you that we have received credible
reports of continuous wrongful and systematic rejection
of Liberian Mandingoes at various registration centers
across the country.
Judges
at the war crimes trial of former Liberian President
Charles Taylor have admitted into evidence two Wikileaks
documents that appear to question the impartiality of
the Special Court for Sierra Leone. The decision comes
just days before prosecutors and defense attorneys
present their closing arguments in Mr. Taylor's war
crimes trial. Mr. Taylor is pleading not guilty to 11
counts of crimes against humanity for his alleged
support of Revolutionary United Front rebels during a
10-year civil war in neighboring Sierra Leone.
The
African Union has named five heads of state to work
toward resolution of Ivory Coast's political crisis. The
African Union says it expects the panel to complete its
work within one month. The leaders of Burkina Faso,
Chad, Mauritania, South Africa and Tanzania will work
alongside the current head of the African Union and the
leader of the Economic Community of West African States,
or ECOWAS.
At
the hearing of death news, Muslims are enjoined to say
Ina lilahi Wa Ina Elhaih Rajuun . Cruelly translated,
this means from Him we come, and unto Him we shall all
return. Such are the words that most of us have uttered
ever since the sudden news of Nva sakaifa Kamara’s death
broke out. These Kalimats or words do not necessarily
prevent any emotional trauma that we experience on
hearing such a heart shaking news, but at least serve as
reminder that this life will one day certainly come to
an end.
