President Weah Mortgaging the Liberian Media? The president Meets Media Executives Ahead of Campaign why?
President Weah:
As usual, Liberia is once again at a critical juncture and compounding the situation as the country heads into the much-publicized 2023 Presidential and Legislative Elections is the move by some media managers to mortgage their respective outlets to the ruling establishment.
Like in the case of December of last year, President George Manneh Weah will within the next one hour or so hold crunch discussion with those media managers, newsrooms’ managers (Editors) and Executive Mansion reporters at his private resort, the Jamaica Resort along the Roberts International Airport (RIA) in Paynesville, outside Monrovia.
President Weah Mortgaging the Liberian Media? The president Meets Media Executives Ahead of Campaign why?
Though the meeting will be held closed-door, cogent information obtained by Kool Online from officialdom indicates that the President’s intent is to woo the media to the side of the ruling Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) during the course of the two-month campaign period, which kicks off Saturday, August 5, 2023.
As he seeks reelection for another six-year mandate, President Weah will be challenged by 18 other contenders in the October 10 Elections.
As announced by the country’s electoral body – the National Elections Commission (NEC) on Wednesday, those cleared to challenge the Liberian leader include: Joseph Nyumah Boakai of the former ruling Unity Party (UP), Mr. Alexander B. Cummings of the Collaborating Political Parties (CPP), former Liberia’s Labor Minister and ex-President of the Liberia National Bar Association (LNBA) Cllr. Tiawan Saye Gongloe of the Liberian People’s Party (LPP), and businessman and politician Simeon Freeman of the Movement for Progress Change (MPC).
Others are former Liberia Minister of State without Portfolio Dr. Clarence K. Moniba of the Liberia National Union (LNU), Dr. Jeremiah Z. Whapoe of the Vision for Liberia Transformation (VOLT), Mr. William Wiah Tuider of the Democratic National Allegiance (DNA) and businessman Sheikh A. Kouyateh of the Liberia First Movement (LFM), who contested for the Montserrado County Senatorial Seat in 2011 and 2017.
The rest are: former UN Diploma – Sara Beysolow Nyanti of the African Liberation League (ALL), Madam Bendu Alehma an Independent Candidate, Robert Franz Morris, Executive Officer of Phoenix Services Construction Contracting Company, who is running as an Independent Candidate, Allen R. Brown, Jr. of the Liberia Restoration Party (LRP), Mr. Lusinee Kamara, Sr. of the All Liberia Coalition Party (ALCOP), David GB Kiamu of the Democratic People’s Party of Liberia (DPPL), Alexander N. Kollie of the Reformers National Congress (RNC), Richard Saye Miller of the Liberians For Prosperity (LFP), Edward W. Appleton, Jr. of the Grassroots Development Movement (GDM), Yorfee Luther of Liberia Rebuilding Party (Rebuilders), and Mr. Joshua Tom Turner of the New Liberia Party (NLP).
Like in 2017, 20 candidates were poised to contest the country’s highest political seat; however, one of the hopefuls, Dr. George P. Gonpu of the African Democratic Movement of Liberia (ADML) tendered in his withdrawal on July 22.
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