IPNews-Monrovia, Liberia-31 December 2017: Liberia’s President-elect George M. Weah, has promised good investment climate for investors wanting to do business in Liberia.
President-elect Weah: “To investors, we say Liberia is open and ready for business. Over the long term, private investment will be our key strategy to delivering transformation. We will work to relax constraints to private investment; strengthen the business, legal and regulatory environment, and protect business profits”.
The newly elected President stated that lauded a concession call from main contender Vice President Joseph Nyumah Boakai, describing him a statesman and a good neighbor that he shall seek wise council from.
“I received a concession call from His Excellency Vice President Joseph Nyumah Boakai. I thanked him and said that in the interest of our people, we will work together. He is a statesman and also my neighbour. If I have to walk over to greet and get advice from him, I will. That is what neighbours are for”.
He also cautioned all contesting political parties in the just ended general Presidential and Legislative elections to join hands in moving the country forward-adding that elections were over and they were not enemies but institutions that needed to transform the country from its current status to a better and industrialize one.
President-elect Weah: “To other political parties, we are not enemies. We welcome you with open arms as we all strive to build our country. This election was a contest in ideas and not a clash of political personalities. Our ideas have prevailed but that does not mean you do not have a contribution to make. We need to bring our country together to secure our peace and work harder towards national unity and development”.
President-elect George Weah, particularly lavage praises on President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf for the courage to battling all the odds by ensuring Liberia return to full democratic rule through the smooth transfer of power following the holding of a free, fair and transparent election validated by both local and international election observers.
“To the iron lady of African, President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, we say thank you for the peaceful transfer of power that is about to take place. Yours is a legacy in democratic empowerment, and we promise to follow your footsteps in protecting the rights of Liberians and providing even greater freedom. We will build on the foundation you have laid to achieve more for all of our people. Your job is not yet done, Madam President, as we will continue to count on you to strengthen our outreach to both development partner and investors, all in the direction of moving our country forward”. The President-elect emphasized.
He further called on Liberians living in foreign lands to speedily return home to contribute to continue rebuilding of Liberia- cautioning that skills and expertise accrued over the years in those foreign lands were needed in the transformation of the country.
President-elect Weah: “ To our Diaspora Liberians, we say come home. This is a new dispensation. We need your skills, your ideas, your expertise and talents so that together we will build our common patrimony”. He added.
On the international front, President-elect George Weah called on all development partners not to turn their backs on Liberia as their financial and material aid to Liberia will be needed in the medium-term to accelerate the economy which has suffered decline in recent months.
“To our development partners, we say a big thank you for the support you have provided over the last 12 years. As we embark upon this transition, we call for renewal and strengthening of this partnership. We know that aid flows have declined in the last few years. In our view, this decline is not good for the current transition – at least in the short term. While we work to grow the Liberian economy and expand our revenue base, medium-term aid would be needed to support projects that would be critical to our long-term growth”. President-elect appealed.
The newly elected President furthermore give special recognition to collaborating political parties that join hands with the Congress for Democratic Change-CDC i.e National Patriotic Party (NPP) & Liberia People Democratic Party (PDP) into a political merger .
“I thank you for joining me to celebrate the Liberian people. They are the true heroes and heroine of this victory. Let me also thank the leadership, partisans, supporters and sympathisers of the Coalition we say a big thank you, with special thanks and appreciation going to the Honourable Senator of Nimba County, Prince Yormie Johnson. To the leadership and partisans of the Liberia People Democratic Party, we say thank you. To the leadership and partisans of the National Patriotic Party (NPP) we say thank you, and of course to our own, Congress for Democratic Change, we say a resounding thank you”. President-elect Weah lauded.
Moving forward, President-elect Weah, congratulatd all partisans of the Congress For Democratic Change-CDC for braving the storming wins over the last twelve years as a firm opposition.
He also thanked all CDCians for sustaining the struggle for change-adding without victory, their change would not be possible.
“To my beloved CDCians who have sustained the struggle over the years; I say to you that without you this victory would not have been possible. Two days ago, the world watched me cry. I did not cry because I won. I cried because of the many partisans who lost their lives in the struggle for change. They will never be forgotten. Please join me in a moment of silence in memory of the fallen heroes of our revolutionary struggle”. The former world soccer legend marveled.
The President-elect also congratulated all Liberians for peacefully going to the polls and voting their respective choices for the betterment of mama Liberia.
President-elect: “We truly thank all Liberians especially the women of Liberia who stood with us in the battle. For that, I can truly that the best way to celebrate all Liberians is to improve their lives through the instrument of pro-poor public governance. I declare publicly today that transforming the lives of all Liberians is a singular mission and focus of my presidency”.
Importantly, the President-elect call on all to brave themselves to ensuring every portion of the campaign promises are implemented as the government move towards assembling the government structure in the coming days.
“Over the next few days, we will assemble the government committed to fighting for the ideas that have inspired our campaign, and dedicated to delivering for the Liberian people. Those chosen to serve will and must be dedicated to the ideas of grassroots, social transformation. Person looking to cheat the Liberian people through the menace of corruption will have no place in my administration”. President-elect concludes.
