….SAYS ITS DANGEROUS AND MUST BE REJECTED BY ALL
IPNEWS: The Liberia Council of Churches attention has been drawn to an unacceptable and reckless declaration emanating from Montserrado County Representative Solomon George threatening to eliminate perceived enemies of the Coalition of Democratic Change if he’s given the chance to serve as Police Inspector General for Six months.
The lawmaker’s words were highly irresponsible and unethical and as such we call on
Representative George to muster the courage to rescind such a negligent utterance. As a an institution whose task is to preach the gospel of righteousness, joy, goodness, goodwill and
spiritual wisdom, the LCC says it is appalled that Representative George would express his enthusiasm for president WEAH’s leadership in such a disgraceful manner.
Representative George touting idea of people disappearing is completely out of touch with the peace and security that Liberians cherish as vital to our democracy. Notwithstanding, the Council
of Churches calls on President George Weah in whose presence the threat was made to publicly distant himself from the Representative malicious and vicious utterances.
The Council believes, if not acted upon, such a wild pronouncement from a sitting lawmaker would plunge Liberia into a failed state of war, politically induced killings and the disappearance of politicians and their supporters. This is not the values many people died and sacrificed for over the years and as such, it must be condemned by all Liberians irrespective of your association.
The Liberia Council of Churches is therefore calling on Representative Solomon George to publicly apologize and repent from speaking in a vile and vicious manner which threatens to
collapse the sanity, freedom of expressions and right to choose whomsoever the people wish to lead them.
It may be recalled, the authoritative Independent Probe Newspaper,reported earlier today the unprecedented comes of Representative Solomon George, called on president George Weah to appoint him as Police Director, for six months to ensure the disappearance of oppositions.
Representative Solomon George of Montserrado County District #7, says he wants to be police director (Inspector General) of the Liberia National Police just for six months or one year and some people will lose. “Some of us need to disappear for good things to appear. You can’t see somebody doing good things and then want to change the good things to bad things,” Rep. George startling said in West Point to the astonishment of hundreds of West Pointers who had gathered in their town hall to welcome President Weah on the last leg of his nationwide tour which ends in Montserrado County.
“Mr. President you know me, maybe you want to win Nobel Peace Prize, but as for me I don’t want to win noble peace prize. I want to be police director for just six months or one year, some people will lost. Some of us need to disappear for good things to appear. You can’t see somebody doing good things and want to change the good things to bad things. Go around the country and see the good works the President is doing but some Liberians are denying those good work,” Rep. George indicated.
Speaking to residents of West Point in Montserrado County District #7 on Tuesday, August 16, 2022 Rep. George in the midst of hundreds of West Pointers, President George Weah and other government officials and with Liberians watching a live broadcast on the Ministry of Information, Cultural Affairs and Tourism official Facebook page, without any remorse emphatically stated if he is made Police Inspector General in Liberia, people will disappear so that good things can appear in Liberia.
The Montserrado County lawmaker did not however take into consideration the political and human rights implications of his statement, that some political pundits referred to as ‘reckless’, nothing Rep. George should be a living example for the protection of human rights and should not be agitated because some Liberians differ with President George Weah and how he is governing the country evidenced with the tough economic situation Liberians and Liberia are faced with.
Representative Solomon George of the ruling Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) is in his second six-year term as District #7 Representative of Montserrado County; however, he is being challenged by several other prominent residents of the district, including media entrepreneur Emmanuel Dahn, owner of Joy FM radio station and the district #7 Skills Training Center on Newport Street.
The Representative’s utterance of making people to disappear if he were Police Inspector General left people astonished, including President Weah who was seen in the video nodding his head in disapproval of what Rep. George was saying.
Also, Representative George called on President Weah to ban student politics on the campuses of the state-owned University of Liberia, because according to him, opposition politicians are using students and members of campus-based students’ parties to stage protest as well as to carry out other agitating activities against the CDC-led government of President Weah.
The district #7 lawmaker made specific reference to the Students Unification Party (SUP) but never mentioned the Students Integration Movement/Students Democratic Alliance (SIM-STUDA), because the latter is the campus-based student party the likes of Finance Minister Samuel Tweah, the suspended Minister of State Nathaniel McGill, Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA) Commissioner Thomas Doe-Nah among others have ties with back dating back to their days as students at the University of Liberia.
Commenting further Rep. George stated: “Mr. President there is a problem with these Students of the campus-based Students Unification Party (SUP). They cannot dictate to us how to run a university and if SUP wants to be a political party, put an end to students’ politics so that SUP can come and be a full-fledged political party.”
He disclosed that SUP have been sent most times by those who have been disgraced politically and defeated. “They have been sent by the hyenas that are waiting for the young lions to die before it can eat it. We who are the foot soldiers are here to protect you, Mr. President.”
“If God does not choose you, you cannot perform. Please don’t be discouraged I am appealing to you to keep pushing on. You will finish your 12 years and Liberians will beg you to come back,” the Montserrado County District #7 lawmaker concluded.
Meanwhile, pundits and political commentators say the context in which Representative Solomon George spoke when he said if he were Police IG or were to be appointed Police IG some people will lost / disappear is certainly not resonating with Liberians and international partners, wondering why a lawmaker would be pushing for a situation to get rid of people he perceives as enemies of the ruling CDC government led by President George Weah?
According to those who know him, Representative Solomon George is a noted lawmaker who is always associated with controversies both at the House of Representatives among his colleagues, as well as with partisans of his own Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC).
The lawmaker’s remarks did not only shock the President whose body language suggested his disapproval, they also exposed how politicians, especially those in the proximity of successive Liberian presidents, influenced them to become tyrannical or take the wrong decisions.
