IPNEWS: The chairman of a non-political civil rights movement named the “Liberia First Movement” is calling on President George Weah to resign from the Liberian Presidency on grounds that he had not been able to govern the Country since he took over in 2018.
Sheikh Al Mustapha Kouyateh said the issue of corruption is a serious problem under the government and President Weah had not been able to put it under control and the president himself is part of it.
He said Liberians should see his campaign as a passionate call for Justice and not as a means of going against President Weah and his officials but rather to tell the world and the Liberian people that the president has failed the Liberian people.
Kouyateh, a former senatorial candidate of Montserrado County and the head of the Liberia First Movement, said since President Weah cannot manage Liberia well it is better for him to resign and save the country and its people from feature embarrassment.
According to Kouyateh, the massive corruption and misplacement of government officials to misuse state resources are clear indications that he is unfit to govern the country and the time is now for him to save the country.
Kouyateh noted Liberians will continue to experience hardship and bad leadership if President Weah continues to remain as leader of the country as the country will not progress because the entire leadership structure is broken.
He said the President has degraded the image of the country and retrograde the developmental stability of the country, adding “Liberia cannot come into normality under the Weah-led administration.”
He attributed the huge wave of corruption and poor performance of government officials to incompetence and misplacement of government officials noting people were employed to positions that do not suit them in terms of qualifications.
The rights campaigner however re-echoed the need for the establishment of War and Economic Crime Court to help ease the current situation in the country.
He spoke to this paper over the weekend via telephone in Italy where he currently holding meeting with business partners for possible investment in Liberia. By Taisiah K. Merfee
