—- As Deepening Rift Heightens
IPNEWS: Amidst growing speculation over an inner bitterness between President Joseph N. Boakai, and Nimba Senator, Prince Y. Johnson, this week reports emerged about the outburst of Senator Johnson expressing regrets for his support to incumbent President Joseph N. Boakai.
Sources hints IPNEWS that Senator Prince Johnson has repeatedly stated that his decision to support Joseph Boakai in the just ended October Elections was dangerous and not in the interest of the country.
“I’m regretting my decision. The decision I made was very bad. But nothing I can not now. We are inside it and will live with it,”
“But let me tell you here in private, I think it would have been better to run on our own rather than joining forces with the UP. But I will wait to see. Maybe he will change his attitude. But frankly speaking, I am not happy,” A local daily quotes a source closed to Senator Johnson
In recent times, Senator Prince Y. Johnson has complained of not getting access to the President and that agreement reached are being breached, something that could cause political differences between the two in a not too distance future.
Senator Johnson’s MDR party-Movement for Democracy and Reconstruction who supported Unity party (UP) of Joseph Boakai in the presidential and general Legislative elections held in October 2023.
On the heels of his outburst, President Joseph Boakai, has made a surprised swap of Senator Prince Johnson’s confidant former Postal Affairs Minister, Cllr. Cooper Kruah, as Minister of Labor, from an initial appointment of Justice Minister designate.
Legislative sources tell the authoritative Independent Probe Newspaper that Cllr. Cooper Kruah, was on the verge of being confirmed by the Joint Judicial and Security Committees this week when the news of the swap was announced later afternoon on Tuesday, February 13, 2024.
Longtime legal scholar and partners of the Pierre & Tweh Law Chambers, Cllr. Oswald Tweh, now replaces Cllr. Cooper Kruah, as Ministry of Justice, designate.
President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, nomination affecting the Liberia National Police (LNP), Ministry of Post & Telecommunication (MPT), the Ministry of Mines & Energy (MME), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), the Ministry of Transport (MOT), the Ministry of Justice (MOJ), the Ministry of Labor (MOL), the Liberia Business Registry (LBR), the Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA), the Liberia Civil Aviation Authority (LCAA), the National Security Agency (NSA), the Civil Service Agency (CSA), the National Oil Company of Liberia (NOCAL), and the Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency (LDEA)
Others nominated are William K. Mulbah, Deputy Inspector General for Administration, Liberia National Police (LNP), Atty. J. Nelson Freeman, Deputy Inspector General for Operations, Liberia National Police (LNP), Simeon Frank, Deputy Inspector General for Crime Services, Liberia National Police (LNP), Sadatu L.M Reeves, Deputy Inspector General for Training & Manpower Development, Liberia National Police (LNP), and former Unity Party Chairman, Wilmot Paye, Minister, Ministry of Mines & Energy (MME).
Additional Appointments are Augustine S. Karpeh, Deputy Minister for Post, Ministry of Post & Telecommunication (MPT), Charlene Taylor, Assistant Minister for Afro-Asian Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), Rudolph Gbee Natt, Deputy Minister for Roads and Rails, Ministry of Transport (MOT), Patience B. Randall, Registrar General, Liberian Business Registry (LBR), Sayweh Tunny Copper, Assistant Commission, Business Unit, Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA), and Julius D. Dennis, Director General, Liberia Civil Aviation Authority (LCAA).
The nomination furthermore includes, Patrick Doe, Deputy Director for Administration, National Security Agency (NSA), Darlington A.P Smith, Deputy Director General for Human Resource Management, Civil Service Agency (CSA), M. Boakai Jaleiba, Vice President for Administration, National Oil Company of Liberia (NOCAL), and Al Hasan Fadiga, Deputy Director for Operations, Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency (LDEA)
