IPNews-Monrovia,Liberia-8 December 2017-The ruling Unity Party says its recent collaboration with the Liberty party in challenging the results of the October 10 polls is not selfish or an opportunistic one.
Speaking at an hurriedly arranged Press Conference, the standard bearer of the Unity Party, Vice President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, stated that their intervention action to support of Liberty Party’s nearly a month ago to challenge the October polls results was not a selfish or opportunistic one, nor was it in any way a strategy to unnecessarily cause delay and prolong the electoral process, as alleged by many
Vice President Boakai, also said that contrary to these unbalanced assertions their stance was predicated on the party’s principle to promote and foster a culture of fair and transparent elections in the country for present and future generations.
“In fact, because elections are part of legitimate and inclusive politics and ensure political settlement in the clash of ideas and competition for the hearts and minds of voters, they must result in the clearest and unfettered expression of the will of the people. We made a responsible and patriotic choice to resort to the rule of law over violence and protests. We chose respect for the rule of law over looting, pillaging and destruction of properties. For those of us who have lived long enough, we know how elections have been conflict prone,” VP Boakai said.
Speaking further, the Unity Party Standard Bearer stated that unlike those who engaged in such unwholesome behaviors, the Unity Party and allies, this year, chose to tread the course as prescribed by the laws.
“We have shown determination to ensure electoral integrity now and in the future”. UP strong man said.
Vice President Boakai noted further that his party (UP) is more interested in ensuring that whoever ultimately emerged as President would secure the legitimacy and moral authority to lead the country without any shade of doubt.
Commenting on the verdict of Supreme Court Opinion, stated that the burden of history have proven the UP & all collaborating parties right as they sought to exorcise the evils of the country’s electoral process and to support the forward march to progress. “Here today, we stand vindicated!”.
He furthermore maintains that the best way to ensuring transparent elections in Liberia is to identify and remove all those electoral problems that marred the October 10, 2017 presidential elections by sanitizing the electoral process, and ensuring that those overseeing the process divest themselves of personal interests by relentlessly upholding electoral integrity.
The VP stressed that Cllr. Charles Walker Brumskine has earned for himself an enviable place in our nation’s history.
VP Boakai’s commended Cllr. Brumskine’s “bold and courageous move” has earned him an enviable place in the Liberian history.
“He emerges as a champion for the respect of the rule of law in these electoral undertakings. He has offered us a new deal and we must applaud him. His pursuit of due process in this dispute is a historical landmark for which we salute him.
“In the same breath we would like to thank the leader of the All Liberian Party, Mr. Benoni Urey, who stood firmly on the side of history in the quest to uphold the credibility and integrity of our electoral process.
“Similarly, we thank the leader of the Alternative National Congress, Mr. Alexander Cummings, for standing with us on the single purpose of ensuring that the process of choosing our leaders be governed by the principle of fair play and inclusiveness.”
He also told journalists at the Press Conference Thursday that he is grateful to collaborating parties which include: National Democratic Coalition (NDC), People Unification Party (PUP), Grassroots Democratic Party of Liberia (GDPL), All Liberia Coalition Party (ALCOP), Union of Liberia Democrats (ULD) and Victory for Change Party (VCP), who has worked with.
He stressed that as they embark upon the final leg of the process, he called on Liberians to retain their belief in their country and engage the electoral process with the same zeal, zest and interest as before.
“Remember that the future of the country is in your hands. Sitting on the fence would give you one unpleasant result–living with a choice you neither wanted nor made.
“I today issue this clarion call to all Unity Partisans, particularly those who felt left out or disenfranchised for whatever reason, to rally around us as we move to score final victory.
