Sunday, July 18, 2010

CDC Eyeing Replacement for Deputy Speaker Mulbah; Will it be Forh?

By Rodney D. Sieh

SOURCE: FrontPage Africa

FRICTION AND DISTRUST: Observers and CDC insiders are divided over whether Forh is the right replacement for Forh. In the hierarchy of the CDC, some partisans see the 12th District Representative as too embedded in the ruling party to be considered for the post of Deputy Speaker. This coming on the heels of a recent reported deal between the ruling party and some higher-ups in the CDC notably, Weah and the party’s Secretary General Lenn Eugene Nagbe.
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FrontPageAfrica has reliably learned that there is an ongoing division within the opposition Congress for Democratic Change regarding the future of embattled Deputy Speaker Tokbah Mulbah(5th District Bong County). Sources within the party’s hierarchy suggest that one faction of the party is pressing for Mulbah to be replaced by Representative Edward Forh(12TH District) while another faction is pressing for the Deputy Speaker to step aside.

Mulbah’s office, on Thursday issued a statement, five days after the incident condemning the alleged assault meted out against Patrolman Lexington Beh. “The Deputy Speaker however remains committed to the rule of law and welcomes investigation into the incident. In the meanwhile, the Deputy Speaker expresses concerns to the family of the policeman Lexington Beh over the reported assault and therefore calls on the public to overcome sentiments and give chance to the investigation,” the statement concluded.

Beh’s condemnation of the assault on the police officer comes as he scored a major victory Thursday when the Supreme Court of Liberia halted further investigation into the flogging of Officer Beh even as reports reaching FPA Thursday suggested that Thursday night revealed that two of the seven arrested suspects in connection with the beating of Patrolman Beh admitted to the act. The suspects King T. Mulbah and Emmanuel Quemine told investigators that they were asleep when Mulbah woke them up to proceed to the Zone Eight Police Checkpoint where Patrolman Beh was beaten.

The assault has dealt a massive blow to the Congress for Democratic Change, still reeling from the arrest of one of its supporters in the United States James Bestman, currently languishing in the custody of the FBI on money laundering allegations. More damaging is the fact that the party’s 2005 standard bearer, George Manneh Weah was on the property at the time of the arrest and questioned but let go. While the details of the arrest remains sketchy, the arrest and now assault on an officer of the law is posing serious credibility issues for the CDC which has come under immense criticism since the assault took place.

Observers are however divided over whether Forh is the right replacement for Forh. In the hierarchy of the CDC, some partisans see the 12th District Representative as too embedded in the ruling party to be considered for the post of Deputy Speaker. This coming on the heels of a recent reported deal between the ruling party and some higher-ups in the CDC notably, Weah and the party’s Secretary General Lenn Eugene Nagbe.

The report continues to cause friction and distrust in the CDC with some partisans and party higher-ups unsure whether Nagbe and Weah actually struck a multi-million dollar deal with the ruling Unity Party.

FrontPageAfrica recently reported that UP officials were in talks with some officials of CDC to have Weah give in to the ruling party and in return receive a huge compensation. According to the deal as we learned from multiple sources, Weah will be sponsored financially by UP as an opposition and come 2011 give in to UP.

Similar reports surfaced in the aftermath of the 2005 presidential elections, that Weah was offered about $3 million United States dollars in Nigeria to accept the result and forget about taking his election fraud issue to the Liberian Supreme Court. Weah dropped the election fraud complain when he returned from Nigeria and went to the United States. Some of his supporters got angry and today believe that Weah received money to stop the election fraud fight. He did not tell them the outcome of the meeting in Nigeria and left them in the cold. Nagbe, in a recent interview with FrontPageAfrica debunked both reports as absurd. “Absolutely not. This is so preposterous that had it not been for the level of gullibility in the country, it would be laughable. When you say impact Weah's influence on 2011, that's a bit vague but you can be assured that neither Weah nor I ever met any UP representative in Ghana let alone sign a deal,” Nagbe told FrontPageAfrica recently.

Mulbah could be the fall guy as pressure mounts on the party to put its act together. Forh, it can be recalled lost his quest to become speaker during the efforts to remove former Speaker Edwin to Alex Tyler.

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Drawing the line in Liberia

Crimes sponsored, committed, or masterminded by handful of individuals cannot be blamed upon an entire nationality. In this case, Liberians! The need for post-war justice is a step toward lasting peace, stability and prosperity for Liberia. Liberia needs a war crimes tribunal or some credible legal forum that is capable of dealing with atrocities perpetrated against defenseless men, women and children during the country's brutal war. Without justice, peace shall remain elusive and investment in Liberia will not produce the intended results. - Bernard Gbayee Goah



Men with unhealthy characters should not champion any noble cause

They pretend to advocate the cause of the people when their deeds in the dark mirror nothing else but EVIL!!
When evil and corrupt men try to champion a cause that is so noble … such cause, how noble it may be, becomes meaningless in the eyes of the people - Bernard Gbayee Goah.

If Liberia must move forward ...

If Liberia must move forward in order to claim its place as a civilized nation amongst world community of nations, come 2017 elections, Liberians must critically review the events of the past with honesty and objectivity. They must make a new commitment to seek lasting solutions. The track records of those who are presenting themselves as candidates for the position of "President of the Republic of Liberia" must be well examined. Liberians must be fair to themselves because results from the 2011 elections will determine the future of Liberia’s unborn generations to come - Bernard Gbayee Goah

Liberia's greatest problem!

While it is true that an individual may be held responsible for corruption and mismanagement of funds in government, the lack of proper system to work with may as well impede the process of ethical, managerial, and financial accountability - Bernard Gbayee Goah

What do I think should be done?

The situation in Liberia is Compound Complex and cannot be fixed unless the entire system of government is reinvented.
Liberia needs a workable but uncompromising system that will make the country an asylum free from abuse, and other forms of corruption.
Any attempt to institute the system mentioned above in the absence of rule of law is meaningless, and more detrimental to Liberia as a whole - Bernard Gbayee Goah

Liberia's Natural Resources
Besides land water and few other resources, most of Liberia’s dependable natural resources are not infinite, they are finite and therefore can be depleted.
Liberia’s gold, diamond, and other natural resources will not always be an available source of revenue generation for its people and its government. The need to invent a system in government that focuses on an alternative income generation method cannot be over emphasized at this point - Bernard Gbayee Goah

Liberia needs a proper system
If Liberians refuse to erect a proper system in place that promotes the minimization of corruption and mismanagement of public funds by government institutions, and individuals, there will come a time when the value of the entire country will be seen as a large valueless land suited on the west coast of Africa with some polluted bodies of waters and nothing else. To have no system in place in any country is to have no respect for rule of law. To have no respect for rule of law is to believe in lawlessness. And where there is lawlessness, there is always corruption - Bernard Gbayee Goah

Solving problems in the absence of war talks

As political instability continues to increase in Africa, it has become abundantly clear that military intervention as a primary remedy to peace is not a durable solution. Such intervention only increases insecurity and massive economic hardship. An existing example which could be a valuable lesson for Liberia is Great Britain, and the US war on terror for the purpose of global security. The use of arms whether in peace keeping, occupation, or invasion as a primary means of solving problem has yield only little results. Military intervention by any country as the only solution to problem solving will result into massive military spending, economic hardship, more fear, and animosity as well as increase insecurity. The alternative is learning how to solve problems in the absence of war talks. The objective of such alternative must be to provide real sustainable human security which cannot be achieved through military arm intervention, or aggression. In order to achieve results that will make the peaceful coexistence of all mankind possible, there must be a common ground for the stories of all sides to be heard. I believe there are always three sides to every story: Their side of the story, Our side of the story, and The truth – Bernard Gbayee Goah

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