{"id":19633,"date":"2022-07-20T07:16:02","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T07:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/unity-party-gears-up-for-convention"},"modified":"2022-07-20T07:50:43","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T07:50:43","slug":"unity-party-gears-up-for-convention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/unity-party-gears-up-for-convention","title":{"rendered":"Unity Party gears up for convention"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Liberia. <\/strong><\/span>By Lincoln G. Peters<\/p>\n

Team Amin Modad of the Unity Party (UP) says it cannot afford the mistake of changing an experienced and over-achieving leadership with another without an understanding of UP\u2019s and Liberia\u2019s inner workings.<\/p>\n

The opposition party\u2019s preparation for its convention is ongoing with barely 15 months until Liberia\u2019s presidential and legislative elections due in 2023.<\/p>\n

Cllr. Jeror Cole Bangalu who chairs Team Modad announced the group\u2019s aspirants for the upcoming UP National Convention during a press conference on Tuesday, 19 July 2022.<\/p>\n

The Convention is due to be held in Gbarnga, Bong County from 26 \u2013 29 July, 2022.<\/p>\n

Cllr. Bangalu warned that it will be a disaster to put in place a different leadership to steer the affairs of the party when there is just a limited time left for national elections to be held.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn light of the above, we come today to present to the people of Liberia, the Unity Party and in particular the voting delegates to the upcoming Gbarnga Convention a team of experienced, committed, loyal and innovative partisans to contest for various leadership positions at the convention,\u201d said Cllr. Bangalu.<\/p>\n

He named Amb. Joseph Nyuma Boakai as the Standard Bearer; Amin Modad, National Chairman; and Dabah Mabande Varpilah, Senior National Vice Chair\/Vice Chair for Administration.<\/p>\n

He also named Rep. Ben A. Fofana, National Vice Chair for Governmental Affairs and International Relations; and Cornelia Kruah-Togba, National Vice Chair for Inter-Party Relations and National Elections Commission Affairs.<\/p>\n

Others are Whroway Bryant, National Vice Chair for Membership, Mobilization & Recruitment; Mohammed Ali, National Secretary General; Christian Cooper, National Deputy Secretary for Administration; James Yolei, National Deputy Secretary General for Research and Training; and Edmund Forh Forh, National Treasurer.<\/p>\n

For the Women\u2019s Congress, he named Mrs. Selena Polson Mappy who will spearhead the team and will subsequently announce all other aspirants of her team.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can rest assured that Team Modad is in full support of the aspirants that will be submitted by Partisan Mappy,\u201d Cllr. Bangalu stated.<\/p>\n

He furthered that for the National Youth Congress, the team is headed by Togar Melvin Cephas who is contesting as National Vice Chair for Youth Affairs.<\/p>\n

Kuta Gbakolay goes for Secretary General; Emmanuel Kunneh Wreh Farr, aspirant for Deputy Secretary for Administration and Jartu Worrell, aspirant for Treasurer.<\/p>\n

All other aspirants for the Youth Congress will be named subsequently by T. Melvin Cephas, Bangalu added.<\/p>\n

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