{"id":27858,"date":"2022-12-06T15:10:07","date_gmt":"2022-12-06T15:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/cpp-warns-government"},"modified":"2022-12-06T15:10:07","modified_gmt":"2022-12-06T15:10:07","slug":"cpp-warns-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/cpp-warns-government","title":{"rendered":"CPP warns government"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Liberia. <\/strong><\/span>The opposition Collaborating Political Parties (CPP) says it would be another catastrophic mistake if the Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) government tries to prevent a planned peaceful assembly due 17 December 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet the government try it, it will be the day the government will see &#8230; police officers will try to wave the white flag,\u2019\u2019 Mr. George Wisner, a stalwart of Team Alexander Cummings\u2019 2023 presidential bid, told an interview on local broadcaster Sky FM Monday morning, 5 December 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Cummings and his CPP are planning what they claim is a peaceful assembly for 17 December to voice out the suffering of the Liberian people under the CDC regime.<\/p>\n<p>His supporter Mr. Wisner warned the Government of Liberia that they are more dangerous than the mere threat, intimidation, and fear that the government is allegedly issuing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis December 17 rally will not be a picture of Soweto,\u201d Mr. Wisner who once headed the National Investment Commission (NIC) during former President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf\u2019s regime, has warned the CDC government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat I see happening, there will be another catastrophic mistake on behalf of this government [if] they try to prevent the people from expressing themselves,\u201d Wisner said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMark my words on this day. I believe these police officers whom the government itself has abused are on the side of the people,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>He said the government has lost the will to stand in the way of the Liberian people, claiming that the rally is not for the CPP, but is providing a platform for the people.<\/p>\n<p>Wisner suggested that the December 17 rally will not be catastrophic if the government provides security and protects its citizens in line with its responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is to the government, the CPP, and the Liberian people \u2013 we are more dangerous than fear. You can\u2019t frighten us with fear. Let Mayor Jefferson Koijee and others try the resolve [of the] Liberian people. I dare them,\u201d Wisner said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI dare this government to do something contrary. The people have the right to express themselves. The risk will be by preventing the people from doing so,\u2019\u2019 Mr. Wisner noted.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the Liberian people have decided to approach their government responsibly through the CPP and they have followed all of the processes the government has agreed that the Liberian people can assemble in public space.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Wisner said they will assemble in front and outside of the stadium because they have made payment and informed the Government of Liberia to provide security protection.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMinister Zeogar Wilson is very economical on this issue. This government is twisting the Minister\u2019s arm because his office was excited when we made the payment,\u201d Wisner alleged.<\/p>\n<p>He warned that nothing can stop the assembly from happening on December 17 at the stadium.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCome thunder or rain, we will gather the Liberia people to speak to this government that enough is enough and if you cannot do what you were elected, then shift and leave,\u2019\u2019 he concluded.<\/p>\n<p>For his part, Youth and Sports Minister D. Zeogar Wilson told OK Morning Rush Monday, 5 December 2022 via telephone that nobody, not even the CPP, will use the Samuel K. Doe Sports Complex for any political rally.<\/p>\n<p>He said on 16 November 2022, the CPP wrote his office, and his office received the letter on 18 November.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that the CPP requested to use the SKD for a political rally on December 17, 2022, when he was out of the country.<\/p>\n<p>He said he never authorized the CPP because of some ongoing work at the facility.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t regret any inconvenience this may cause the CPP. The reason is just simple, because, before the CPP went to my finance officers to pay the money for the facility, my special assistant told Martin Kollah and Cllr. Toe that the facility will not be available,\u201d Mr. Wilson claimed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow, we need to find out from CPP what is their intent because they told my staff that they have put in the time, resources, and planning for that venue when they have not gotten my approval,\u2019\u2019 he noted.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\">Liberia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Liberia. The opposition Collaborating Political Parties (CPP) says it would be another catastrophic mistake if the Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) government tries to prevent a planned peaceful assembly due 17 December 2022. \u201cLet the government try it, it will be the day the government will see &#8230; police officers will try to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":27857,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[233,237,234],"class_list":["post-27858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-liberia","tag-liberia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>CPP warns government - Liberia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/cpp-warns-government\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"CPP warns government\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa-Press &#8211; Liberia. The opposition Collaborating Political Parties (CPP) says it would be another catastrophic mistake if the Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) government tries to prevent a planned peaceful assembly due 17 December 2022. \u201cLet the government try it, it will be the day the government will see &#8230; police officers will try to [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/cpp-warns-government\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Liberia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-12-06T15:10:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/cpp-warns-government#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/cpp-warns-government\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"CPP warns government\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-12-06T15:10:07+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/cpp-warns-government\"},\"wordCount\":685,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/cpp-warns-government#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/liberia\/sites\/37\/2022\/12\/postQueueImg_1670326895.58.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Liberia\",\"Liberia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/cpp-warns-government#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/cpp-warns-government\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/cpp-warns-government\",\"name\":\"CPP warns government - Liberia\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/cpp-warns-government#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/cpp-warns-government#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/liberia\/sites\/37\/2022\/12\/postQueueImg_1670326895.58.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-12-06T15:10:07+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/cpp-warns-government#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/cpp-warns-government\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/cpp-warns-government#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/liberia\/sites\/37\/2022\/12\/postQueueImg_1670326895.58.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/liberia\/sites\/37\/2022\/12\/postQueueImg_1670326895.58.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":853,\"caption\":\"CPP warns government\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/cpp-warns-government#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"CPP warns government\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/\",\"name\":\"Liberia\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"CPP warns government - Liberia","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/cpp-warns-government","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"CPP warns government","og_description":"Africa-Press &#8211; Liberia. The opposition Collaborating Political Parties (CPP) says it would be another catastrophic mistake if the Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) government tries to prevent a planned peaceful assembly due 17 December 2022. \u201cLet the government try it, it will be the day the government will see &#8230; police officers will try to [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/cpp-warns-government","og_site_name":"Liberia","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2022-12-06T15:10:07+00:00","author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/cpp-warns-government#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/cpp-warns-government"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"CPP warns government","datePublished":"2022-12-06T15:10:07+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/cpp-warns-government"},"wordCount":685,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/cpp-warns-government#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/liberia\/sites\/37\/2022\/12\/postQueueImg_1670326895.58.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Liberia","Liberia"],"articleSection":["all news","policy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/cpp-warns-government#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/cpp-warns-government","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/cpp-warns-government","name":"CPP warns government - Liberia","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/cpp-warns-government#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/cpp-warns-government#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/liberia\/sites\/37\/2022\/12\/postQueueImg_1670326895.58.jpg","datePublished":"2022-12-06T15:10:07+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/cpp-warns-government#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/cpp-warns-government"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/cpp-warns-government#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/liberia\/sites\/37\/2022\/12\/postQueueImg_1670326895.58.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/liberia\/sites\/37\/2022\/12\/postQueueImg_1670326895.58.jpg","width":1280,"height":853,"caption":"CPP warns government"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/cpp-warns-government#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"CPP warns government"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/","name":"Liberia","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27858"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27858\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}