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Africa-Press – Liberia. <\/strong><\/span>The Standard Bearer of the Collaborating Political Parties (CPP), Mr. Alexander Cummings, has cautioned Liberians against another six years rule of President George Weah that will severely damage Liberia\u2019s international credibility and worsen the suffering and poverty of the Liberian people.<\/p>\n

Cummings said to repeat the mistake of re-electing Mr. Weah will completely drive away Liberia\u2019s long-term partners and investors, with devastating economic effects on ordinary Liberians.<\/p>\n

The CPP Standard Bearer made the observation in reaction to US Ambassador Michael McCarthy\u2019s press statement in which he indicted the Weah administration for gross incompetence, mismanagement of public funds, and outright carelessness in the handling of affairs of the Liberian people.<\/p>\n

Mr. Cummings said the issues of continuous stealing and gross mismanagement of public resources as raised in the U.S. Ambassador\u2019s recent statement are not strange to Liberians.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is the daily reality for millions of Liberians, that governance in Liberia has become so rotten under this administration, to the point where our traditional allies must raise these concerns in the press, is viewed as serious blow to Liberia\u2019s image,\u201d Cummings said.<\/p>\n

He said Liberia has become a pariah state under the failed CDC government, discouraging and turning away credible investors and partners, badly needed to revive the ailing economy and alleviate the suffering of the vast majority.<\/p>\n

Mr. Cummings said President Weah and his cronies continue to enrich themselves, while, ordinary Liberians continue to suffer, high unemployment, the rising cost of living, growing insecurity, worsening families condition, an unprecedented influx of dangerous drugs, and at the same time, thousands of Liberians continue to die of easily preventable diseases, due to lack of drugs in hospitals, caused by massive corruption.<\/p>\n

The CPP Standard Bearer said these heart wrecking reports uncovered through the personal initiative of the U.S Ambassador point to the fact that \u201cit is time to show Weah the door, enough is enough.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cummings assured that a CPP Government will certainly get Liberia back on track by building a wholesome functioning system to restore basic essential social services for the Liberian people.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs I have pledged many times, we will aggressively fight corruption by empowering the courts to prosecute corruption cases swiftly and fully \u2013 especially for officials at the highest levels of government,\u201d Cummings said.<\/p>\n

He vowed to remove all barriers to ensure that local businesses grow and create more jobs and at the same time, will implement an aggressive strategy to make Liberia an attractive investment destination for international investors, in alignment with Liberia\u2019s long-term vision for real change in Liberia.<\/p>\n

Cummings said the pending October 10, general and presidential elections are about choosing between the old \u201cpolitics as usual\u201d that has led Liberia, where it is today, versus \u201creal results-driven transformational leadership that will make an actual difference in the lives of the people.\u201d<\/p>\n

The CPP Standard Bearer said in all his interactions with Liberians nationwide, he has seen and heard the strong desires for real change and reaffirmed his sincere commitment to real and genuine change in Liberia.<\/p>\n

The U.S. Ambassador in his report said he was deeply troubled to encounter multiple county hospitals that received not one penny of what they were promised in the 2022 budget. \u201cHospitals on which lives depend, where outbreaks are prevented and suffering is alleviated, did not receive any portion of the US$100,000 or more appropriated by the legislature for them to operate,\u201d the report said.<\/p>\n

The Ambassador referenced a report in the press last week, that the Tellowoyan Memorial Hospital in Lofa County, and other health facilities currently survive \u201con the backs of incredibly dedicated health professionals, making do with whatever they can scrape together.\u201d<\/p>\n

The report said, \u201cLest you think this is the work of one political party, that notion was quickly dispelled by Liberians I talked to,\u201d noting that \u201cthe blocking of resources is so complete that it must be institutional: and the lack of any alarm being raised indicates a syndicate involving players at the legislature, the Ministry of Health, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs.\u201d<\/p>\n

The U.S Ambassador report further unearthed that Liberia\u2019s legislature has spent more every year for the past three years buttering their own bread, allocating over US$65 million in 2022 for salaries and operations, while hospitals are without, service centers \u201cwithered on the vine, the 30 senators and the 73 representatives spent sixty-five million U.S. dollars feathering their own nests.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe withhold 25% of the salaries of our Liberian employees at the Residence and at the Embassy to pay their legally mandated income tax to the LRA. Why are the much better-paid representatives and senators not paying a full 25% of their salaries? Why are legislators and ministers, those living on the top of the heap, given annual duty-free imports that deny the LRA much-needed additional revenue? Is there any reason other than the perverted version of the Golden Rule \u2013 \u201cthose that have the gold, make the rules\u201d? the Ambassador said.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Liberia. The Standard Bearer of the Collaborating Political Parties (CPP), Mr. Alexander Cummings, has cautioned Liberians against another six years rule of President George Weah that will severely damage Liberia\u2019s international credibility and worsen the suffering and poverty of the Liberian people. 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