{"id":42385,"date":"2023-08-21T16:11:33","date_gmt":"2023-08-21T16:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/pup-unleashes-49-candidates-for-elections"},"modified":"2023-08-21T16:27:05","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T16:27:05","slug":"pup-unleashes-49-candidates-for-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/pup-unleashes-49-candidates-for-elections","title":{"rendered":"PUP unleashes 49 candidates for elections\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>By: Emmanuel wise Jipoh<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Liberia. <\/strong><\/span>The People\u2019s Unification Party (PUP) over the weekend unleashed 49 Senatorial and Representative Candidates in a special prayer session ahead of the 10 October 2023 polls.<\/p>\n<p>PUP recently signed a resolution with the ruling Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) in support of President George Manneh Weah\u2019s re-election bid.<\/p>\n<p>PUP National Secretary-General Moses Kwehai said the party acknowledged that elections are not won by man but by God.<\/p>\n<p>He added that elections are not won by candidates\u2019 strategies but through the invention of God\u2019s divine powers.<\/p>\n<p>Kwehai said the intercessory prayer is a key reason the PU hasn\u2019t lost an election since 2014.<\/p>\n<p>He stressed that the purpose of the occasion was to bless all PUP candidates as they go forth in participating in the elections so that they can come out victorious.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe call you here today to bless you, inspire you so that when you go the Lord himself will become your chief strategist- and that you will come out victorious, and that our numbers in the Legislature will increase,\u201d Kwehai said.<\/p>\n<p>The PUP S continued that party wants its candidates to be successful, while banishing failure, saying it\u2019s never their portion.<\/p>\n<p>For his part, Bishop A. Dolo Krekula of the Concerned United Methodist Church in Liberia, spoke under the theme: \u201cYou can make it,\u201d from Judges 6:14-1.<\/p>\n<p>Bishop Krekula urged the candidates to be inspired by the story of Gideon, a poor boy whom God had called to redeem Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the candidates include Charles Cuffey of Grand Kru County Electoral District #1, Albert Ballah, Lofa County Electoral District #3, Jones Isaac Koffa- Sinoe County Electoral District #2, and Malcolm P. Smith, Maryland County Electoral District #3.<\/p>\n<p>Others are Samuel Kogar, Nimba County Electoral District #5, D. Myers Cheddar of Montserrado Electoral District #17, former Journalist N. Roland Worwee, Lofa County Electoral District #4, and Dr. John Sumo Flomo, Jr., Montserrado Electoral District #4, among others.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the program, the reaffirmation of the PUP endorsing the candidacy of President George Manneh Weah was rescheduled due to some other issues.<\/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>By: Emmanuel wise Jipoh &nbsp; Africa-Press &#8211; Liberia. The People\u2019s Unification Party (PUP) over the weekend unleashed 49 Senatorial and Representative Candidates in a special prayer session ahead of the 10 October 2023 polls. 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