{"id":7381,"date":"2022-01-17T12:54:32","date_gmt":"2022-01-17T12:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/whapoe-fires-salvos-at-pyj-gongloe"},"modified":"2022-01-17T13:19:13","modified_gmt":"2022-01-17T13:19:13","slug":"whapoe-fires-salvos-at-pyj-gongloe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/whapoe-fires-salvos-at-pyj-gongloe","title":{"rendered":"Whapoe fires salvos at PYJ, Gongloe"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Liberia. <\/strong><\/span>Opposition Vission of Liberia Transformation Party (VOLT) political leader Dr. Jeremiah Z. Whapoe has been firing political salvos at his two kinsmen and fellow presidential aspirants, Nimba Senator Prince Y. Johnson and former Liberia National Bar Association president Cllr. Tiawan Saye Gongloe.<\/p>\n

Appearing live on local broadcaster Love FM Friday, 14 January 2022, Dr. Whapoe said a million-dollar question that the people of Nimba County will be answering when picking their best presidential candidate will be about a leader who has the political pedigree and is socially and morally connected to the people.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I strongly feel that I am morally connected, socially connected, emotionally connected to the people and you go in Nimba County you will hear it,\u201d said Dr. Whapoe.<\/p>\n

Dr. Whapoe said what sets him apart from a lot of candidates including those from Nimba County is that the people hear their voices in his voice and he has been working over the years finding solution to their problems, unlike others he said want to be elected president before taking up responsibility.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026 And that\u2019s what sets\u2019 lot of candidates, including the candidates from Nimba County and myself apart. Nimba people are hearing their voices in my voice, meaning they identify with the plight I\u2019m preaching,\u201d said Dr. Whapoe.<\/p>\n

The VOLT political leader stated that you might have the best of education and connections, but when you are doing politics, people look at different things, adding that if you are not socially and emotionally connected to the people, no matter what you do, you can\u2019t survive.<\/p>\n

Whapoe claimed that Senator Johnson who has served two nine-year terms as Nimba Senator, will not contest the 2023 presidential election because he has to fight to maintain his senatorial job.<\/p>\n

\u201cI strongly feel that this is credible information that I\u2019ve gathered that Senator Johnson will not be running for presidency this term because \u2026 he cannot run for two positions at the same time. He has to maintain his position as a senator, yes, so he\u2019s going to be contesting for the senator post,\u201d said Dr. Whapoe.<\/p>\n

The three prominent sons of the votes \u2013 rich Nimba County \u2013 Dr. Whapoe, Cllr. Gongloe and Senator Johnson are presidential aspirants. Both Whapoe and Johnson have contested the presidency and lost, but it might be Gongloe\u2019s first try if he appears on the ballot box as a presidential candidate for the 2023 presidential and legislative elections.<\/p>\n

The VOLT political leader noted that \u201cLiberian people will judge all of us how much hallmark that we have had on our people in this country, and not alone Nimba County, how many hallmarks we have had there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr. Whapoe added that Cllr. Gongloe is a very fine gentleman whom he respects when it comes to character, but he questioned if the former Liberia National Bar Association president has the \u201cpolitical pedigree that Nimba people are looking forward to buy.\u201d<\/p>\n

He thinks this is a one million dollar question that the people of Nimba will have to answer, noting that Liberians will also judge how much have they (presidential aspirants) been a solution to the people\u2019s problems, rather than waiting to be elected president of Liberia before solving the people\u2019s problems.<\/p>\n

Whapoe contended that when you want to lead the people, you should be able to live with the people and understand their problem, something he said he has been doing.<\/p>\n

\u201cNimba people are feeling me because I live with them and I know their problem, I visit them, I stay with them, we eat together, we live together,\u201d he continued, noting that it\u2019s the peculiar thing about leadership.<\/p>\n

Whapoe said he is not worried over the introduction of Cllr. Gongloe in politics, boasting about himself that he is a political product that nobody can reject.<\/p>\n

Whapoe said he strongly feels that at this time, Nimba County should be in the driver\u2019s seat because it has the best pedigree of politics right now in Liberia.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey have the solution. The son of Nimba happens to be me, has the solution to Liberian people\u2019s problem. The trap of poverty that has held Liberian people for \u2026 nearing almost 200 years of independence, we have not had any leader that [is] able to solve our problem,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Dr. Whapoe believes that Liberians are getting glue to his message about his quest to lead Liberia and what he has to offer if he becomes Liberia\u2019s president. He argued that to have a stable country, you must first have a stable family and a stable community so that stability extends to the nation in general.<\/p>\n

He said his political philosophy does not just target the nation as a whole, but it targets individual family and family members which he thinks makes his political establishment unique in Liberia\u2019s contemporary political dispensation.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur platform is designed in a way that we meet the people to where they are with their problems individually, and we are able to help them to climb the social ladder. So in this way we believe that we are the best product for Liberia,\u201d he said. He added that as a son of Nimba County, his people are pushing this agenda so that they can produce a president.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Liberia. Opposition Vission of Liberia Transformation Party (VOLT) political leader Dr. Jeremiah Z. Whapoe has been firing political salvos at his two kinsmen and fellow presidential aspirants, Nimba Senator Prince Y. Johnson and former Liberia National Bar Association president Cllr. Tiawan Saye Gongloe. 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