Weah accuses Boakai government of political persecution
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Front Page Africa
At the CDC’s National Martyrs' Day commemoration in Kinjor, former president George Weah accuses the Unity Party government of using the justice system against its opponents. He calls for the release of former vice-president Jewel Howard-Taylor and detained young activists, according to a message read by Dee-Maxwell Saah Kemayah.
Former Liberian president George Manneh Weah accuses the government of Joseph Nyuma Boakai, of the Unity Party, of using the justice system against its political opponents. At the commemoration of the National Martyrs' Day of the Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC), on Saturday 7 November in Kinjor, he calls for the release of former vice-president Jewel Howard-Taylor, according to Front Page Africa. His message was read by Dee-Maxwell Saah Kemayah, leader of MOVEE and former foreign affairs minister.
Weah also demands the release of young CDC activists detained in the Capitol arson case. He defends former officials of his administration convicted in the Saudi-funded rice scandal. He urges the government to account for the Kinjor killings of 29 February 2024, during which protesters and security forces clashed in the Bea Mountain mining area. He reminds that an electoral victory does not confer unlimited power: « A tyrant with a certificate of return remains a tyrant », he said.
This speech follows the CDC statement published on 8 November, which already accused the ruling party of seeking to push the CDC out of the political game.
