By Cllr. Saymah Cyrenius Cephus
I am unwilling and unable to criticize the Boakai government for a number of reasons. Few of these reasons are stated ad verbatim as follows:
1. Our government didn’t promote and protect those who stood in the vanguard of the struggle during the party’s days in opposition;
2. Our government placed itself under the illusion of looking for experts and was comfortable of giving contracts, placing the likes of the current Minister of Justice on committees and boards at the expense of its own partisans;
3. Our leaders spent more time gossiping, faring lies and undermining those who did not share their sordid views;
4. The President was like a Christmas light only seen at official ceremonies and was only accessible to only few officials;
5. We undertook a lot of good projects but little results. Take example the population census;
6. Cabinet retreats were set aside for great fun rather than any meaningful exercise to discuss critical issues. The President was by and large the “Gopio” of the cabinet retreat;
7. The President valued recycled politicians in the government more than those he called friends who were determined to serve his government;
8. The government was “Weahcianized,” a sort of odd reasoning that is reminiscent of George Orwell’s “Animal Farm” so much that kids that were born into poverty were living like kings and queens;
9. Liberian foreign policy was on sale and could only go to the higher bidder even at the peril of national development. Take for instance the two separate votes against China;
10. Only personal friends of the President were favored for lucrative jobs; and
11. The structural leadership of governance in terms of power configuration was in the hands of southeasterner-vis a-vis minority tribe-Kru, namely the President, President Pro-Tempore and the Deputy speaker.
When I think of all these I feel guilty about criticizing the current government. Beyond this our former President who was fond of making music during his presidency is now on social media dancing all over the place.
What else is shameful and childish than this? I don’t have criticism for JNB yaaa.
