By Verity News Editorial Board
It’s 2026, almost 179 years since indepndence. Liberia has 47 political parties even though it’s still on UN’s list of 44 Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and still ranks very high among very POOR countries in the World.
A new political party, Liberian Alternative People’s Party (LAPP), has been certificated by the National Elections Commission (NEC). The political leader is a former government official, ex-Minister of State for Presidential Affairs George Wesseh Blamoh, under former President George Weah.
Exactly 115 days from now, Liberia turns 179 years old. This is almost 2 centuries. Imagine for a moment how many generations of LIberians have lived and died in poverty. Prosperity still seems yet too far from Liberia’s shores due to greed, systemic corruption, nepotism, and continued governance failures.
Even central Monrovia is still struggling for electricity. Access to basic healthcare, quality education, improved housing, food security, safe drinking water, vibrant private sector to drive jobs, wealth, and sustained growth, etc. still remains a serious challenge almost everywhere in Liberia amid rising prices, sticky wages, and high unemployment.
Even right in Todee, Montserrado County where most politicians and public officials live, people still drink from creeks and open wells. They live in shacks and slums. The Liberian people are still very POOR and jobless after 179 years. This is the hard truth.
More than 45 political parties in a small country of just over 5.2 million people. Do they really want to serve or steal? The number of political parties seems to be greater than the Liberian-owned factories/companies that should be creating jobs.
According to NEC’s official data, these are registered and certificated political parties in Liberia:
1) All Liberia Coalition Party (ALCOP)
2) African Democratic Movement of Liberia (ADML)
3) African Liberation League (ALL)
4) All Liberian Party (ALP)
5) All Liberians Solidarity Party (ALSOP)
6) Alternative National Congress (ANC)
7) Change Democratic Action (CDA)
8)Congress for Democratic Change (CDC)
9) Coalition for Liberia’s Progress (CLP)
10) Citizens Movement for Change (CMC)
11) Democratic National Allegiance (DNA)
12) Democratic People’s Party of Liberia (DPPL)
13) Economic Freedom Fighters of Liberia (EFFL)
14) Grassroot Democratic Party of Liberia (GDPL)
15) Grassroots Development Movement (GDM)
16) Greater Action Party of Liberia (GAPL)
17) Liberian Alternative People’s Party (LAPP)
18) Liberia Rebuilding Party (REBUILDERS)
19) Liberia Restoration Party (LRP)
20) Liberia Transformation Party (LTP)
21) Liberian National Union (LINU)
22) Liberian People’s Democratic Party (LPDP)
23) Liberian for Prosperity Party (LFP)
24) Liberian People’s Party (LPP)
25) Liberty Party (LP)
26) Movement for Democracy and Reconstruction (MDR)
27) Movement for Economic Empowerment (MOVEE)
28) Movement for One Liberia (MOL)
29) Movement for Progressive Change (MPC)
30) National Democratic Coalition (NDC)
31) National Development Party (NDP)
32) National Patriotic Party (NPP)
33) New Liberia Party (NLP)
34) National Republican Party (NAREPA)
35) People’s Action Party (PAP)
36) People’s Unification Party (PUP)
37) People’s Restoration Party (PRP)
38) Rainbow Alliance (DJP, TWP & VCP)
39) Reformers National Congress (RNC)
40) The Peoples’ Party (TPP)
41) True Whig Party (TWP)
42) Union of Liberian Democrats (ULD)
43) United Independent Democrats (UID)
44) United People’s Party (UPP)
45) Unity Party (UP)
46) Victory for Change (VCP)
47) Vision for Liberia Transformation (VOLT)
As 2029 edges, Liberians, a group of resilient and courageous people, are still hoping for CHANGE.
