The LNP: Rejuvenating Its Efforts to Decisively Battle Re-surfacing Armed Robbery

Recently, the National Chairman of the main opposition Congress for Democratic Change or CDC disclosed that the suspended ‘April 12 demonstration’ was concocted by the government’s security apparatus in order to extort money from the presidency. Chairman George Solo told a news conference last Wednesday, April 10, 2013 the ‘would-be April 12 demonstration’ was planned and strongly supported by some government officials, especially high profile security personnel to have more budgetary allotments and misapply the operational funds of their respective institutions under the guise of combating demonstration.

It is well known now that the planned demonstration earlier scheduled for this Friday, April 12, has been called off. The decision by the planners/organizers of the protest is a result of a number of interventions by Inter-Faith Council, civil society organizations, as well as diplomatic missions, women’s groups, Vice President Joseph Boakai, near Monrovia, among others for the past two weeks.

A Legislative Prerogative

The Liberian Legislature is currently in possession of a petition present to it by a group of Christians under the banner “the Liberian Restoration to Christian Heritage committee”. The Committee, last month, requested the Legislature to amend Article 91 of the Liberian constitution, which changed Liberia into a secular  state in 1980 after the coup d’ etat, for a National Referendum.