By James T. Brooks
The Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) has launched a coordinated and scathing rhetorical assault against the administration of President Joseph Boakai, with top party officials and loyalists warning of a looming state collapse while predicting a total political sweep to reclaim power in the 2029 general elections.
Leading the opposition’s charge, CDC National Chairman Atty. Janga Kowo issued a grim warning regarding the country’s current political trajectory under the Unity Party-led government. “Liberia inches toward a Mogadishu Moment,” Kowo declared, invoking the image of historical state collapse. “The Congress for Democratic Change once more gives voice to its longstanding prophecy of peril; that the hand of President Boakai is not guiding the nation, but drawing it towards anarchy and the slow collapse of the State.”
The warnings of institutional decay were quickly paired with aggressive electoral timelines from the opposition. Speaking on the party’s future ambitions, Montserrado County District #9 Representative Frank Saah Foko stated that the CDC is already organizing a complete legislative and executive overhaul for the next election cycle. “In 2029, we will remove the entire Unity Party from power, beginning with the Presidency, the Legislature, and even Community chairpersons,” Representative Foko asserted, signaling an all-out grassroots political campaign.
Adding a spiritual dimension to the party’s political comeback strategy, Reverend Mother Josephine, a prominent CDC Prayer Mother, claimed that the outcome of the last presidential election brought spiritual consequences upon the nation, which she linked to current economic hardships. “It was during the second round of the 2023 elections that the Lord revealed to me that evil people had taken the seat from George Weah, and they did,” she stated. “That is why today our country is experiencing premature deaths, hunger, and grief. Those who seek leadership must stop going to the devil for power. God is bringing George Weah back in 2029.”
The opposition’s rhetoric also extended to severe allegations of judicial corruption aimed directly at the ruling party’s leadership hierarchy. Mamesie Kabah, the Assistant Secretary General for Press and Propaganda of the CDC Youth League, leveled a massive accusation of bribery connected to the recently concluded high-profile corruption trial of former government officials. “The Managing Director of the Liberia Petroleum Refining Company (LPRC) and Secretary General of the ruling Unity Party, Amos Tweh, attempted to bribe jurors with 275,000 USD in the alleged 6.2 million dollars case against Samuel Tweah and others, but it was rejected face down,” Kabah alleged, though no formal court charges have been filed regarding the claim.
The bitter political divide also cast a shadow over the national observance of Unification Day on May 14, an occasion traditionally set aside to promote national cohesion. Dismissing the government’s calls for peace, Alvin Wesseh, Vice Chairman for Political Education of the CDC Youth League, argued that true reconciliation is nonexistent under the current leadership. “There is nothing under the Joseph Boakai administration that can be called Unification Day, because there is nothing here that shows true unity,” Wesseh remarked.
The series of explosive statements underscores the deepening polarization in Liberian politics. As the Boakai administration grapples with economic pressures and intense scrutiny over its anti-corruption trials, the CDC appears determined to weaponize public frustration, framing the current government as illegitimate, corrupt, and temporary ahead of the 2029 polls.