The Inquirer (Monrovia)
Charles B. Yates
13 March 2008
The national chairman of the ruling Unity Party (UP) Youth Wing, Hassan Kaizolu, has frowned on the government of Liberia's redundancy policy which is rooting out many young Liberians from government's employment.
Mr. Kaizolu made the statement on Tuesday when he addressed newsmen at his finance ministry office, where he serves as deputy controller general of the Republic of Liberia.
The UP youth wing chair said young partisans are not only being redundant but ironically, close associates of some higher ups in the government are brought on board at their colleagues' detriment; those colleagues who are their own partisans.
"This is totally unacceptable and does not represent the dream of the president. "Why should our party members be put out of government jobs because few people want to bring in their relatives to replace those that are put out?" on board, Mr. Kiazolu wondered
According to Mr. Kiazolu, the executive members of the ruling party are not seeking the interest of the down trodden masses and as such the youths of the party are likely to go on the rampage.
'Our young partisans who went through the political struggle for this administration are now being the victims of their political sojourn," he lamented.
Mr. Kiazolu further accused the national chairman of the ruling UP, Dr. Charles Clarke of being a toothless bull dog and that he is not propagating the interest of the party members.
"As the result of his weakness the youths are calling for an urgent reformation in the party," Mr. Kiazolu disclosed.
"I am now being pressured by my partisans to act and at the same time I am asking them to remain peaceful as we try to seek an urgent caucus with the president of the Republic of Liberia who is the first partisan of the party.
We cannot continue on this old saying "that monkey works and the bamboo draws," he stated. Mr. Kiazolu furthered that there are few higher up partisans who are in the government that are masterminding the removal of their own party members just to slot in their close associates in the government.
"They are using their close ties with the president to intimidate other partisans who may want to speak out," he pointed out.
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