The opposition Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) has sharply denounced and distant itself from recent comment emanating from its legislative caucus that President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf should be impeached.President Sirleaf recently told a group of African-Americans at a public school in New York's Harlem community that she was aware that some women who supported her confiscated the voting cards of their children fearing that they would vote for a young candidate.
CDC's former secretary general and now Montserrado County District # 8 Representative, Acarous Gray, told newsmen on Monday that CDC legislative caucus was holding series of meetings to solicit fifty thousand (50,000) signatures to petition the functionary of government like the House of Representatives to remove the President from office. They said the President's comment suggests that she aided and abetted cheating during the conduct of the 2005 Presidential and General Elections.
At yesterday's press conference held at the headquarters of the CDC in Congo Town, the party's Secretary General, Nathaniel McGill, clearly informed reporters that Rep. Gray's comment does not represent the views and aspiration of the CDC and as such the party has distant itself from the lawmaker's impeachment charges.
Mr. McGill told journalists that though the matter is crucial but the CDC is more interested in maintaining peace in the country than to prepare a bill of impeachment against the President. He added that the lawmaker spoke in his capacity as a lawmaker and not in the position of the CDC.
The CDC Secretary General however challenged President Sirleaf to bring forth those women to face justice for denying their children the right to vote. "Let Madam Sirleaf bring those women to the public so that they can face justice," CDC Secretary General, McGill requested.
But President Sirleaf has already described as 'absolute nonsense' nurtured by irresponsible reporting for anyone to think that the 2005 legislative and presidential elections were not free, fair and transparent.
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Let us critically look at what is at stake in what is now unfolding; if family members such as mothers, aunts, and other relatives informed the president after the presidential and general elections of 2005, how they took away their children’s voting cards base on fear that a young candidate in person of Mr. George Weah would have won the election does not in any way convicts madam president of electoral fraud. Therefore, there is no magnitude in the impeachment case that honorable Gray is trying to bring about against the president. Moreover, what CDC needs to do at this time is to convince the public that they are capable to lead the Government come next election without conflicts, disturbances, and or vandalism. CDC also needs to prove to the public that they are in the position to encourage investors in Liberia by guaranteeing peace and security in order to create more jobs in the public sector, because the government cannot employ everyone. Indeed, it is a very good position taken on the part of the Secretary General of CDC to debunk the action of honorable Gray. Such intention was supposed to be discussed with the party officials before going to the public, but this is what happened when you have inexperience people in position of trust.
Acarous Gray or whatever his name is, is an idiot. If President Sirleaf admitted that she was aware of these women withholding their children ballots being casted for Weah, does that mean that she sanctioned this? I don't know to what extent the President's knowledge constitute a ground for her impeachment. This is the problem with Liberia. "A little learning is a dangerous thing indeed".