Photo: Boakai Fofana/allAfrica.com Unity Party National Chair Cllr. Varney G. Sherman seems to be frustrated by the way things are unfolding in the UP-led government and has begun to voice his concerns.
Speaking Sunday at a solidarity and welcome ceremony organized by UP officials upon his return from the United States, Cllr. Sherman said the ruling party failed to come to his defense in the Danish Journalist Mads Cortzens' diplomatic saga, noting that instead, some officials of government were engaged in a campaign of using individuals to attack his character with the view of putting his hard earned credibility at stake.
He narrated that some of those individuals, who received cash to attack his reputation have received foreign scholarship opportunities from government to pursue undergraduate studies at the expanse of thousands of Unity Party partisans, who are yearning for local scholarships.
"The way I understand, politics is like this: politicians need numbers or votes to take state power and if you are successful to win the minds of the citizens through being elected, the next thing is protecting the interest of the people by providing their needs and seriously protecting the interest of the people who made you", he pointed out.
It can be recalled that Journalist Mads J. Cortzen claimed he provided US$35,000 as a 'secret contribution' to the UP's campaign in 2011 in exchange to be appointed as Liberia's Honorary Consul General to the Central African Republic.
However, Cllr. Sherman maintained he returned the amount to Journalist Cortzen through a Mr. Abraham Swaray, one of the Liberians, who first accompanied Mr. Cortzen and Mr. Willem Tijssen to see him (Sherman) in Monrovia. The UP Chair said the money was returned upon discovery that the journalist had hidden agenda, but officials of the Unity Party failed to come to his defense.
The renowned Liberian corporate lawyer said as a result of the gap created by the party, some individuals decided to attack his character, saying "Those that were in the papers and on the radios do not match me in any capacity; educationally, political experience and social wise.
Today thousands of youth, especially partisans, are crying for scholarships, but government chose to provide scholarship to Mr. Abraham Dillon to travel to the US for just undergraduate studies." The welcome and solidarity ceremony organized by the UP National Executive Committee at his return residence Sunday was poorly attended.
Senior National Executive Committee members, including First Partisan President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Vice President Joseph Boakai, Speaker Alex Tyler, Gbezongar Milton Findley, Abraham Mannah, Youth Wing Chair Amos Tweh and others were conspicuously absent. Those, who showed up for the ceremony were National Secretary General Wilmot Paye and Women Wing Chairperson D. Sheba Brown.
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Yes Cllr Sherman, none of them match you but they succeeded in manipulating you. Moreover, when will you use those knowhows and experiences for the good of the 85% poor Liberians instead, you sat there and got bought? You either disengage yourself now or you'll still be concided the same as nation's wealth plunder. History will remember you this way if you continue to march on as Chairman, and you have built will be questioned. You should have used your education and experience to have read the letters written on the wall long since.
Yes Cllr Sherman, none of them match you but they succeeded in manipulating you. Moreover, when will you use those knowhows and experiences for the good of the 85% poor Liberians instead, you sat there and got bought? You either disengage yourself now or you'll still be concided the same as nation's wealth plunder. History will remember you this way if you continue to march on as Chairman, and all that you have built will be questioned sooner or later. You should have used your education and experience to have read the letters written on the wall long since.
Manjah, I advice the best thing you can do is to get out of this rotte, corrupt, rouge, criminal and demonic empire like what Madam Gbowe did. It will be good you act now then for history to judge you. Nothing good will come from out of this Government. Darius Dhillon is not even a high school graduate, but you dont know the THINE IN THA BUTT that is the order of the day, good boy will never go that way. I advise you leave now or else you will be counted among the number when that day come. A BIG SHAME ON UP THIEVES........
MR. SHERMAN BECUZ U RE GREEDY DATZ IS WHY UP IS TAKING HER HEND FROM BEYOND U. U TOOK THE MONEY WIT THE PROMISED OF GIVING HIM THE POST N U NEVER RETURNED ONE DOLLAR BACK THROUGH NO BODY N WIT DIS ISSUE U RE GETTING OUT WIT SHAME.
Hahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.The evils that men do live after them so let it be with Sherman.If serving the Liberian people had been a taboo for you in time past then choose you this day whom you will serve,but as for me and my household we will serve the ..................
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