Liberia: Now That We Changed the Guard, How Do We Guide the Change?

opinion

Intellectual Point of Departure

A junior colleague of mine thought to gauge my view on the June 7, 2019 protest coordinated by the Council of Patriots (CoP). He asked me very respectfully: "Chief what do you make of the just ended protest? I knew he was dragging me into a long haul of discussion but as usual I would whet his appetite by my libertarian thoughts. So I said to him let me throw a double dose of shots here -- first at the CoP and then at the Government of Liberia. On the CoP's narrative, I said the organization (CoP) missed out on a glorious media opportunity. When the entire world's cameras, microphones and pens were turned to them, they should have seized the moment to uninterruptedly speak to the world with all the eloquence at their command. By that, they would have laid bare their demands at the foot of the Liberian government. In my humble opinion, the sacredness of the gathering was what the world was to hear from the CoP ad verbatim, and not who really receives the petition. However, did the protest send a caveat out to any reasonable creature? Of course yes, I think!

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