Liberia: Memo to Senatorial Aspirant - Stop Insulting Voters With Money & Rice

editorial

ELECTIONS ARE once again on the horizon in Liberia - and just as the previous elections, since the end of the civil war, politicians seeking political offices are at it again, enticing and luring votes, not with the best ideas, reforms and what they can do to change the lives of their constituencies, but rather with damning insults of giving out rice and Liberian dollars to vulnerable constituents, who should know better but sadly, do not.

ELECTION PERIODS is really an interview process for politicians and aspirants. This is when voters and constituencies should be deciphering the issues and engaging the candidates on what matters to them, how is candidate X going to make my life better? How is Candidate Y better than Candidate Z who is currently in the seat? What are the most pressing issues affecting my community?

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