Liberia: Opposition MPC Demands Appointees Choose - Government Post or Party Office

By Kruah Thompson

The Movement for Progressive Change (MPC) is demanding the immediate resignation of all presidential appointees in the Boakai administration who are currently serving as officials of political parties.

The opposition group argues that such actions violate Article 5.1 of the Code of Conduct, which prohibits government officials from engaging in partisan political activities.

Speaking Saturday in Monrovia, MPC Director of Press, Michael C. E. Marshall, described the situation as a "systemic collapse" and a "betrayal of public trust" under what he termed the failed policies of the Boakai-Koung administration.

Marshall warned that the party will publicly expose officials who fail to comply with the call to resign. "We will name and shame those individuals if they refuse to adhere to this demand," he said.

He further described the situation as hypocrisy, alleging that several government institutions are involved. Among those he named were the Ministry of Youth and Sports, the National Transit Authority (NTA), the Ministry of Labour (Deputy for Administration), and the Liberia Petroleum Refining Company (LPRC).

According to him, the alleged conduct should serve as a deterrent and compel the government to take appropriate corrective action.

Marshall also accused some officials of engaging in political campaigning while still receiving government salaries, describing the act as "the very lawlessness the government once campaigned against." Meanwhile, he emphasized that the MPC intends to "seize the national narrative" and reestablish itself as the "sole moral and strategic force" within Liberia's opposition landscape

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