By Washington Tumay Watson –onewash9@gamil.com
MONROVIA- Bomi County Senator, Edwin Snow following his commitment and declaration to support President George Weah’s second term presidency disclosed that the Collaborating Political Parties (CPP) would Split.
According to the Bomi County Lawmaker, the opposition are not ready to take on power and President Weah will defeat them in the upcoming general and presidential election in 2023.
Speaking on a local radio Station at the time, the Bomi Senator disclosed that the political Leader of the Alternative National Congress (ANC), Alexander B. Cummings was going to break away from the CPP, an assertion that the political leader of the ANC Cummings rejected.
Recently, the Liberty Party, a constituent member of the CPP endorsed Mr. Alexander Cummings of the ANC to lead the CPP against George Weah of the Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) in the general and presidential elections.
The Liberty Party endorsement and acceptance by Mr. Cummings according to some insiders, has provoked the Executive Committee of the former ruling Unity Party of anticipating to take a decision of withdrawing from the CPP.
Some citizens and supporters of the CPP decried such planned decision of the Unity Party that is presently chairing the CPP through its Standard Bearer Former Vice President Joseph Boakai.
According to the concern citizens, any split in the CPP will be a chance for President Weah to be reelected, something they fully oppose.
Moreover, some supporters of the Unity Party are welcoming such idea, emphasizing that UP and former VP Boakai have the numbers and the Liberian people believe that he, Boakai is the alternative for their liberation from the hands of the CDC in the upcoming elections.
At the same time, some members of the CPP are calling for unity within the CPP and want former VP Boakai to show leadership role in the CPP.
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