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| Ellen's 2nd Term Dream Receives Popular Support In Southeast |
| Published on March 03, 2010 | Email To Friend Print Version
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By D Kaihenneh Sengbeh (traveling with the President)
Tens of thousands of citizens in the southeastern counties of Maryland, River Gee and Grand Gedeh have pledged overwhelming support for the second term bid of incumbent President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, describing her as “the only messiah” to lead Liberia for now.
The citizens, in their separate statements read during town hall meetings and along the route from Maryland, River Gee and Grand Gedeh Counties said they want the president to seek a 2nd term because she has brought great pride to the country and restored its lost credibility.
They said the President has put in place an unprecedented development agenda and one term was extremely limited to implement all of those sound policies.
They enumerated the rehabilitation and upgrading of existing roads and construction of new ones, building of new schools and health facilities across the country and introducing the county development fund which gives them a voice in deciding what is good for them, unlike the past when all the decisions were taken in Monrovia.
They listed the free and compulsory primary education program, the distribution of books and uniforms to primary school children and the empowerment of women as unprecedented achievement of the government that warrants a second term for President Sirleaf.
In separate statements of support, youth, women, men, chiefs and zoes called on the Liberian leader not to panic, because she already has their votes comes 2011
Citizens of the three counties said they were pleased that and overwhelmed by joy when the Liberian leader declared her intent for second term in January at the National Legislature and argued that it was the best place for the President to declare her intent.
Speaking on behave of the traditional council and chief of River Gee, Paramount Chief, James Pah Sayee said the chiefs and people of the county know no other candidate in the pending 2011 elections, but President Sirleaf.
Making statements at a town hall meeting in Grand Gedeh yesterday, leaders of the youth, Women and chiefs said they are pleased that the president has responded to their request for second term, since they petitioned about two years ago.
Meanwhile, the citizens have called on the president to intensify road reconstruction in the region, describing it as one of the greatest challenges in the area.
The traditional chiefs have also called on the government to place their names on payroll, because they were removed based on falsehood schemed by the General Audition Commission (GAC).
They said GAC referred to them as Ghost employees when they are not ghost, but living being serving their country.
They called for empowerment in terms of mobility and other incentives to enable them work effectively to take government's policy to the people.
The President in response said the matter would be addressed and the government is working hard to restore the roads and meet the needs of its people.
The Liberian leader and her cabinet are on a weeklong tour of the southeast. The tour mixed with dedication of development projects, town hall meeting and a cabinet retreat kicked off Saturday in Maryland County, with the official dedication of the Tubman University and the swearing in of its President.
She arrived in River Gee Sunday night and dedicated several projects before arriving in Zwedru, Grand Gedeh, late Monday, where a town hall meeting and cabinet retreat were being held up to press time. dakasen1978@yahoo.com/ 231 6 586 531.
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