Senator Prince Johnson has endorsed candidate Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf as she competes in the second round of the 2011 presidential election on November 8. Some are saying she will lose. I don't see it happening on this global watch! My views:
There is also the feeling that if Senator Johnson didn't endore anyone, the Oldma would still win, come November 8.
Look here: Africa's first female president, Nobel Laureate, endorsement from the third-place candidate, 30% vote in Nimba County, lots of votes from Bong, Lofa, River Gee, Grand Kru, Cape Mount; huge votes from Gbarpolu, Bomi, River Cess, Margibi, Montserrado. Six years of peace, JFD Hospital, community colleges in places where education at the high school level was considered sufficient to build Liberia; debt relief, investments, banks, ATMs, up-to-date salary disbursement. Free Press, freedom of the mouth to say anything, any time of the day in Liberia. No political prisoners. No midnight or surreptitious arrests in six years!
Are some saying that all of the above are not important to the Liberian people and good reasons to elect Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf for a second term? Are some die-hard cynics saying that the above achievements are illusions? Will the people in the Southeastern part of Liberia all of a sudden see the need to create a vacancy for the presidency come November 8?
And for the other talk, what happened to "Birds of a feather flock together"?
If I were Ellen, after winning this thing on November 8, here is the first thing I would do: If Kofi Woods is still around or who ever will be the Minister of Public Works, I would move the Minister to Baclaysville in Sinoe County. There, the road project for Liberia will start. There will be no sleeping for this guy or gal. The highway for the East-West Corridor must be paved and completed before the end of 2015. One of Liberia's vexing problems is terrible and horrible road condition. We need to get rid of that nightmare once and for all.
Such a massive project will put a lot of our people to work. Papa will really come home laughing, from jaw bone to jaw bone! Huge agricultural projects, huge solar energy projects, pipe-borne water projects, housing projects, building of schools, clinics, training our people to meet the demands of investors. With these and many others like mining and logging in place, idleness with disappear from Monrovia and the future of our people and country will be moving in the right direction.
I can imagine what the Oldma is thinking: I have heard the voices of my people; I need to work for them more than ever before. I will do it for the Liberian people. I will bring in Weah and Tubman and Brumskin. They must not sit surpinely and watch. They must come and suggest and participate from within and make life easy for all Liberians.
Liberia is small. Sixteen Political Parties? Not correct!
10/18/2011
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
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