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Tue, 30 Dec 2025 10:20:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 https://cdcliberia.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/cropped-Congress_for_Democratic_Change_logo-32x32.png Congress for Democratic Change https://cdcliberia.org 32 32 Symbolism of the Apocalyptic Homecoming: Sustained CDC Setback or Strategic Unity Party December 6 Comeback? https://cdcliberia.org/symbolism-of-the-apocalyptic-homecoming-sustained-cdc-setback-or-strategic-unity-party-december-6-comeback/ https://cdcliberia.org/symbolism-of-the-apocalyptic-homecoming-sustained-cdc-setback-or-strategic-unity-party-december-6-comeback/#respond Tue, 30 Dec 2025 09:24:24 +0000 https://cdc.aproduction.us/?p=806 In my Thinking Thoughts last night, I had a rather rude awakening regarding the vicissitudes of the present political landscape in Liberia. I reflected on how Liberia’s political landscape continues to oscillate between symbolism and struggle, between the visible ruins of past administrations and the anticipated rise of new political chapters.

 Few events dramatize this ongoing tension more vividly than the spectacle surrounding the Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) and the Unity Party (UP) in their recent battle over political space, dignity, and narrative. Three years after being democratically unseated by the Unity Party, the CDC suffered a symbolic blow with the demolition of its party headquarters—an act widely interpreted as both legal enforcement and political humiliation. Meanwhile, the Unity Party, once evicted from its own Congo Town headquarters, has initiated a grand fundraising effort scheduled for December 6, which some supporters are already calling an “apocalyptic homecoming.”

This evolving drama raises fundamental questions: Is Liberia witnessing a dramatic setback for the CDC, or is the Unity Party engineering a comeback on December 6 that redefines its identity and reclaims political dominance? The answer depends on how one interprets the intersection of political symbolism, party resilience, and public sentiment.

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CDC moves to District 8 Office after court-ordered Eviction of Headquarter https://cdcliberia.org/cdc-moves-to-district-8-office-after-court-ordered-eviction-of-headquarter/ https://cdcliberia.org/cdc-moves-to-district-8-office-after-court-ordered-eviction-of-headquarter/#respond Tue, 30 Dec 2025 09:22:42 +0000 https://cdc.aproduction.us/?p=803 MONROVIA — Liberia’s main opposition party, the Congress for Democratic Change (CDC), has moved its operations to its Montserrado District 8 office, designating it as the party’s temporary national headquarters. This move comes days after a court-ordered demolition leveled its long-standing headquarters in Congo Town.

The eviction was a result of an August 13 ruling by the Sixth Judicial Circuit Court, which found that the CDC had no legal claim to the 4.23-acre Bernard’s Beach property. The court awarded ownership to the Intestate Estate of Martha Stubblefield Bernard and ordered the Montserrado County Sheriff to enforce the eviction.

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CDC Rally Partisans to Build New Headquarters, Seen as Early Test for 2029 https://cdcliberia.org/cdc-rally-partisans-to-build-new-headquarters-seen-as-early-test-for-2029/ https://cdcliberia.org/cdc-rally-partisans-to-build-new-headquarters-seen-as-early-test-for-2029/#respond Tue, 30 Dec 2025 09:20:18 +0000 https://cdc.aproduction.us/?p=801 MONROVIA — Liberia’s two largest political institutions, the ruling Unity Party and the opposition Coalition for Democratic Change, have begun an intense round of mobilization, fundraising and construction of new party headquarters across several counties in what political observers widely view as the earliest open contest for influence ahead of the 2029 general elections. 

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CDC to Break Ground for New Headquarters Oct 18 https://cdcliberia.org/cdc-to-break-ground-for-new-headquarters-oct-18/ https://cdcliberia.org/cdc-to-break-ground-for-new-headquarters-oct-18/#respond Tue, 30 Dec 2025 09:17:33 +0000 https://cdc.aproduction.us/?p=799 The Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) has announced a new beginning following its eviction from the Bernard Compound which the party had been leasing for its headquarters, unveiling plans to construct a modern multi-level party headquarters in Monrovia. The announcement was made during a widely broadcast press briefing led by the CDC Headquarters Construction Committee, chaired by the Representative of Grand Kru County District #1, Cllr. J. Fonati Koffa.

According to the committee, headed by Rep. Koffa, the groundbreaking ceremony for the new national headquarters will take place on October 18, with the party’s Standard Bearer, former President George Manneh Weah, officiating. The new site is located opposite the Greater Refuge Cathedral, around the RC Lawson High School in Oldest Congo Town, and will serve as the permanent and fully owned property of the CDC.

“Out of the ashes of that destruction comes today a new beginning for our noble party,” Rep. Koffa declared, emphasizing that the project symbolizes resilience, ownership, and renewal for the CDC and its supporters.

The CDC headquarters project, valued in the millions, will be executed by MHD Engineering, an international firm with offices in Liberia, Accra, Lebanon, and Dubai. The company will collaborate with local subcontractors to complete the multi-floor structure, which will include a basement for administrative activities, a conference hall, executive offices, and meeting spaces for party leadership.

Rep. Koffa further disclosed that this initiative represents the launch of a broader infrastructure plan, which aims to establish CDC headquarters in all 15 counties of Liberia. Already, local party chapters in Grand Kru, Barclayville, and Sass Town have begun securing land for their respective regional offices.

In continuation of the week’s activities, the CDC will hold a Thanksgiving Service on Sunday, October 19, at the Forkay Klon Family Church to express gratitude “for God’s blessing upon the party’s new beginning.”

Rep. Koffa called on Party members, well-wishers, and supporters worldwide to participate in a major mobilization drive leading up to the groundbreaking. The committee encouraged donations both in cash and in kind with supporters invited to contribute materials such as bags of cement or other building supplies.

“This project is one hundred percent CDC-owned,” the chair emphasized. “Between now and the eighteenth, we want to mobilize at least ninety percent of the resources needed. Every partisan, home and abroad, can play a part in rebuilding what was meant for evil into something greater.”

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Govt Criticized for Demolition of CDC HQ Amid Defense From President Boakai https://cdcliberia.org/govt-criticized-for-demolition-of-cdc-hq-amid-defense-from-president-boakai/ https://cdcliberia.org/govt-criticized-for-demolition-of-cdc-hq-amid-defense-from-president-boakai/#respond Tue, 30 Dec 2025 09:12:26 +0000 https://cdc.aproduction.us/?p=796 Monrovia — Government’s move to evict the country’s main opposition political party, the Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) on the ‘order of the court’ has been greeted with massive criticisms and condemnation by different political groupings and individuals.

Court sheriffs, backed by officers of the Liberia National Police (LNP), stormed the CDC headquarters early Saturday morning, August 23, 2025 to enforce a court-ordered eviction.

During the eviction exercise, several structures including a signature project – the Munah Pelham Technical and Vocational Institute (Munah-Tech) were all crushed to the ground.

The demolition was triggered by a ruling by the Sixth Judicial Circuit Court which awarded the 4.23-acre property near Bernard’s Beach to the Estate of Martha Stubblefield Bernard.

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STATE TERROR AGAINST PEACEFUL PROTESTERS https://cdcliberia.org/state-terror-against-peaceful-protesters/ https://cdcliberia.org/state-terror-against-peaceful-protesters/#respond Tue, 30 Dec 2025 09:09:15 +0000 https://cdc.aproduction.us/?p=794 BOAKAI’S GOVERNMENT CROSSES RED LINE AS CDC WARNS OF NATIONAL CONSEQUENCES

Monrovia, Liberia — The Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) condemns in the strongest possible terms the brutal and premeditated violence unleashed by state security forces against peaceful protesters during STAND-organized protest in Monrovia.

What the Liberian people and the world witnessed yesterday, December 17, 2025- was not crowd control. It was state terror- a calculated assault on the constitutional right of citizens to peacefully assemble, protest, and express dissent. These rights are explicitly guaranteed under the Liberian Constitution and protected under international human rights law.

Credible reports indicate that the violence was provoked, not by protesters, but by stone-throwing individuals operating from within the secured perimeter of the Capitol Building, reportedly led by staffers linked to the Office of Vice President Jeremiah Kpan Koung. This reckless and dangerous provocation was then cynically used as justification for a violent police crackdown on unarmed civilians.

This is an unmistakable pattern: manufacture chaos, then unleash repression.

CDC DIRECT WARNING TO PRESIDENT BOAKAI AND THE POLICE LEADERSHIP

The CDC issues a direct and unambiguous warning to President Joseph Nyuma Boakai and his partisan Inspector General of Police, Gregory Coleman:

You will be held personally and institutionally accountable if Liberia is dragged back into an abyss of repression, fear, and state violence.

History has taught this nation painful lessons. When a government abandon restraint, weaponizes the police, and treat peaceful protest as an enemy, the, nation does not move forward- it disintegrates.

IMMEDIATE DEMANDS

The CDC demands the immediate and unconditional release of all protesters arrested and detained in connection with December 17, 2025, peaceful protest.

CDC WILL NOT BE INTIMIDATED

The CDC will not surrender its moral authority, its constitutional rights, or be intimidated into silence.

APPEAL TO THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY

We call on the international community to take urgent note of the dangerous trajectory unfolding in Liberia. Liberia belongs to all its citizens, not to batons, bullets, or fear.

The Liberian people will not kneel!

Janga A. Kowo (Atty.)

National Chairman

Congress for Democratic Change (CDC)

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New Year Celebration https://cdcliberia.org/new-year-celebration/ https://cdcliberia.org/new-year-celebration/#respond Tue, 30 Dec 2025 09:06:26 +0000 https://cdc.aproduction.us/?p=789 It is a long established fact that a reader will be distracted by the readable content of a page when looking at its layout. The point of using Lorem Ipsum is that it has a more-or-less normal distribution of letters, as opposed to using ‘Content here, content here’, making it look like readable English. Many desktop publishing packages and web page editors now use Lorem Ipsum as their default model text, and a search for ‘lorem ipsum’ will uncover many web sites still in their infancy. Various versions have evolved over the years, sometimes by accident, sometimes on purpose (injected humour and the like).

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