Monrovia : Students Unification Party (SUP) is calling on the Government of Liberia to dissuade funds intended for Independence celebration toward the fight against drugs.
SUP Secretary General Mohammed S. Jalloh said in an interview Thursday, 20 July 2023 that there is no substantial impact on the livelihood of Liberians and governance in celebrating the nation’s Independence Day.
Jalloh said celebrating Liberia’s independence under the CDC-led government of President George Manneh Weah is totally meaningless.
“We are calling on the Government of Liberia to suspend or obliterate any intention of celebrating independence and redirect the funds to the fight against illicit drugs as it is a national emergency at the moment,” said Jalloh.s
Jalloh admonished the Government of Liberia to muster the courage for once to emulate the good example of President John Pombe Magufuli who was decisive enough to cancel the Tanzanian Independence celebration and redirected the funds to the national emergency the nation was faced with in 2015.
however, SUP has threatened to boycott any July 26 Celebration in demands of Justice for student Christopher Walter Sisulu Sivili who was beaten and stripped naked last July 26 celebration during a protest outside the U. S Embassy.
The student activist disclosed that it has taken almost one year since the alleged “regime-sponsored terrorist attack” on harmless and armless citizens of Liberia whoom were predominantly students and militants of SUP.
He pointed out that the only crime these students committed to be brutally attacked was to stand up against wanton corruption, unprecedented administrative ineptitude, secret killings, poverty, destitution, and the debasement of the Liberian people into declaratory economic decadence and feculence.
“We say this because those hired-thugs and murderers were cut right-handed on camera spreading violence against peaceful students yet are currently camouflaged and filibustering around the corridor and have not been brought to justice,” he added.
According to the Students Unification Party Secretary General, families are being affected by this, and the government is ignoring the imperatives to serve justice to families of all those who got wounded and injured.
“We remain obdurately stubborn in this call and shall lead the vanguard with the Liberian masses on July 26 of this year to demand Justice for our dear comrade Silivi and declare a war against illicit drugs.”
He indicated that during these critical times of national administrative disaster by the biggest agency of human garbage in history, SUP feels even more obliged and compelled to stand up against state plunder and murderous attacks orchestrated against gallant national voices and institutions.
