The factional feud in the People’s Liberation Party (PLP) of the late Dr. Daniel E. Cassell appears to be far from over, as several county chairpersons and other officials reject their suspension, terming it as illegal and void.
The leadership of the PLP announced the suspension of four of its county chairpersons including Captain Jerry Kollie of Bong County for allegedly violating the party’s constitution.
The disagreement in the PLP ensued shortly after the party joined five other political parties to endorse the governing Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) for the 2023 elections.
Some county chairpersons of the PLP distanced themselves from the decision of the Party to join the CDC on grounds that there were not enough consultations and the decision did not meet the approval of majority members of the Executive Committee and the vast majority of PLP partisans.
Responding to media reports of their suspension on Monday, April 24, 2023, the PLP officials described the news as laughable, illegal, and will therefore have no bearing on their roles as members and officials of the PLP.
They called on the PLP’s political leader, Tapple Doe and its National Chairperson Bernard DJ Blue to instead reverse the decision of supporting the CDC and allow a free, fair and transparent consultation process that would eventually inform a majority decision as to which side of the political divide the PLP would support.
Two spokespersons of the aggrieved PLP officials, Oscar Holmes of Bomi County and Captain Kollie vowed that the CDC collaboration decision would be resisted through the National Elections Commission and or at the court.
The PLP county council officials repeated their claims that the decision to take the party to the CDC was made by some members of the National Executive Committee without due consultation with or participation of the Council of County Chairpersons.
Meanwhile, the Council of County Chairpersons of the People’s Liberation Party has again cited greed for money and lack of integrity as the reasons that triggered the minority decision of some executives of the PLP to hurriedly take the party to the CDC.
