By B. Linus Flomo
President Joseph Nyuma Boakai assembled members of the House of Representatives who are aligned with the Rescue Mission of the Ruling Unity Party and a team of UP leaders and strategists to a one-day Executive-Legislative Agenda Setting Retreat in Tubmanburg, Bomi County on Saturday, April 20, 2024.
The convergence was to craft a more coordinated and effective path to pursuing critical national development goals.
Opening the session at the Bomi City Hall, President Boakai highlighted critical themes in the Agriculture Road Rule of Law Education Sanitation & Tourism (ARREST) Agenda which he said needed to be vigorously pursued by proper messaging and the encouragement of other legislators to support the call of nation building.
The Liberian President stressed the need for coordinated and more purposeful working relationship which will engender wider support for the realization of set targets thereby reminding his audience that the ARREST Agenda is not a hidden agenda but one that is open for all and an agenda aimed at taking Liberians out of poverty to prosperity.
At the close of the session, the participants signed and issued a joint resolution reflecting their decisions.
The Resolution signed by representatives of the three parties declared that “the ARREST Agenda is best suited and in sync with the national development demands of our time.”
They further averred that they see collaboration, consultation and the sense of common purpose as the most reliable and effective means by which the ARREST Agenda can be achieved.
In their quest to build support for the Agenda, the parties enlisted colleagues in the Legislature and other segments of the population to embrace the Agenda.
To ensure coordination and smooth communication among them, they recommended Deputy Minister for Administration at the Ministry of State, Cornelia Kruah-Togba, as the Liaison.
Representative Richard N. Koon signed for members of the Rescue Legislative Caucus present while Acting Minister of State for Presidential Affairs Samuel A. Stevquoah signed for the UP-led Administration. Unity Party’s Vice Chairperson for Governmental Affairs & International Relations, Ben Fofana, signed for the Unity Party.
