The National Civil Society Council of Liberia (NCSCL) says the Chairperson of Governance Commission (GC), Garrison Yealue’s inclusion on the CDC campaign violates Sessions 2.2 and 5.3.4 of the GC Act.
In a statement signed by the Chairperson of NCSCL, Loretta Alethe Pope-Kai, said contended that Yealue must resign from GC to save the face of the integrity institution because his role as campaigner with CDC is a violation of his position.
Buttressing CENTAL’s call a fortnight ago that the Chairperson of Governance Commission be removed from the CDC’s campaign team, the NCSCL, which is the apex body of all CSOs in the country, called on the GC boss to resign with immediate effect so as to maintain the sanity of the public integrity institution.
The Council in a statement issued Thursday, August 3, 2023 expressed serious disappointment in the latest action of the CDC to appoint the head of an integrity body that should be non-political on its campaign team.
“The National Civil Society Council of Liberia sees this decision as a complete mockery to the Liberian people to the tenet of democracy as this contravenes the ACT establishing the Commission. For us at the Council, we want to join CENTAL to call on the CDC to withdraw the appointment of Atty. Yealue, who heads one of our integrity institutions, from its campaign team,” Madam Kai said
“Similarly, we are calling on Atty. Yealue to choose between serving the GC and the CDC campaign team. If he chooses to remain with the campaign team in execution of his political freedom,” asserted the CSO Council.
