The head of the National Traditional Council of Liberia, Chief Zanzan Karwor, says nobody should embarrass the traditional people emphasizing, “We can’t fight the hands that feed us.”
The national orator peeping into what he considered history said, “Traditionally, we didn’t castigate others as you are doing today. We went into Zoe bush to solve problems. Today, you people have turned everything outside down.”
“The President gave 30 vehicles, 150 motorbikes, 15 ambulances, etc., for the traditional people. I thought the opposition would have joined the President to do more for the traditional people. Let me let you know that the person who feeds people, people will follow them. Wait, when it’s your time, it’s your time,” the National Orator told the opposition.
“You came with your modernization, brought war and killed our children, yet when you wanted power, we gave it to you. Look at the capital city, Monrovia, is it developed? Liberia is for traditional people…Liberia at 176th, can we say this country is development? Chief Karwor roared.
The traditional chief said there are people in the opposition who should be thinking about development in other areas for their people instead, the only thing they want is to fight their leader which is not a part of tradition for us, traditional people.
“The way I see George Weah, when you look at him, he looks as a young person but he thinks like an elder. Therefore, as a traditional leader we’re prepared to collaborate with you to pay our taxes to develop Liberia. Traditional leaders want development. We are ready to pay our taxes,” Chief Karwor announced to President Weah.
The orator called on the National Elections Commission (NEC) to allow all those who want be leaders the right to do so saying, “Because we want peace.”
He stressed, “Only the NEC has the right to announce elections results. We don’t want conflict, we want peace. We hope for peaceful elections.”
Meanwhile, the 176th Independence Day orator has officially declared all traditional bushes closed until after the elections.
“We don’t want any politician to say they could not enter a village to campaign because of our traditional bushes,” he stated through an interpreter yesterday as he delivered the national Independence Day message.
He reiterated, “As the head of the traditional people in Liberia, I have given a mandate that we place a ban on our cultural practices all over until after the national elections so people can’t be stopped from going in the villages.”
