Nimba County Senator who is also a Vice Standard Bearer of the opposition Unity Party (UP), Jeremiah Koung has mocked President George Weah’s 2018 inaugural pledge that “Liberians will not be spectators in their own economy.”
“When the President said Liberians will not be spectators in their own economy, is he telling the truth? Because you have now become more than a spectator,” Koung said at a outreach event in Caldwell recently
Koung, who is the vice running mate of the mainstream opposition, Unity Party’s Presidential hopeful, Joseph Boakai said that Weah’s claims to the contrary have left many Liberian businesses struggling as foreign businesses benefit from key contracts and concessions.
A one-time ally of Weah, the Nimba County Senator has of late hammered the president on everything from his character to his attempts to boost record achievements — and failed policy.
The Senator’s criticism of the President is being made at outreach events, which is now serving as a springboard for him and Boakai to sell their vision for a better while criticizing the policies failure of Weah ahead of the October 10 polls.
“When the President said Liberians will not be spectators in their own economy, is he telling the truth? Because you have now become more than a spectator.
When President Weah said Liberia looks like Miami, it is true. Miami is the best place for holidays. It is where people go to enjoy themselves. So when he sits at Jamaica lodge, and plays pool and everything, that is Miami. So most of the things he is saying are true, only that they are not a reality,” Koung said at an outreach event in Caldwell over the weekend.
Koung’s latest criticism of Weah reinforces his position that the President has failed the country for nearly six years and that giving him another term would be disastrous for the country.
According to him he believes that Liberia has gone backward under Weah and there seems to be no hope for a better future — a narrative which he argued can be changed when Boakai –a man he claimed to be visionary is elected president.
“There is no better time in this country for Ambassador Boakai to be president than now.
This country needs someone who will, out of every twenty four hours, stand for twenty hours listening to the problems of this country and giving direction to the problems of this country. If you miss this chance, in the next six years, I don’t know what will happen to this country.
When we came from war and Madam Sirleaf and Ambassador Boakai were elected president and vice president, they said ‘small light today, and big light tomorrow, and that became a reality,” Koung noted
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