Gbarpolu County Senator Amara Konneh writes

“There is nothing new in Liberia except the history you don’t know or the one you conveniently forget to benefit your actions. Political parties seek power only for their own benefit. The goal of power is power itself. And when power shifts, what makes us think it won’t follow the same pattern again?

Here’s a tough but important truth: in 2018, we saw some current Unity Party (UP) leaders lose their jobs and livelihoods when power moved to the Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) because of their loyalty to the party. We’ve also seen the UP government dismiss several CDC officials, civil servants, and security personnel for openly taking part in political rallies while wearing party regalia. These dismissals—affecting people from the Executive Protection Service (EPS) and the Monrovia City Corporation (MCC)—”were carried out to stop civil servants from breaking government conduct policies,” as a reason for the government’s actions. Our letter to the Senate requesting the reinstatement of the fired civil servants from MCC is stuck in the Labor Committee.

Today, we notice some UP government officials and civil servants, including the Director-General of the CSA, wearing regalia in support of President Boakai. I wonder what will happen to their jobs and livelihoods when power changes again.

History doesn’t always have clear endings, but one thing everyone knows is this: Power will eventually end. The real question is, what do you do with it while you have it? When do we take a moment to reflect?”