Female Pres Aspirant Promises New Day for Liberia

The flag bearer of the Liberia Reconstruction Party (LRP) has promised to build a new nation free of nepotism, tribalism and massive corruption if elected come October 2011.
Dr. Manjerngie Cecelia Carpenter Ndebe made the promise on Sunday July 31, 2011 at the official launch of the party at the Garnerville Town Hill, outside Monrovia.

The LRP boss also pointed out that on top of the party’s vision as priorities are a vibrant security system, quality education, solid healthcare delivery, secured employment and economic empowerment of all Liberians, irrespective of political and socio-economic backgrounds.

“The mission of the LRP is to become the most enduring, resilient, leading a strong post-war political entity in Liberia to develop achievable national policies based on data facts to enable Liberians to rebuild Liberia to a nobler destiny,” Madam Ndebe told her partisans.

Commenting on the party’s vision, Dr. Ndebe noted that the national reconstruction vision includes the recognition, nurturing and appropriate utilization of all Liberian talents and resources to rebuild Liberia to a nobler destiny of a developing middle class nation by 2047, when Liberia becomes 200 years old.

“The LRP as a political entity,” Dr. Ndebe explained, “When elected to public office with the cooperation of all Liberians would accomplish the national vision by using past and present Liberian data to develop short and long term national policies, goals and objectives for reforming all economic sectors toward increasing employment opportunities to reduce poverty and improve living standards of all Liberians.”

Throwing light on security, the LRP executive intimated that any post-war nation needs to train a larger than usual number of security personnel in order to be able to repel future insurrections after the peacekeeping force leaves.

She also added that to reconstruct the Liberian national security apparatus, objectives must be fully designed, developed and implemented by Liberians in the next six years and beyond.
The LRP, she said, is the alternative leadership with the vision to help Liberians rebuild Liberia to a nobler destiny.

“The LRP as a grass root political party would empower the Liberian Legislature in engaging the Ministry of Defense, Justice, civil society and religious organizations, former officials and other security agencies in reforming Liberian national security to build the Armed Forces of Liberia, Navy, Air Force and Marines up to 20,000 bodies in five years, 50,000 strong in twelve years and 200,000 by 2047.

Dr. Ndebe disclosed that the LRP would engage Liberians in restoring, strengthening and maintaining the sanctity of the national sovereignty and Liberian identity.

Dr. Ndebe further noted that to develop and implement national moral and ethical policies to guide research by academics and independent organizations involving human subjects, animals and natural resources, efforts must be exerted to empower scholars, professors and qualified Liberians to make research as a priority.

On capacity building, Dr. Ndebe said, to improve the critical shortage of professionals exacerbated by the brain drain of the civil wars, LRP would engage all Liberian scholars and experts into training and producing many Liberians in different disciplines to do sixty percent of the nation’s work in the next six years.

The LRP standard bearer also noted that with such an elaborate training, Liberians should be able to professionally work one hundred percent on the reconstruction of the country by 2047and beyond.

She also indicated that the LRP is stepping in with leadership and vision to positively empower young Liberians by providing jobs through the ‘National Mentorship Program’ that would be instituted.

“The LRP shall endeavor to reform commercial activities and associated laws and regulations in ways that boost Liberian and foreign direct investments with priority for equitable tax incentives for Liberian investors and priority for the employment of all qualified Liberians in place of foreigners,” Dr. Ndebe stressed.

With regards to education, Dr. Ndebe pledged to support Liberian universities, colleges and schools and provide them with resources for the delivery of high quality optimal health-care professionals from universities.

Commenting on the crucial issue of energy, Dr. Ndebe intimated that, with LRP at the helm of power, Liberia would develop and implement advanced techniques suitable for Africa in renewable energy production, water purification, mass agricultural production of food, mass processing and preservation industries.

She, however, regretted that owing to poor roads, airport and rail network in Liberia enabled the inception and prolongation of the civil war that devastated the national economy and claimed thousands of lives.

On the LRP National Policy, Dr. Ndebe indicated that her political entity would develop and implement a national foreign and diplomatic relationship policy to support the national mission of Liberians rebuilding their country together.

The LRP leader also pledged to work with regional and international development and support partners such as Mano River Union, European Union, ECOWAS, African Union and United Nations among many others.

On the critical issue of the National Referendum, the LRP standard bearer called on the partisans to vote no to all cardinal points contained in the document.

Dr. Ndebe argued that the reforms as envisaged by the current Liberian Government were principally intended to prolong the tenure of the Unity Party led administration in the country.

Meanwhile, Dr. Ndebe urged the Liberian press to report the ensuing general and presidential elections with the highest degree of professionalism and objectivity.