Liberia, Feb. 13 -- THE BRUTAL 2023 PRESIDENTIAL elections are long gone. Joseph Nyumah Boakai, after a season of political discontent is limping toward the end of his first month in office, with actions resembling his predecessor, he and his Unity Party blamed for throwing Liberia back to the dog days.

THE PRESIDENT WAS CLEAR in his inaugural address when he declared: "We see hard times, we see disfunction, we see culture of impunity, we see corruption in high and low places. It is these and similar conditions that we have come to RESCUE."

THE NEWLY MINTED PRESIDENT said all the right things, pushed all the right buttons and seemed to be aware of what Liberia wanted and where it needs to be going.

AS WITH MOST politicians, President B...