Gbarnga, Bong County, Aug. 25 -- It is another election year in Bong and the Charles Taylor rhetoric is popping up yet again. This time around it is coming from senatorial aspirant, Menipakei Dumoe. Dumoe is acting chairman of the opposition pressure group, Council of Patriots (COP), and could contest as an independent candidate in the December 8 Special Senatorial elections.
The quest for Bong County Senate seat so far has nine contestants, including the incumbent, Henry Yallah. Dumoe, the newest in Bong's politics, is the only candidate running with an agenda tied to the release of the former Liberian president Charles Taylor.
Taylor's name is still as strong in Bong County, five years since he was sentenced to 50 years for war crimes c...