MONROVIA, Feb. 14 -- November 7, 2011 is one of the few dates that would remain engraved in the history of the Congress for Democratic Change (CDC). The date marks the killing and wounding of several members of their party who were protesting election results believing that they were cheated in the first round of that year's presidential elections and threatening a boycott to the run-off.

By Lennart Dodoo, ldodoo@frontpageafricaonline.com

The shooting occurred at the headquarters of the CDC.

The election then was between ex-President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf with now President Joseph Boakai as Vice Presidential candidate and Cllr. Winston Tubman as the standard-bearer for the CDC while George Weah was the vice standard bearer standard on ...