MONROVIA, Feb. 21 -- In 2018, when the Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) took over the Unity Party with a popular mandate having stayed in opposition for 12 years, they attempted to do something unusual and unpopular - scrap off tenured positions, except for the ones named by the Constitution. This ridiculous attempt was met with stiff reaction from the public and especially, the opposition bloc at the time who described the CDC's audacious move as extending their dictatorial tendencies.

By Lennart Dodoo, ldodoo@frontpageafricaonline.com

What Weah Called For

In the Bill presented to the legislature at the time dubbed, "An Act Prohibiting the Tenure of Public Officials Within the Executive Branch of Government", the then President i...