By Lewis S. Teh
A pro-government group supporting the ruling Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) is unhappy with outgoing House Speaker Bhofal Chambers’ attacks against Cllr. J. Fonati Koffa.
Deputy House Speaker Koffa, a Grand Kru County Representative and stalwart of the CDC is seeking to replace his boss Mr. Chambers in the speakership election due later this month.
The group under the banner CDCians Deserve Better Revolution has frowned against Speaker Chambers’ recent allegations against Cllr. Koffa.
The group says its quest is to uphold the good tenants of democracy and to promote the image of all CDCians in and outside of Liberia, especially senior partisans of the ruling party.
The group through its national chairman Tuss Kezeli said the recent attack carried out against Koffa by house speaker Chambers is an alleged plan to distract the Grand Kru County Electoral District #1 Representative from his speakership ambition.
Kezeli explained more about the group’s dismay at Speaker Chambers during a news conference held in the borough of Kru Town on Bushord Island on Monday, 8 January 2024.
“We assemble here today … to provide our position on a recent attack made by Speaker Chambers that Rep. J. Fonati Koffa [is] undermining his Speakership and his re-election bid in Maryland, Electoral District #2,” said Kezeli.
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Kezeli said Speaker Chambers’ statement should be condemned by all well-meaning Liberians and stalwarts of the CDC.
It can be recalled that on 17 December 2023, Speaker Chambers conducted an elaborate press conference, throwing tantrums at his deputy.
Chambers accused Koffa of undermining the workings and functions of the 54th Legislature and the hope of Liberians. He accused Koffa of having a series of legal interests in concession companies here.
However, the mass-based CDC Revolution Movement revealed that Chambers’ utterances were intended to instigate distractions.
“CDBR emphatically states that the Deputy Speaker of the 54th National Legislature in Cllr. Koffa has contributed too much to the growth and transformation of our party and Liberians outside the party unlike Speaker Chambers,” the group noted.
