Brumskine Parts Company with LUP
Forum
Monrovia, Liberia
Distributed by
The Perspective
Atlanta, Georgia
October 19, 2004
“But I must say to you today, elders, chiefs, women and youths, as
enshrined in the Book of Kings, and judging from the wisdom of King Solomon,
we cannot allow our baby to be cut into two- halves, and so let the “forces
of evil” take it alive but for a season. At the appropriate time,
when the little child grows up, he will find his true identity and we will
reclaim our baby, because the child belongs to us,” were the words
of Charles W. Brumskine, in Bong County.
The presidential aspirant made the statement over the weekend in the hometown
of the former founder and standard-bearer of the Liberia Unification Party,
the late Gabriel W. Kpolleh. Cllr. Brumskine told families and members of
Zota District that he was under a national obligation to ensure that the
intent of the late Mr. Kpolleh was still alive in spite of the current crisis
in the Party. In response, the people agreed in one accord to support him
( Brumskine) in spite of where he stands as he strives to remake Liberia
“under the rule of law.”
At long last, the man, Charles W. Brumskine who is credited for resurrecting
the Liberia Unification Party from a state of political deadness to the
limelight of national politics and credibility, has finally parted company
with that institution. “The decision to do so was a difficult one
but against the backdrop of strategic choices, it was the best decision
any wisdom-oriented character could have made,” Cllr. Brumskine stated.
Up to present, the crisis in the Liberia Unification Party has now reached
the bench of the Supreme Court of Liberia; something that may not allow
the Party to contest the forth coming general and elections in 2005.
During the course of this year, Cllr. Brumskine said he had been cautioned
by his advisors to quit the LUP due to the internal conflict that had engulfed
the Party. His advisors had maintained that Brumskine’s desire to
remake Liberia under the “rule of law” would not be stopped
by a pretense of a legal battle that is being pursued by former chairman
Isaac Mannah.
Numerous ameliorative interventions at resolving the dispute
yielded no fruit as some forces allegedly within the Party proved to be
unbending in their determination to keep the crisis ablaze. The motive for
this political evil on the part of some executive members, it is reported,
is yet to be known as information of external manipulation continues to
abound. Now that Cllr. Brumskine has left, what will become of the party
is still hanging in the balance.
The Party, since the beginning of this year has been involved in a legal
battle with respect to the chairmanship, this situation has led the party
in the state of ridicule.
