President George Manneh Weah

President George Manneh Weah meant his words when he promised to implement a vigorous pro-poor Change for Hope agenda in providing equitable distribution of power and wealth to all Liberians and projecting the country on a middle-income pedestal as many of its counterparts in Africa and around the world. He couldn't have proposed anything contrary when his government reflects in its truest sense the capturing of power by a wretched masses of people from their long-time oppressors, hence possessing a popular character.

The president has not even gone anywhere far into constructing his popular government to begin effective implementation of his vision for change when his critics, out of mad frustration over their not having the political power to keep the people in backwardness,  have started to bombard he and his government with lies and deceits. They have started to take the inherited burdens of the past regime to question the ongoing pro-poor governance construction gear toward facilitating a parallel in the economic management of the state.

Whatever issue they can find to be questionable, whether its questioning is senseless for one or several reasons, they would still criticize. Everything they do now is to unwarrantably question the pro-poor government which is still under construction and hasn't completed 20 percent.

Unfortunately for these critics, the president understood their plans long beforehand. He knew that there will be distractors who would expect him to perform miracles, especially to turn water into wine.
But Liberia isn't the rebirth of Biblical  Cana and president George Weah is not Jesus Christ attending its famous wedding feast. He will not fill water jars with water and order their distribution to everyone only for each jar of water to taste as the best of wine ever.

The truth is that President Weah promised to give the best wine to every Liberian through his pro-poor agenda. But this cannot happen in an instant. That's why he admonished everyone in his inaugural address to "learn the virtue of patience, and learn to lower our expectations, for I do not promise you quick fixes or miracles.”

The feast of the people's victory is not an event but a process. And the president hit this cord well when he said his greatest contribution to Liberia will be in the "quality of the decisions that I will make over the next six years to advance the lives of  poor Liberians."

Clearly, president Weah didn't promise to distribute miracle wine to every Liberia immediately he takes office as critics want things to proceed in their evil utopian mindset. He promised that his government will make steady progress toward delivering on the hopes which every Liberian cherishes.

At present, the national storehouses are short of sufficient wine for everyone to merrymake accordingly as he or she desires. The government- the winepress-needs a thorough reconstruction to facilitate the needed economic productivity or wine production to meet national demands.

The president is undertaking the reconstruction of great winepress and planting of large vineyards of a variety of wine-producing fruits. When both are completed, everyone will harvest the fruits and take them to the winepress for winemaking. After harvesting and production, the distribution will follow suit and everyone will be served equitably not for a day but for as long as this government exists. Even posterity will have much in store, to begin with.

Until his government is well constructed and a vibrant economy is created, things will not be at the best. However, the signs of progress of great merrymaking at the soonest possible time are glaring. The president is living up to his commitment to do more than his fair share of this process. And Liberians,  including critics,  have a part to play as he said: mine is an expectation that, fellow citizens will, rise up and take responsibility for your destiny.

Socioeconomic merrymaking is underway. However, all the stages leading to its fulfillment must be exhausted and this will require every patriotic Liberian working together alongside the president to make it possible.

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