Montserrado County Senator Abraham Darius Dillion has come under intense criticism.
This time, Dillion is being criticized by the Civil Society Consortium for “divisive scheme to break down the Unity Party (UP)-Alliance Government.”
According to a release, a group of leading civil society and Pro-democracy Organizations under the banner: ‘Consortium of Pro-democracy Organizations of Liberia (COPOL), strongly accused Dillon of “sinister maneuvers to break down the current UP Alliance Rescue Mission Government.
The Civil Society Consortium, in a press statement released in Monrovia over the weekend, listed several glaring counts linking Senator Dillon to a “deep motive to fracture the UP-Alliance Government.”
COPOL expressed disdain, specifically Dillion of “consistent, baseless and unfounded accusations of work permit, and job sales to foreigners.”
A joint statement released by the COPOL over the weekend, condemned Sen. Dillon for not backing his all several breaches of his own pre-campaign promises over seven years ago, including not riding an official assigned vehicle that would cost over US$40,000, “vehement rejection of commercial flight, provision of half his monthly salaries and benefits to the development initiatives of Montserrado County.”
All of these promises, according to the COPOL, have been violated by Sen. Dillon, whom the group accused of using vague accusations of Work Permits sales allegations against Labour Minister, Cooper Kruah, a lawyer by profession, to recover from his political failure in a bid to seek 2029 reelection.
The Civil Society Consortium further expressed frustration over Dillon’s consistent insensitivity to several burning issues confronting his constituents, including rampant drug addiction, bad road network, domestic violence, especially rape and low salaries for public sector workers.
The Consortium further questioned Dillon’s unilateral authority as a member of the Senate Committee on Labour in raining provocative unsubstantiated accusations against Mr. Kruah, when the Committee is under statutory mandate to release statements on crucial national issues by consensus through its Chairman, Grand Gedeh County Senator and former Foreign Minister, Thomas Yaya Nimely, or his designee.
The Pro-democracy Consortium described Sen. Dillon’s ongoing campaign against Mr. Kruah, a senior political figure of Nimba County, as a clever ploy to undermine the base of ‘The Unity Party -Alliance Government.’
The organization expressed disbelief in Dillion’s deliberate refusal over the past two years, since Mr. Kruah’s ascendancy to visit, and assess ongoing transformation, but has, instead, used remote sources as the basis for his besmear campaign against the Minister.
This sinister maneuver, the Consortium warned, is a dangerous gameplay by Sen. Dillon to forestall President Boakai and Vice President Koung’s second term chance in the 2029 elections by reducing the popular votes of the Nimba people; home of Mr. Kruah and the Vice President.
The group said this could be a political revenge by Sen. Dillon against the late twisted decision in the last general and presidential elections, when Dillon’s kinswoman, now Pro-Tempore Nyonblee Karngar-Lawrence, was dropped as the vice-presidential running mate, and replaced by current Vice President Jeremiah Kpan Koung, a kinsman of Kruah.
The group, which comprises The Patriotic Consciousness Association of Liberia (PACA), Survival Human Foundation of Liberia (SUHFOL), Civil Society Network of Liberia, and Mothers of Tomorrow (MoT), then applauded Mr. Kruah for the tremendous strides in the transformation of the decades old bereft labour sector.
They called for cooperation from other branches of the government to enhance gains being made for the betterment of the people.