Money Can Buy Votes: Ex-Warlord Prince Johnson Bought Over for US$25 Million to Support Incumbent Prez Sirleaf in Runoffn Run-off Blog at WordPress.c

Money Can Buy Votes: Ex-Warlord Prince Johnson Bought Over for US$25 Million to Support Incumbent Prez Sirleaf in Runoffn Run-off Blog at WordPress.com.

Monrovia- Ex-warlord turned politician, Senator Prince Johnson who along with 15 other candidates ran for president of Liberia in last Tuesday elections and finished 3rd place putting him in the position as a kingmaker for the runoff scheduled for November 8th in which incumbent President Sirleaf and Cllr Winston Tubman of the Congress for Democratic Change will face off.

In a stunning twist, the Liberian kingmaker declared his support for incumbent President Sirleaf in the runoff putting the Nobel Peace Prize Laureate in a comfortable position of being re-elected.

Credible sources close to the ex-warlord informed this outlet Senator Johnson made the decision to cross over to the ruling Unity Party to cast his support for incumbent President Sirleaf after talks broke down with the opposition when his demand for US$2million or US$5 million to support the opposition could not be meant and the ruling party came in to negotiate with him and agreed to offer the National Democratic Union standard bearer the the US$25 million he requested.

“The sum of US$250, 0000.00 down payment was transferred into Senator Johnson’s account, a pre-condition before the ex-warlord could make his public support for President”, our sources said. According to the terms of the agreement, after Senator Johnson’s public announcement of support for President Sirleaf, the first portion of the of support incentive in the tune of US$12 million will be mad available a week later and the balance, US$12.5 million will available to the NUDP standard bearer.

What is stunning , an observer said is “why Senator Johnson who over the years accused President Sirleaf of corruption could accept such a huge amount to support the President when he knows that money comes from public coffers of the suffering people of Liberia whom he all theses years said he was fighting for”

One thing I want to tell Senator Johnson, he can’t use the people of Nimba as pawn and paint us as people who believe the corrupt practice of the Sirleaf government, a Nimbaian told this outlet“ A staunch supporter of Prince Johnson and his National Union for Democratic Progress said even we who supported him financially and his officials in the United States were never consulted but only got the information through the media”, a Nimabain told our outlet. If Prince Johnson can reduce himself to a sale-out, the people of Nimba are embarrassed by what they have heard that he accepted US$25 million from President Sirleaf , we will not follow him to support her because we cannot allow ourselves to be used as pawn to divide the country and the President feeds on the divisiveness while the country is divided and remain irreconcilable. ”We are not casino for Senator Johnson to cash on to enrich himself at the expense of the people of Nimba and the country.

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Just as the Liberian President, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf was getting set to cruise to victory in the runoff in the West African nation of Liberia in the runoff election on November 8th when ex-warlord Prince Johnson who came third in the election last Tuesday election endorsed incumbent President Sirleaf , less than two days, everything seems to be falling apart.

The ex-warlord was among the 16 candidates who participated in last Tuesday elections under the umbrella of the National Union for Democratic Progress, NUDP but since his public pronouncement that he supports President Sirleaf in the runoff, lot is evolving including reports that the NUDP standard bearer was bought over for the sum of $25 million do to endorse the President.

Today’s pronouncement by the Executive Committee of the NUDP that the decision to endorse the Unity Party and President Sirleaf declared by their standard bearer was unilateral and does not in any represent the party , is a dent in the momentum of the Unity Party and calls on the Senator to recant his statement of endorsement is a dent the momentum of the Unity Party gathered from the endorsement of Prince Johnson. The party executives has directed their standard bearer to appear before the Executive Committee and the party within 48 hours (on October 20, 2011) to show reason why he unilaterally endorsed the Unity Party and standard bearer, President Sirleaf without the consultation and consent of the party. The NUDP standard bearer has been further directed by the party that he desist from any form of activity or action in the name of the party until further notice after meeting with executives and the party.

Hours after the ex-warlord declare his support for President Sirleaf it was reported that the Senator endorsement was unilateral and his party officials were not informed and less 24 hours after that publication, the Executive Committee and the NUDP are cementing that report.

A prominent supporter said the NUDP standard bearer betrayed and disrespected his supporters by deceiving them after he had promised them that he was headed for Nimba to consult with local chiefs to help him decide who to support in the runoff but only to their surprise, they heard through the media with shock that their standard bearer had endorsed President Sirleaf though he had yet to meet the local chiefs of Nimba and held consultation with the party.

It is believed that the NUDP standard bearer decision to endorse President Sirleaf in the runoff on the backdrop that if he had endorsed Cllr. Winston Tubman of the opposition Congress for Democratic Change, the second place-finisher going to the runoff with President Sirleaf, he fear he could be prosecuted for war crime for his role in the Liberian civil war, an ex-general who killed the late President Doe during the civil war if the CDC standard bearer won the election because Cllr Tubman has publicly committed himself to implementing the the TRC recommendations.

The NUDP standard bearer and president Sirleaf are among some of those named in the TRC report recommended for prosecution and are barred from office respectively for their role in the country 14 year civil.