
22/08/2025
CMC IS A HELPING VERB, SAYS UP CHAIR LUTHER TARPEH; CMC MUSA BILITY PUSHES BACK
Unity Party (UP) Chair Luther Tarpeh stirred debate by describing smaller parties as “helping verbs” in Liberia’s political landscape, emphasizing the dominance of the two major parties since the civil war.
In an interview today , Tarpeh remarked,
“What is wrong with expanding our base? The fact of the matter is, since the end of the civil war, there have been only two parties that have governed this country. If it is not the Unity Party, it is the CDC. Every other small party is a helping verb—they come to support the main verb. And the main verb is either the Unity Party or the CDC.
As Chairperson of the Unity Party, it is my bound duty to engage them. CMC can also be part of the helping verb.”
By: Alexander Gargar Piah
Empire TV Bassa