MONROVIA, Liberia — Former President George Manneh Weah has officially declared his intention to contest the 2029 presidential election, using the platform of the Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) USA Convention to rally supporters and launch a sharp critique of the Boakai administration.
Addressing party members and supporters, Weah announced that he would seek the CDC’s endorsement for another bid for the presidency, saying his decision was motivated by what he described as the reversal of the progress achieved during his administration.
“I will be a candidate for the presidency of the Republic of Liberia in 2029, with the support, the blessing, and the mandate of the Congress for Democratic Change,” Weah declared.
The former president said he could not remain on the sidelines while, in his view, the country’s achievements were being undone.
“I have watched, alongside you, as everything we labored to build has been placed under threat, and I refuse to stand on the sidelines while our country is dismantled before our eyes,” he said.
Weah praised CDC supporters for remaining loyal through political setbacks and urged them to prepare for what he described as the next political battle.
“Wherever you are, whatever your circumstance, know this: I am with you, I hear you, and together, we will finish what we started. We will reclaim our democracy. We will restore our institutions. We will rebuild our beloved Liberia—bigger, stronger, and more united than ever before,” he told the gathering.
The former president also dismissed suggestions that the CDC could be weakened by political opposition, insisting that the party remains united and ready to return to power.
“To all who doubt our resolve, to all who believe they can intimidate us or dissuade us from this mission, save your energy. Use it instead to prepare to meet us on the political battlefield, where the only currency that has ever mattered is the will of the Liberian people,” Weah said.
He argued that political unity would be central to the CDC’s comeback, adding, “History has taught us, again and again, that divided movements do not change nations. United movements do. We are ready. We are united. We are unafraid.”
Weah also used his address to criticize President Joseph Boakai’s administration, accusing it of failing to deliver on campaign promises and presiding over worsening economic conditions.
“They promised rescue. They promised transformation. They promised prosperity. Instead, families are struggling to eat, businesses are collapsing under the weight of a bad economy and high taxes, and the Liberian people’s confidence in their own institutions has been broken,” he said.
The former president further alleged that the current administration has exercised excessive influence over other branches of government.
“The level of executive interference into the other two branches of government has never, in the history of our post-war democracy, been as pronounced, as reckless, or as dangerous as it is under this administration,” Weah claimed.
Throughout his speech, Weah repeatedly emphasized that the CDC remains organized and determined to reclaim political leadership, urging supporters across Liberia and in the diaspora to mobilize ahead of the 2029 elections.
His remarks mark the clearest indication yet that he intends to lead the CDC into another presidential contest, setting the stage for what is expected to be an increasingly competitive political landscape in the years leading up to the next general election.
