By Prince Wonplu in Buchanan, Grand Bassa County
Liberty Party’s Standard-bearer Charles Brumskine says, he has resigned his position as lawyer of the Iron Ore and steel giant Arceloe Mittal. Until now, Brumskine was the lawyer of the company that has the concessionaire for Liberia’s biggest iron ore deposit, the Nimba Mountain.
Acelor Mittal runs offices in Nimba and Grand Bassa County and uses the Buchanan port as exporting point for raw iron ore extracted in Nimba County. While the company has given more jobs to Liberians, there are some complaints about the company’s operations.
But speaking to our Grand Bassa Correspondent Wednesday, August 2nd in Buchanan, Brumskine announced that he resigned the post in 2016 when he declared his intention to contest for the 2017 elections. This is the first time the presidential contender has made his resignation public.
The Liberty Party Standard-bearer made these assertions Wednesday evening on Radio Harlandsville – Magic FM in an interview that was simulcast by several community radio stations in Grand Bassa County.
With the Acelor Mittal corporate lawyer job reportedly behind him, Cllr. Brumskine said he is setting his eyes on the top job of the country. “I will beat dumboy in the Mansion,” he said when he is elected President of Liberia.
This is Brumskine’s third attempt at the presidency of the Liberia. He lost to Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in 2005 and again in 2011. Brumskine sometimes ago said he was retiring from politics, but as the clock ticked toward the 2017 electoral year, he re-emerged and announced his candidacy.
Speaking of “beating dumboy” in the Executive Mansion, the official residence of the President of Liberia, Cllr. Brumskine said “I am not a white man to eat Irish Potatoes.” He said if the Liberian people do not want to vote for him because of “Dumboy”, then they should go ahead and vote against him.
“I have nowhere else to beat dumboy when I am elected President of Liberia,” he added.
Meanwhile, the former Pro-temp during the administration of former President Charles Taylor further asserted that he will reduce the salary of the President and Vice President by 30 percent and cut down the pay of executives when voted as president of Liberia.
Many believe the cutting down of salaries for the president and vice president of Liberia would be a controversial move, and it requires legislative enactment, something most lawmakers may not want to vote for considering they could be next.
