-LEAD OR LEAVE PROTEST
-CHAOSTIC OR PEACEFUL
It is enshrined in Article 1 of the constitution of Liberia the full power of the People.
"All power is inherent in the people. All free governments are instituted by their authority and for their benefit and they have the right to alter and reform the same when their safety and happiness so require. In order to ensure democratic government which responds to the wishes of the governed, the people shall have the right at such period, and in such manner as provided for under this Constitution, to cause their public servants to leave office and to fill vacancies by regular elections and appointments".
It is this constitutional provision STAND is using to announce its second round of LEAD OR LEAVE protest.
STAND also used the occasion to Condemn Gregory Coleman’s International Appointment as Attempt to Whitewash Human Rights Abuses
The Solidarity & Trust for a New Day (STAND), a member of the Liberia Protest Coalition and organizer of the coming July 17 “Lead or Leave” Resistance Campaign, strongly condemns the appointment of Police Inspector General Gregory Coleman as Co-Chair of the International Affairs Committee of the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE), describing it as a calculated image-laundering effort designed to shield him from serious human rights allegations tied to his leadership of the Liberia National Police.
STANDS statement under the signature of its leader, Mr. Monluh views this so-called international elevation as a desperate attempt by Inspector General Coleman to cleanse his battered image and manufacture credibility abroad while serious allegations of brutality, abuse, and institutional failure continue to haunt his tenure at home.
This development comes on the heels of the Liberia National Police’s recent embarrassing attempt to mislead the public with false claims that the LNP had been “ranked the 10th best police force in Africa and 70th globally” in the 2026 World Internal Security and Police Index (WISPI). Following intense public scrutiny and media exposure, police authorities shamefully retracted the false statement and quietly removed it from official platforms.
STAND maintains that the persistent efforts by Inspector General Coleman to elevate his international standing reveal a leadership obsessed with image laundering rather than accountability, justice, and reform.
Stand said the Liberian people and the international community must not forget that Gregory Coleman remains liable for the Kinjor massacre, where innocent young Liberians were brutally killed simply for exercising their constitutional right to peacefully protest against BEA Mountain over deplorable labor conditions. Those young lives were not lost in conflict; they were murdered by state violence. Their voices were answered not with justice, but with bullets.
STAND maintains that no foreign title, committee position, or ceremonial recognition can erase the bloodshed, trauma, and painful memories associated with that tragedy.
Equally disturbing is the horrifying 2025 killing of Matthew Mulbah, a mentally ill citizen whose depressed parents sought protection and intervention from the Liberia National Police, only to receive the lifeless body of their son. A vulnerable human being in urgent need of compassion and professional care instead encountered brutality and death at the hands of those sworn to protect him. That painful stain cannot be covered by international applause or diplomatic titles.
STAND further reminds the world that countless rape victims across Liberia continue to cry out for justice while perpetrators roam free under a deeply failing policing system. Young girls, some as young as fourteen, continue to suffer shattered futures, humiliation, abandonment, and lifelong trauma while the leadership of the Liberia National Police celebrates itself on the international stage.
STAND stressed that while Coleman celebrates international recognition, many of his victims were denied the very rights that could have allowed them to become leaders, innovators, and nation-builders. STAND maintains that no international honor tied to his name can carry moral legitimacy until he answers for these abuses.
"A man remembered for brutality deserves accountability, not elevation; justice, not glorification" . STAND concluded.
