-ANC Political Leader, Cummings      

Alexander Benedict Cummings, political leader of the opposition Alternative National Congress or ANC, is recommending a Rwanda-styled business environment that he said would help attract more foreign investments to Liberia.

Speaking Monday from South Africa, Mr. Cummings said, like Rwanda, Liberia needs a one-stop investment center that would save would-be investors time in going through business registration processes void of government  bureaucracies in obtaining permits and licenses to do business here.

“The last time I check, the website of the Liberia Business Registry was down,” the opposition politician noted.

When this Paper checked to verify Cummings’ claim, it validated that the website of the Liberia Business Registry was down up to press time.

Cummings, a renowned businessman and a former chief administrator of Cocoa Cola, said Liberia’s business climate needs sweeping reforms to make it attractive to foreign investors.

“Liberia has potentials for foreign investment. We have rain forests and waterfalls to create sustainable jobs for our people,” the ANC leader said.

Cummings has 40 years of experience in international business. He retired from Coca Cola as its chief administrator in 2016 after a twenty-year long career with the organization.

He became the political leader of the Alternative National Congress in 2015, and announced his bid to run for president in 2016.[6] 

After holding a county-by-county national presidential primary election, the first of its kind in Liberia, Alexander B. Cummings was endorsed as the Standard Bearer of the Alternative National Congress in Kakata, Margibi on 29 April 2017.

Some Liberians see him as a friendly opposition to the ruling Unity Party administration having been seen at some public events with President Joseph Nyumah Boakai.

Typical of such public events, was the recent National County Sports Tournament, when he accompanied the President to the Samuel K. Doe Sports Stadium to take the kickoff of the event. Still ambitious of becoming Liberia’s president, Cummings has continued to proffer his ideas that he thinks would make Liberia a prosperous nation through direct foreign investment in agriculture and tourism. On the contrast, his critics say he is a political weakling with no constituency and little popularity to lead him to the Liberian presidency