MONROVIA, Sept. 27 -- Five major opposition political parties have formalized a new cooperation framework, accusing the Boakai-Koung administration of weakening democratic institutions, mishandling national security, selectively enforcing anti-corruption laws and failing to deliver meaningful economic relief to Liberians.

By Gerald C. Koinyeneh

The leaders of the Alternative National Congress (ANC), Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC), Movement for Economic Empowerment (MOVEE), Movement for Progressive Change (MPC) and Union of Liberian Democrats Party (ULDP) signed a joint communique Sunday, September 27, following a second opposition roundtable at Sinkor Palace in Monrovia.

The communique, signed by former President George Manneh W...