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Liberian President George Weah on Tuesday urged opponents of a "round table" to find solutions to the country's economic problems, four days after the demonstration of thousands of protesters against rising prices and corruption.
Weah made the offer to "political party leaders, civil society groups, seniors, religious leaders, traditional leaders, student leaders and the business community," in a speech broadcast on the radio. national.
He suggested "a round table to allow them to present their alternative views or their suggestions on the economy".
A protest coalition on Sunday launched Weah with a series of requests with a delay of four weeks.
They include improvements in areas such as human rights and corruption, as well as prosecutions against Finance Minister Samuel Tweah and Central Bank Governor Nathaniel Patray in connection with financial problems at the Central Bank of Liberia, which led to higher prices.
The coalition also called on Weah and all his officials to declare their badets.
Revered in Liberia and beyond for paving the way for African footballers in Europe, Weah struggles to revive one of the poorest countries in the world and still traumatized by consecutive civil wars between 1989 and 2003 of a million lives.
Weah, 52, is now challenged for the same issues he had campaigned on when he rose to the presidency of the West African state just 18 years ago. month.
In his radio address, the Liberian President appealed to all citizens: "Let us sit down and discuss the way forward." Present your ideas and I badure you that they will be examined with the utmost attention. . "
He acknowledged that the economy still faces challenges, pointing out that his government had inherited an economy in crisis.
Speaking at the peaceful protest last Friday, Weah said "some of our citizens have exercised their constitutional right to meet publicly to petition their government and we congratulate them for peaceful and orderly manner in which they exercised their rights ".
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