The former international footballer George
Weah will run for president of Liberia for a
second time.
He said he had the "vision" to transform
the country. Mr Weah, who played for teams including
Paris Saint-Germain, AC Milan and
Chelsea, was the highest-ranking African
footballer in Fifa's list of greatest players of
the 20th century.
His previous presidential bid, in 2005, was
defeated by current president Ellen
Johnson Sirleaf.
Her second term in office will end in 2017
and under the country's constitution she
cannot run again.
During his football career, Mr Weah
became a UN goodwill ambassador.
Later he turned to politics. He is currently a
senator for the western province of
Montserrado, which includes the capital
Monrovia.
In 2011 he ran for vice-president under
Winston Tubman but did not win.
Mr Weah belongs to the opposition
Congress for Democratic Change (CDC)
party.
Announcing his presidential bid in
Monrovia, he said he had been a "victim of
poverty" like many of his supporters, and
said he would boost vocational education.
Liberia's national anthem was played
before Mr Weah took to the stage.
First, he held a moment of silence in
memory of the thousands of people who
died of Ebola.
He told his crowd of supporters: "Our
gathering here today is about the future of
our country and our people.
"In the last ten years our people have
continued to live in abject poverty,
education a mess, health delivery system a
disaster, electricity and pipe-borne water
elusive."
"Like many of you, I have been a victim of
poverty," he said. "There were times I
didn't have school fees."
A leading research organization has
recently rated Mr Weah's performance in
the Senate as low.
Party members from across Liberia
presented a petition asking him to run,
saying they believed he was the man "to
solve Liberia's numerous problems".
Some party members paraded up and
down the sandy party headquarters,
beneath giant portraits of Mr Weah.
They sang: "George Weah is the man we
want, George Weah is the man we want."
Mr Weah pledged to increase the national
budget, work towards religious harmony,
and support vocational education.
To wild applause, he said: "God is with us,
and hope is alive."

I've heard

Its not just d matter of making promises, can u effectively carry them out?. Reminds me of APC n Buhari in those campaign days, today they have denied it all

I trust Amerika to run him down like they did in 2005, the same way she extinguished the Presidential ambition of Wyclef Jean in Haiti.

Amerika needs inconspicuous & submissive puppets as head of governments, not celebrities.

Until Amerika goes under, the status quo will remain in place.