Today is a day of joy, thanksgiving, and celebration.
On behalf of the leadership, members, supporters of The People’s Power Movement, and the countless Liberians whose lives have been inspired by your unwavering commitment to justice and national service, we extend our heartfelt congratulations to you, Leader Martin K. N. Kollie and Mrs. Jimmielyn H. Toe-Kollie on the joyous occasion of your marriage.
Martin, your journey has been one marked by courage, conviction, and sacrifice. Through your relentless advocacy for accountability, your steadfast fight against corruption, your consistent voice against the destructive influence of drugs on our society, your defense of the oppressed, and your unwavering commitment to educational excellence and equal opportunities for all Liberians, you have inspired a generation to believe that integrity still has a place in public life. Your philanthropic work through the Martin K. N. Kollie Foundation has opened doors of opportunity for many young Liberians through scholarships, skills development, and community empowerment, while your commitment to truth and responsible journalism has strengthened public discourse and civic awareness.
Today, however, we celebrate not only the public servant, but also the man who has found a life partner with whom to share the next chapter of his journey.
To Jimmielyn, thank you for embracing a man whose life has been dedicated to serving others. Leadership often demands sacrifice not only from those who answer the call, but also from the families who stand beside them. May God strengthen your union, grant you wisdom, surround your home with peace, and make your marriage a source of strength, comfort, and inspiration to many.
As a movement founded on the belief that real change begins with principled leadership and empowered citizens, we remain steadfast in our commitment to the values that Martin has consistently championed: integrity, justice, opportunity, accountability, compassion, and service above self.
May this new season of your lives be filled with God’s abundant favor and blessings. May your home become a place where love flourishes, wisdom abounds, and hope is continually renewed.
Congratulations once again, Mr. and Mrs. Martin K. N. Kollie.
May God bless your marriage, and may God continue to bless the Republic of Liberia.
The Leadership and Members The People’s Power Movement
The Peopleโs Power Movement (PPM), a pro-people, pro-democracy, pro-justice, and pro-accountability national political movement, has followed with keen interest the ongoing โcontemptโ case involving Mr. Justine Oldpa Yeazeahn alias โProphet Keyโ and Chief Justice Yamie Quiqui Gbeisay, Sr.
Vulgarity is Un-African, Un-Liberian, and Uncultured. We condemn it:
It is important to emphatically state that the inherent values and founding beliefs of the Peopleโs Power Movement are completely contrary to the style of communication that is often used by โProphet Keyโ. The PPM opposes and condemns all forms of vulgarity and foul language which it considers un-African, un-Liberian, un-cultured, and uncivilized. The movement urges national debates and disagreements that reflect decency, decorum, civility, and mutual respect. PPM also acknowledges the public admittance by โProphet Keyโ that his style of communication is WRONG. We note his genuine quest for mercy, while promising not to indulge in such an act anymore before he was sentenced to 6 months in prison.
The KAK Act and The Declaration of Table Mountain (Protected Speech):
While we do not support vulgarity of any kind, it is important to note that the โcontemptโ case was not and should have never been between โProphet Keyโ versus โThe Supreme Courtโ. Prophet Key did not refer to or attack the Supreme Court. He said, โโฆThe Chief Justice Yamie Gbeisay is corruptโฆwhile using foul language.โ
The PPM believes that this case should have been treated as a civil matter and not a criminal matter because the Kamara Abdullah Kamara (KAK) Act of 2019, which repealed Chapter 11 of the 1978 Penal Law, decimalizes all speech offenses in Liberia including insults. May we also remind the Supreme Court that Liberia is a 2012 signatory to the Declaration of Table Mountain of June 3, 2007 which urges African Countries to abolish all forms of criminal defamation and โinsultโ laws.
Therefore, the application of โCriminal Contemptโ in line with Section 12.5 of the 1972 Judiciary Law that was used by the Court to charge and jail โProphet Keyโ for six months should not have been applied for an alleged SPEECH offense in the first place because speech offenses of all forms are entirely decriminalized throughout Liberia.
Chief Justice Gbeisay as โThe Complainantโ, โThe Juryโ, and โThe Judgeโ:
The PPM states with certainty and believes that there existed a valid legal basis for Chief Justice Yamie Quiqui Gbeisay, Sr. to have recused himself because he was a direct party to the case (The Accused). His decision to have presided over a case that later sent his accuser (Prophet Key) to prison for six (6) months is a violation of Judicial Canon Twenty-Eight of the Judicial Cannons and Ethical Rules of Liberia, which states, โA judge should abstain from performing or taking part in any judicial act in which his personal interests are involved or in which he has personal litigationโฆโ
The Chief Justice also violated a common principle in Law called โNemo Judex in Causa Sua,โ which states โa judge who is a party to case is not qualified to preside over such a matter.โ In this light, the Peopleโs Power Movement notes that this serious procedural and ethical infraction/breach on the part of the Supreme Court violates the rights of โProphet Keyโ to due process including a Court free from bias.
What does โContempt of Courtโ constitute? Vengeance or Justice?
The PPM notes Section 12.5 of the Judiciary Law of Liberia (Title 17, Liberian Code of Laws Revised) Approved May 10, 1972 and Published June 20, 1972. This section of the law is crystal clear in terms of what constitutes โContempt of Courtโ.
Accordingly, the Court should hold someone, including โProphet Key,โ in contempt if these five (5) keys elements or parameters are satisfied or met: (a) Disorderly, contemptuous or insolent behavior directly tending to interrupt its proceedings or to impair the respect due to its authority. (b) Breach of the peace, noise or other disturbance directly tending to interrupt its proceedings or to impair the respect due to its authority. (c) Willful disobedience or resistance willfully offered to its lawful mandate, except that it shall not apply to a person who disobeys a summons in a case in which a writ of arrest is expressly authorized by law. (d) Contumacious and unlawful refusal to be sworn as a witness; or after being sworn, to answer any legal and proper interrogatory. (e) Publication of a false or grossly inaccurate report of its proceedings; but a court cannot punish as a criminal contempt the publication of a true and fair report of a trial, argument, decision or other proceeding therein.
Now, did the action of โProphet Keyโ fall within any of these categories or parameters? Did Prophet Key disrupt the Courtโs proceedings? Did he breach the peace intended to directly interrupt the Courtโs proceedings? Did he resist any lawful mandate or summon by the Court? Did he refuse to be sworn as a witness? Did he publish any false report about the Courtโs proceedings? After a thorough review, the PPM concludes that the action of โProphet Keyโ did not satisfy any element deserving of Contempt of Court. What the PPM sees in this case is a Court exercising excessive power on behalf of one of its members to either prove a point/settle score or facilitate vengeance against a man it considers vulgar/indecent.
The Punishment for Contempt of Court:
The Peopleโs Power Movement (PPM) has also taken keen note of the punishment for contempt as inscribed in Section 12.6 of the Judiciary Law as stated (verbatim):
ยง12.6: โPunishment for criminal contempts. Punishment for a criminal contempt may be by fine, not exceeding $300 in the Supreme Court, $100 in the Circuit Court, $100 in the Debt Court, $30 in the Probate Court, $30 in the Tax Court, $15 in the Magistrates’ Court, $5 in the Justices of the Peace Court, $5 in the Traffic Court and $10 in the Juvenile Court, or by imprisonment in a jail located in the county where the court is sitting, not exceeding 30 days in courts of record, 5 days in Magistrates and Juvenile Courts and 1 day in Justices of the Peace Courts or imprisonment in the discretion of the courtsโฆโ
Since the Prophet Key versus the Chief Justice case was adjudicated in the Supreme Court for โContempt,โ the law is crystal clear that punishment of criminal contempt in the Supreme Court may be by fine not exceeding $300 or by imprisonment not exceeding 30 days. In this case where the letter and spirit of the law are crystal clear, the Supreme Court cannot derive its own punishment for Contempt out of a sudden. Thirty (30) days is 1 month and not 6 months. So, why did the Court send โProphet Keyโ to jail for 6 months when the law says 30 days? Is this not an abuse of power (e.g., judicial overreach)? The Court cannot suddenly decide its own punishment contrary to what the law says. Judicial discretion in this case can only be exercised between 1 to 30 days, and not outside of the established legal framework or threshold for punishment of contempt. The Peopleโs Power Movement (PPM) wants to reemphasize the principles of fairness and justice for all Liberians, whether the powerful or the weak.
Case Law:
The 16th Chief Justice of Liberia, Cllr. Emmanuel N. Gbalazeh*, referenced a 1984 contempt case in one of his judgements which definitively re-echoed what โcontempt of courtโ should actually constitute. The doctrine of clear and present danger was championed.
In Re: Scott and Roberts, 32 LLR, 313, 326-327 (1984), which referenced 6 17 C.J.S., Contempt, Section 8; 159 ALR 1389; and 2 L. Ed. 1718 of the United States of America. The Supreme Court divulging through Justice Emmanuel N. Gbalazeh, said: โโฆthat before utterances can be punished as contempt, and as constituting a clear and present danger working a substantial evil in the administration of justice, the substantial evil must be extremely serious, and the degree of imminence extremely highโฆthis applies to out-of-court statements, where some courts have emphasized the imminence of the danger and have said that freedom of speech and of the press should not be impaired through the exercise of the power to punish for contempt of court unless there is no doubt that the utterances in question constitute imminent, not merely a likely, threat to the administration of justice.โ
The PPM is left to wonder how did the utterance(s) of โProphet Keyโ pose any imminent or extremely serious danger to the administration of justice. The PPM could not and cannot still establish such โextremely serious dangerโ as posed by โProphet Keyโ. โProphet Keyโ also raised an issue of alleged corruption. Why did the Court turn its back on that?
The Larger Implications for Free Speech and Democracy in Liberia:
We do not only consider the new precedent set by the Court as anti-democratic and a symptom of judicial overreach, but also an emerging threat to criticisms against and critics of the Court. Free Speech and Press Freedom are PROTECTED under Article 15 of the 1986 Constitution of Liberia. We note that the abuse thereof should also be accounted for. However, judicial overreach is of concern in this matter. The latest decision by the Court could likely dent the democratic credential of the overall Government if caution is not taken. The PPM encourages the Court to also fast-track cases of Corruption, Sexual Abuse including Rape and sodomy, etc. like it did with the Prophet Key case.
Signed:
Johanchal Wrobeh
Global Secretary General, The Peopleโs Power Movement
Approved:
Abraham Doedeh
Global Chairman, The Peopleโs Power Movement (PPM)
The Peopleโs Power Movement (PPM) Extends Good Tidings, Peace, and Love to all Liberian Muslims in and out of Liberia.
February 18, 2026
As Muslims everywhere, including Liberia, have begun observing the Holy Month of Ramadan, the Peopleโs Power Movement extends its sentiments of best wishes and reverently acknowledges the religious and historical significance of this period.
The PPM congratulates all Islamic believers in and out of Liberia whoโve committed themselves to pray for peace, unity, and harmony. Such devotion is evident of your unhindered belief.
On this special occasion marking the start of Holy Ramadan, the PPM is proud of your avowal to intercede in behalf of Liberia, and this continuous affirmation is an embodiment of your abiding love for humanity and service to country.
PPM makes major appointmentsโ: Nineteen (19) Members Appointed to key and strategic positions.
After registering as a lawful national political movement and having held weeks of serious consultations, internal discussions, deep reflection, and coordination in pursuit of
a new and pro-people Liberia, the Central Executive Committee of the Peopleโs Power Movement (PPM) has unanimously endorsed, confirmed, and appointed the following members in the various positions of the Global and National Leadership Structures as indicated:
I. Global (Diaspora):
1) Abraham Doedeh, Global Chairman, USA
2) Abigail M. Dour, Vice Chair for Administration, USA
3) Henry Garneo, Vice Chair for International Affairs, USA
4) Joseph Barbour, Vice Chair for Fiscal Affairs, USA
5) Abu B. Foray, Vice Chair for Operations, USA
6) Francis Dadzie, Vice Chair for Resource Mobilization,
Canada
7) Samuel S. Sakama, Vice Chair for Legal Affairs, Australia
8)Johanchal Wrobeh, Secretary General, Canada
9) Daniel Pongay, Sr., Deputy Secretary for Press and Public Affairs, USA
10) Solomon T. Marlee, Deputy Secretary for Intโl Education,
Germany
11) Mohammed Shabazz, Assistant Secretary General, Turkey
12) Korlu Kimbeh, Assistant Secretary for Gender Affairs, China
13) Amidu Sheriff, Assistant Secretary for Mobilization, France
14) Salome Mary Salami,
Assistant Secretary, Planning and Coordination, Sweden
II. National (Liberia):
1) Zinnah M. Benson, Vice Chair, Planning and Projects
2) Dianun S. Somah, Vice Chair, Gender Affairs
3) John Gabriel, Deputy Secretary, Legal Affairs
4) Fatimazahra Aboubacar
Maiga, Deputy Secretary for Program
5) Ramsay T. Sumanie, Vice Chair for Training and Education
6) S Rakitic P. Dennis, Sr., Vice Chair for Mobilization
As PPM engages all Liberians in redefining a fresh start for a better Liberia that protects the ultimate interests of the PEOPLE, most especially the
marginalized and the underprivileged, more appointments will be made both globally and nationally. Join us to fight for the CHANGE that Liberians have yearned, for almost two centuries now.
Join The People’s Power. The PEOPLE including the youth, women, elders, students, teachers, persons with disabilities, health workers, motorcyclists, farmers,
marketers, yana boys and girls, slum dwellers, casual laborers, drivers, keh-keh riders, fishermen, security guards, mine and plantation workers, civil servants, professionals, Diaspora Liberians, and everyone belong in the PPM, a movement of integrity, patriotism, and transformative vision.
Over 9,000 have already joined through our online database. Be a part of REAL
CHANGE. Click to join https://thepeoplepower.org/ and https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSflejbFxnhRuFVdXBLXHNUmBADIQy4lX-Z6YC8ZJ4gFzXxrjw/viewform?fbclid=IwY2xjawP5hrxleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFLNlhTbG1IN0pmN1h1V0Fyc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHqpWYntxRYsgp-K7eBRJyCglkxKzffQhhCI0nadDjUe737ViPJvjSPZrjyBY_aem_W3FA-79fXku6WHZH_7WqVg
Today, we do not just celebrate Christmas and its symbolic essence of love and hope, but we also celebrate the collective sense of optimism that the rebirth of a prosperous and glorious Republic is still possible in our lifetime.
It is this โLiberanizedโ confidence that continues to embolden our resolve and camaraderie in pursuit of a New Liberia that cares about and caters for all Liberians regardless of social class, economic status, religious background, ethnic lineage, and political affiliation.
The choice to reflect and inspire change across Liberia is ours. The moment to chart a new course is conceivable. The onus to build a peaceful, people-centered, powerful, and prosperous nation remains a historical task that must be fulfilled in this generation.
As a pro-people movement, we seek to observe this festive season and enliven our strength of solidarity and service under the theme: โLooking Forward, Redefining a New Course of an all-inclusive and progressive Agenda in Liberia.โ
We are grateful to all of our patriotic supporters, including our committed volunteers and coordinators, who continue to sacrifice their time, energy, intellect, and resources. This is what it means to โPut Liberia Firstโ.
The youth are stepping forward and stepping up. The Liberian people remain hopeful. Their courage and sense of nationalism is incredibly profound. Their resilience is incomparable.
We must now rally, mobilize, organize, educate, and unite them to chart a new course of REAL CHANGE; a change that offers fresh hope for every Liberian to realize their full potential and dream.
Economic Freedom for all Liberians can be actualized in Liberia. This must happen in our lifetime. Neglecting this cause would mean neglecting our very existence and essence. Join The Peopleโs Power to make it happen https://thepeoplepower.org/.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and your family.
Civic engagement is the backbone of a thriving democracy. In Liberia, the power of citizens to participate in decision-making, hold leaders accountable, and contribute to community development can determine the countryโs path toward sustainable growth and prosperity. Yet, many Liberians are unaware of the vital role they play in shaping their nationโs future.
What is Civic Engagement?
Civic engagement refers to the ways in which individuals participate in the political, social, and economic life of their community and nation. This includes activities such as:
Voting during elections
Attending community meetings
Volunteering for social causes
Advocating for policies that improve local life
When citizens are involved, they not only influence policies but also strengthen the social fabric of their communities.
Why It Matters for Liberia
Strengthening Democracy Every vote counts. Active civic participation ensures leaders are accountable and policies reflect the needs of the people.
Promoting Transparency and Accountability When citizens engage, government decisions become more transparent. Community oversight reduces corruption and ensures public resources are used wisely.
Empowering Communities Civic engagement encourages local problem-solving. Communities that work together are better equipped to address challenges like education, healthcare, and infrastructure.
Encouraging Youth Participation Liberia has a young population. Engaging youth in civic activities fosters a generation of informed, responsible, and proactive citizens.
How Liberians Can Get Involved
Register to vote and participate in all elections
Join local civic organizations or volunteer for community projects
Attend town hall meetings to voice concerns and ideas
Educate peers about civic duties and rights
Use social media responsibly to advocate for positive change
Conclusion
The future of Liberia depends on the active involvement of its citizens. Civic engagement is not just a right โ it is a responsibility. By participating in governance, community development, and public discussions, Liberians can build a stronger, fairer, and more prosperous nation.
Call to Action:
โYour voice matters. Start today by engaging in your community โ attend a meeting, volunteer, or register to vote. Together, we can shape a brighter future for Liberia.โ
