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He said some parastatals T(Zimra) is targeting he said. b i l l i o n b y c o m p a n i e s , To s t r e n g t h e n d e b t and city councils who owed to collect $4,3 billion in gross “While these figures parastatals and councils, recovery efforts, Chimanda the authority were also owed revenue by year-end, up 8% pertain to the formal and tax- dating back to before 2015. said the domestic taxes by government.As such, compared to what was registered taxpayers, the Private corporates owe the department had set up a Zimra was putting forward a achieved in 2017, an official case of the informal sector is authority $3,62 billion, fully-fledged debt recovery proposal for debt set-off with has said. not measured. including penalties and section focusing solely on the government wherein Last year, the actual gross “ U n d o u b t e d l y, t a x interest, as at October 31, debt recoveries. Treasury evens out the revenue collections totalled compliance levels in the 2018 while parastatals and The authority is also amounts due to parastatals by $ 3 , 9 7 8 b i l l i o n , w h i c h informal sector are the councils owe $604,587 million carrying out voluntary paying taxes.“Zimra has surpassed the target of $3,4 compliance campaigns to applied this in order to avoid billion by $350 million. motivate and sensitise further deterioration of debt. Zimra head of corporate taxpayers so as to increase Suppliers of those parastatals communications Francis voluntary compliance. whose tax clearance would C h i m a n d a t o l d “For some taxpayers who have been withheld will Standardbusiness that the are distressed due to the withhold 10% tax and pay it taxman had collected $4,146 current adverse economic directly to Zimra,” Chamanda billion over 10 months ending environment, the authority is added. Reuters October 31, 2018. This was 18% above target.“Our year-end target Mnangagwa launches for gross revenue collection is $4,3 billion,” Chimanda said. He, however, lamented the construction of China-funded current tax compliance imbabwe’s President levels, which he said were E m m e r s o n very low at 50% on average. Mnangagwa on Friday “ T h e c u r r e n t t a x Z launched the construction of a compliance level is a matter new parliament, which is to be Members of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS of concern as it is barely at financed by the Chinese. distribute aid on World AIDS Day at the Kuchingoro 50% on average, while on Officials say the current colonial-era parliamentary building in the city centre is too small to accommodate Kenya swamped lawmakers. Reportedly built t o a c c o m m o d a t e 1 0 0 to build a new parliament”, lawmakers, the current without giving a figure. with settlement s t r u c t u r e i s u s e d b y The Chinese have also Z i m b a b w e ’ s 3 5 0 he Office of the Sh101.3 billion as of May this compensation cases were filed p l e d g e d t o c o n s t r u c t against the Nairobi AG’s office parliamentarians. parliaments for the Republic Attorney-General has year. T h e n e w 6 5 0 - s e a t e r been receiving an The compensation consists in 2013 alone. Some 1,579 of Congo and Gabon in Central T parliament is also part of plans Africa. cases were filed the following a v e r a g e o f 1 , 7 0 0 of awards to victims of torture g ove rn me n t’s p l a n s to compensation cases annually and for business litigants. year, 1,667 in 2015, some Mnangagwa took over from 1,733 in 2016 and 1,861 in establish a new smart city. long-time ruler Robert Mugabe for the last six years, reports “There is an ongoing “Other facilities like banks, indicate. exercise to obtain data of 2017. who was ousted by the military Torture hotels will be built around this in November 2017. This revelation comes as pending judgments and awards place,” Mnangagwa said court awards against the f r o m S t a t e m i n i s t r i e s , When compiling the data He has vowed to revive this month, the Nairobi office adding that a “modern, smart Zimbabwe’s economy that has government have been on the departments and agencies,” city” was planned. increase, with information the AG’s office said in response of the AG had received 2,740 been in ruins for nearly two cases.“It is evident that the Gift from China decades.China has funded and that pending claims lodged at to questions sent to it by the The imposing circular the AG’s office stood at Sunday Nation.Some 1,293 number of cases keeps provided loans for many increasing year after year. This complex will be built over 32 infrastructure projects across data is only for the Nairobi months by the Shanghai Africa in recent years, ranging office. It excludes new cases Construction group at Mount from roads and power plants being received at our regional Hampden, 18 kilometres (11 to sports stadiums and offices in Mombasa, Malindi, miles) north-west of Harare, government institutions. Kisumu, Kisii, Eldoret, Nakuru, the Zimbabwe Broadcasting C r i t i c s s a y C h i n a ’s Nyeri, Embu and Meru,” AG Corporation reported. increasing sway over the Paul Kariuki Kihara’s office Mnangagwa said at the c o n t i n e n t u n d e r m i n e s said. ceremony that China had democracy and sovereignty. Besides survivors of the provided a “grant, not a loan, AFP Nyayo House torture, the other major groups suing the 1980s and civil servants say they were duped into government are victims of r e t r e n c h e d d u r i n g t h e signing unfair agreements. t o r t u r e , v i o l a t i o n s o f S t r u c t u r a l A d j u s t m e n t Mwakenya and the 2007/08 fundamental rights, unlawful Programmes period. post-election violence victims dismissals by members of the Members of the latter group also want to be paid. Air Force following the 1982 say they were dismissed from The AG’s office says most abortive coup, political public service unfairly. survivors of the Nyayo House detainees, persons arrested Other claimants are civil torture chambers have had and tortured on suspicion of servants who left under the their compensation settled by wooden judge on graph on table background being members of the voluntary retirement scheme. the Ministry of Interior and F e b r u a r y E i g h t e e n Payment Coordination of National Revolutionary Army in the late The former public officers Government.Reuters MONDAY 2018 w w w .t henewdawnliberia.com N E W D A W N 3 DECEMBER 03 Commentary By Joschka Fischer The LEC against itself Angela Merkel’s Long Goodbye SERVICES PROVIDED BY the Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC) to the public leave much to be desired despite huge investment in that entity. Current situation at that entity is With the chancellor's announced retirement, Germany, together with characterized by managerial in-fighting at the detriment of customers. As the LEC continues to raise fist against itself, the rest of Europe, is heading into a new period of uncertainty. A full- business entities, residential homes, ordinary Liberians and scale reorganization of the post-war German party system is likely, the general public are left along with little or no services at as are fundamental questions about the country's international role. all.

NEWS THAT ESB International, the private company ERLIN – With Angela Merkel having holding seats in the Bundestag, this arrangement contracted by the Government of Liberia to manage the LEC announced that she will step down as no longer works as well as it once did. leader of the Christian Democratic Union is alleging the existence of an rogue element within the B (CDU) and not seek reelection as chancellor In the years preceding Merkel’s first election as corporation that is deliberately, and in many cases bypassing when her current term ends in 2021, Germany is chancellor in 2005, Germany had been governed control procedures and necessary organizational changes is approaching a watershed moment. Since 1949, by a coalition comprising the SPD and the Greens a stab in the back of that entity. the country has had only eight chancellors, (in which I served as vice chancellor and foreign which means that Merkel’s departure will be minister). During that period, Germany underwent IN CLEAR TERMS, ESB International has reportedly written anything but an everyday occurrence. Moreover, a painful adjustment as the welfare state was an official complaint to the Board of Director against Deputy a change at the top in Germany is usually brought into line with the post-reunification Managing Director, Joseph Howe for thwarting initiatives accompanied by broader political and social realities of high unemployment and a new aimed at bringing major breakthroughs to LEC. change. economic geography. At the same time, German foreign policy had to be adjusted to account for ESB INTERNATIONAL IS a private company hired by the Merkel’s decision was not entirely unexpected. the country’s new role in the context of the 1990s Government of Liberia under the Millennium Challenge Having elected her for the fourth time in post-Yugoslav wars, and to address the threat of Compact Agreement to manage the LEC. In accordance with September 2017, German voters were unlikely international terrorism after the attacks of the agreement, the former is to create an operationally to give her a fifth term. People tire of leaders September 11, 2001. efficient and profitable utility that is financially viable. But over time. Even without her recent announcement, it thus could have been assumed After the fall of the Berlin Wall, reunification, and nine months into the management of the LEC, ESB that Merkel’s current term would be her last. a period of high unemployment and seemingly International complains the appointment of Mr. Howe as endless reforms, Germans had experienced quite Deputy Managing Director, poses hindrances to the efficient But the ongoing transformation of Germany’s enough excitement. Merkel’s chancellorship was execution of its duties and meeting objectives planned. domestic and foreign-policy position is more meant to put an end to all of that. Cool important than a change in leadership. pragmatism became the order of the day. With the FROM THE ONSET, the LEC has had serious problem with International ruptures are shaking the very economy booming, it seemed as though the sun power distribution to communities across Montserrado foundations of Germany’s post-war democracy. was always shining and the skies were always blue. County and the rest of Liberia, denying thousands of Under President Donald Trump, the United Hovering above it all was “Mutti” (Mommy), simply residents and businesses access to electricity. Meanwhile, States has repudiated the West and everything it letting things take their course. German voters elements within the corporation are often in cohort with stands for. On March 29, 2019, the United saw little reason not to elect her three more some unscrupulous members of the public to carry on theft Kingdom will leave the European Union. And to times. or steal from the entity. the east, China has emerged as a new global power. Now, the sunny days are gone. The emergence of a POWER THEFT HAS robbed the corporation of badly needed new global order presents policymakers and funds, and denied services to the rest of the public, but few More broadly, the world’s economic center of politicians with weighty strategic questions that gravity is quickly shifting from the North Atlantic cannot be ignored or deferred. Chief among them individuals at various levels continue to line their pockets to East Asia. The digital revolution, big data, and is what role Germany – and Europe – should carve with cash that could help in boosting the financial base of artificial intelligence are changing the way we out for itself in the years to come. A decade hence, the entity to enable it distributes power proportionally. work and live. And the EU’s internal crises have where will we as Europeans stand, and what will not just continued but intensified, while chronic we stand for? “THE FUNDAMENTAL REASON for the delay in breakthrough turmoil in the Middle East and Africa represents is the undermining of those change initiatives that are a persistent external risk to Europe’s stability. Merkel does not offer satisfactory answers to such essential to improve the culture of non-payment for questions. With her consummate pragmatism, she electricity supplied by LEC in Liberia,” ESB International These and other developments have shaken has become her own worst enemy. Even when she further notes in its complaint. Germany’s once-firm foreign-policy footing. For has made great – indeed, historic – decisions, they years, the country’s economic model and have been based on narrow, short-term political WHEN A PUBLIC corporation such as LEC cries wolf, while security strategy have both centered around considerations. Merkel’s phasing out of Germany’s self-destroying or stealing from itself, it is nothing but a integration with the West and Germany’s role nuclear power plants, suspension of compulsory disservice to the State and its people. We recommend a within the EU. But today’s challenges require a military service, and responses to the 2008 major shakeup in that public entity to get things right. new strategic outlook. The question for the next financial crisis were merely tactical moves. The chancellor will be: “Quo vadis, Germany?” one exception came in 2015, when she took a moral stand and opened Germany’s doors to one FORMER PRESIDENT ELLEN Johnson Sirleaf was constrained Wherever Germany is heading, one thing is million refugees. to change the entire LEC management team in 2016 after already clear: the transition from Merkel to her she inaugurated the entity due to the lack of accountability. successor will bring about a far-reaching Merkel’s approach to the financial crisis would reorganization of the country’s party system. turn out to be her biggest mistake. At the time, she IT IS NOT only a disgrace, but complete disappointment that For decades, the center-right CDU (in alliance opposed a joint European response, instead after partners had spent several millions of their taxpayers' with the Bavaria-based Christian Social Union) advocating national-level measures and mere moneys to help restore electricity to Liberia, we Liberians and the center-left Social Democratic Party have coordination among eurozone governments. The are undermining ourselves. It is too bad. served as the two great guarantors of political entire European project has been off track ever continuity and stability. But, like mainstream since. parties across Europe, the CDU/CSU and the SPD are now in crisis. The SPD has lost so much Of course, Merkel will be remembered as the support that it may not survive; and while the chancellor of the “peace dividend” and, possibly, CDU/CSU is still the strongest single force in as the last chancellor of the post-war (West) German politics, it is facing a deep structural German party system. But Europe’s persistent challenge. crisis will now form part of her legacy as well, and it will pose a difficult challenge to her successors. Since 1949, the CDU/CSU’s “sister-party” structure has routinely allowed it to secure the What comes next is anyone’s guess. Much will chancellorship as the largest party bloc in depend on whether Germany, together with Published by the Searchlight Communications Inc., Crown Hill-Broad Street, majority coalitions. But in an enlarged, France, continues to pursue its European mission. Adjacent Afriland Bank Monrovia-Liberia. reunified Germany with seven separate parties Tel: +231-0886484201, +231-0777007529, +231-0886551057 E-mail: [email protected]; www.thenewdawnliberia.com Copyright: Project Syndicate, 2018. www.project-syndicate.org MONDAY DECEMBER 03 2018 w w w .t henewdawnliberia.com N E W D A W N 4

O-ped By Cobus Van Staden Opinion By Jorge G. Castañeda The G20’s Africa Problem Defending Democracy in the Americas EXICO CITY – The inauguration of Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) as president APE TOWN – This has not been an easy year for the G20. The 2018 summit of the of Mexico will soon be followed by Brazilian President-elect Jair Bolsonaro’s leaders of the world’s largest economies is being held in Buenos Aires, a city still Minauguration, as well as US President Donald Trump’s completion of two full years in Creeling from a currency collapse. More broadly, the summit is taking place amid a office. Though each is a unique event, they share some essential features. Most important, fracturing of the multilateral order. Everything from NATO to the consensus on climate each represents a political outcome that could have been avoided. change appears to be coming apart at the seams. Since the fall of the Berlin Wall, representative democracy seemed to be on a roll in much of Still, the G20 has long positioned itself as a global problem solver, having been the world. Democratic governments replaced dictatorships across Latin America, Africa, conceived after the 1997 Asian financial crisis and then emerging as the primary global and parts of Asia, and they were supported by a united front of older democracies in the forum for addressing the crash of 2008. A decade later, a global crisis is on the agenda North Atlantic. But this all began to change in just the past few years. once again, only this time it has assumed the form of a mounting trade war between the United States and China. From Hungary and Poland to Italy and even Germany, emerging political forces are challenging democratic governance. Though today’s resurgence of populist nationalism may peter out, for now it must be viewed as a serious threat. Much of this was foreseeable, and Unlike in 2008, however, the world’s capacity for multilateral decision-making is could have been prevented if those who should have known better had not remained deteriorating. The European Union remains preoccupied with its own internal disputes, passive. and the United States, under President Donald Trump, has abandoned multilateralism and weakened the institutions needed to solve complex challenges such as the threat of Nowhere is this truer than in the United States, Mexico, and Brazil. Though AMLO hails from technological unemployment from automation. And the effects of the Trump the left, while Bolsonaro and Trump are of the right, all three are indifferent to – if not administration’s protectionism are already being felt. The World Trade Organization contemptuous of – democratic processes. Trump, for example, has already undermined the recently reported that in response to US tariffs, G20 countries have imposed around 40 norms of democratic rule in the US, if not through substantive policy, then certainly with his new import restrictions, affecting $481 billion in global trade – a sixfold increase from rhetoric. the year before. Between issuing scurrilous charges of non-existent voter fraud, openly encouraging his But while the world’s economic giants have been withdrawing from multilateralism, fellow Republicans to engage in voter suppression, and inviting foreign powers to launch Africa has been quietly moving in the opposite direction. Earlier this year, the cyber attacks against his opponents, Trump has undermined the credibility of US elections. continent’s countries agreed on a new African Continental Free Trade Agreement, and His attempts to weaken asylum protections, along with his imposition of a religiously committed to pursuing deeper cross-border economic and infrastructure integration motivated travel ban, represent a rejection of core American values. His politicization of within the framework of the African Union, as outlined in the AU’s Agenda 2063. the judiciary and attacks on the press are clearly driven by a desire to remove all checks on his power. But, despite its embrace of multilateralism, Africa has struggled to get the G20’s For his part, AMLO has spent his transition period introducing pro forma ballot initiatives to attention. South Africa is the only African country in the G20, and it must constantly reverse major decisions such as the construction of a new airport outside Mexico City. In walk the fine line of speaking for the continent’s interests without imposing its voice on holding that referendum, he and his party bypassed the official institutions that oversee its neighbors. True, representatives from the AU and the New Partnership for Africa’s Mexican elections, not only selecting the polling sites themselves, but also counting the Development do attend G20 summits. But the countries occupying each institution’s votes. When it was announced that the initiative had indeed passed, no one was surprised, rotating leadership do not always have the capacity to advocate forcefully on the and the Mexican peso plummeted against the dollar. continent’s behalf. More recently, legislators from AMLO’s party railroaded a measure through Congress that Moreover, this problem is compounded by the limited scope of the G20’s interactions militarizes Mexico’s only national civilian police force. Whereas AMLO had previously with Africa. Rather than including Africa in wider discussions about global trade promised a new strategy in the war on drugs, he has now doubled down on the approach architecture, climate change, and the future of work, the G20 has largely limited its pursued by his predecessor. The military will remain in the streets, but their uniforms will be engagement with the continent to addres sing narrower development issues. a different color. Most threatening of all, AMLO has resorted to a Hugo Chávez-like strategy of installing handpicked proconsuls in each of Mexico’s 32 states. These loyal factotums will To be sure, Africa’s large infrastructure gap, slow regional integration, and high levels effectively sideline each state’s duly elected governor. of unemployment all stem from underdevelopment. No one is saying that development should be ignored; but nor should it be the only focus. When international engagement Bolsonaro, for his part, has announced that Brazilian police will have “carte blanche” to kill criminals. His goal is to militarize law enforcement throughout the country, and to make with Africa is confined to the silo of development, the continent is effectively reduced weapons widely available to the public. Like Trump, Bolsonaro has practically declared war to a set of problems for external actors to solve. This tendency prevents Africa from on several media outlets, especially Folha de S.Paulo, Brazil’s largest-circulation participating as a legitimate and coequal member of the global community. If one lacks newspaper. a seat at the table, then one is probably on the menu. Also like Trump, Bolsonaro has unleashed a litany of racist, sexist, homophobic, and nativist As matters stand, most of the G20’s engagement with Africa happens through its comments that should not be dismissed as mere bluster. There is every reason to believe Development Working Group, which focuses on the basic building blocks of that at least some of his statements will translate into policy once he is in power. With five development, like poverty eradication. This means that Africa has no say in a host of former generals in Bolsonaro’s cabinet, Brazil’s government will have more senior officers other issues relating to development, including infrastructure, the shape of the digital than at any time since the end of the military dictatorship in 1985. economy, and the global banking system. As a result, key problems such as Africa’s structural exclusion from global markets – which is due in large part to G20 member Though Bolsonaro’s justice minister, Sérgio Moro, is a widely admired judge who led the Lava states’ own domestic agricultural subsidies – go unexamined. Jato (“Car Wash”) anti-corruption drive, he alone cannot compensate for this level of militarization. And besides, his credibility has been called into question by his role in barring This isn’t just unfair to Africa; it also poses risks for the G20. Africa represents the former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva from running in the election that Bolsonaro just world’s demographic future, and its development trajectory will increasingly affect the won. global economy. By 2050, Nigeria will have the world’s third-largest population, and by Could all of this have been avoided? In the case of the US, remember that in the summer of 2100, one-third of all people will be African. Clearly, any plan that the G20 makes for 2016, “Never Trump” Republicans called for a rule change that would have allowed the future will have to put Africa at the forefront. Diminishing the region to a set of delegates at the Republican National Convention to vote their “conscience” instead of in development challenges will no longer do. accordance with state primary results. But the party’s rules committee rejected the proposal out of fear of angering the Republican base. To its credit, the G20 has started paying more attention to Africa in recent years. Under the Chinese presidency in 2016, the body made industrialization in Africa a high priority. As for Brazil, many had warned before the first round of the presidential election on October And this was followed by the Compact with Africa under the German presidency in 2017. 7 that only Lula could defeat Bolsonaro in a run-off. But in early September, Brazil’s For its part, Argentina has not launched an Africa initiative of its own; but it has devoted electoral court ruled that Lula’s previous conviction on (dubious) corruption charges attention to improving cooperation with the continent via people-to-people diplomacy. disqualified him from running. Despite the fact that the court had given Bolsonaro a clear path to victory, Brazil’s democrats stayed quiet, rather than rallying behind Lula. The Compact with Africa is designed to facilitate economic reforms across the continent, and to attract investment from pools of private-sector funds in the global Finally, in Mexico, it was obvious beforehand that AMLO would win by a landslide and secure North. But though it has been well received among African leaders, the compact a congressional super-majority if the other parties did not band together. That would have nonetheless perpetuates the trend of restricting African engagement to development required the third-place contender, José Antonio Meade of the Institutional Revolutionary issues. Party (PRI), to drop out and endorse the second-place candidate, Ricardo Anaya of the National Action Party. But neither the PRI nor Mexico’s business community and Please note that this post is a National Post and is opened to applicants of either sex. Preference will intelligentsia could agree to proceed accordingly. Looking ahead, Africa must be afforded a greater role in setting the G20’s agenda. The be given to equally qualified women candidates. continent will be disproportionally affected by climate change and transnational As a result, the US, Brazil, and Mexico find themselves facing the same problem. And migration. Yet it will not be able to meet those challenges if its development is being democrats in all three countries will not solve it unless they come together in defense of hindered by an unequal global trade system. democracy, even if they disagree on basic policy issues. That means standing up to the authoritarian drift through whatever democratic means are available. Caving in on judicial These issues are on the agenda in Buenos Aires, but discussion of them will be largely appointments, major public works projects, and proposals to “arm the people” is not a deprived of an African perspective. This must change. It is time for creative solutions to winning strategy. Those who still believe in democracy must take their case everywhere: to make the G20 more representative and more effective in its engagement with the voters at home as well as to friends and allies abroad. In these unhappy times, democrats world. Our collective future depends on it. will sink or swim together.

Copyright: Project Syndicate, 2017. www.project-syndicate.org Copyright: Project Syndicate, 2017. www.project-syndicate.org

MONDAY DECEMBER 03 2018 w w w .t henewdawnliberia.com N E W D A W N 5 FRONT PAGE will lead to troublesome p r e c e d e n c e i n o u r jurisprudence,” the dissenters ‘You on your own’ warn. By Winston W. Parley all,” he adds. “It may invariably spring forth the question whether the iberia’s Supreme mere proposal” submitted by says. He continues that if the Ministry of Justice can Court has denied Reps. Gray and Fallah against In addressing the House’s example set by the House is represent the House of Associate Justice Justice Ja’neh. disrespect for the Supreme anything to go by, then a party L He argues that Reps. Gray Court by its refusal to appear defending in a lawsuit that Representatives in a similar Kabineh M. Ja’neh’s petition to s u i t c o m m e n c e d f o r prohibit his impeachment by and Fallah’s petition was still for the case, Chief Justice feels he or she is not in error impeachment of a president the House of Representatives, being perused by an Ad - Hoc Korkpor says the House of will no longer file defenses in and who appears before this but two dissenting female Committee of the House when Representatives is emendable court or abide by any order of Court, challenging said justices term the court’s Justice Ja’neh “fled to this and answerable to judicial the court. impeachment,” Yuoh cautions action as “troublesome c o u r t w i t h a w r i t o f process, especially a process A d d r e s s i n g t h e further. precedence.” prohibition.” initiated by the Supreme representation of the House of The dissenters wonder if in The court’s decision on Chief Justice Korkpor says Court, citing Article 66 of the Representatives by the such a case, the Ministry of Friday, 30 November was “under the circumstance, we 1986 Constitution. Ministry of Justice in the case, Justice will represent the signed by three justices out hold that the prohibition was He recalls that the Supreme Korkpor argues that in a House of Representatives or five, inclusive of Chief Justice prematurely filed and that the C o u r t h a s e x e r c i s e d unanimous opinion, the the president. Francis S. Korkpor, Sr., alternative writ should not jurisdiction over the House of Supreme Court earlier on According to her, the Associate Justice Joseph have been ordered issued.” Representatives in several February 5, 2016 ruled in Ministry of Justice was not Nagbe and Ad - Hoc Justice He further disagrees with matters including the Grace Grace Kpan versus House of made a party in the case Boima Kontoe, a circuit Judge Justice Ja’neh’s argument that K p a n v e r s u s H o u s e o f Representatives case that the because it is an institution appointed by President George the House was in error to have Representatives; [Mary] Broh Ministry of Justice is “duty - under the Executive Branch Manneh Weah to break a tie submitted the petition for v e r s u s H o u s e o f bound to represent them” clothed with responsibility to following previous tied vote. impeachment to an ad - hoc Representatives, among because members of the give legal opinion to that Following the ruling Friday, committee instead of the others. Legislature are officers of the branch of government. m o s t r e c e n t l y r e t i r e d House Committee on Judiciary According to Chief Justice Republic of Liberia. In the jurisdiction here, the Associate Justice Philip A.Z. because it “was an internal Korkpor, the House was legally He emphasizes that Ministry dissenting Justices argue that B a n k s s a y s h e i s administrative act which obligated to obey when of Justice has the right to the traditional scheme of “disappointed” and he would cannot be sanctioned by the Chambers Justice Sie-A-Nyene represent the House of things have been to have the have decided otherwise if he judiciary.” G. Yuoh ordered issued the Representatives in this case Ministry of Justice act as legal were still on the bench He says the submission of a alternative writ of prohibition and it did not require the counsel only for the Executive because he disagrees with the expressed approval or consent Branch and not the other two ruling. He promises that he of the House. branches. would publish an expert “We hold that the writ of They insist that it cannot be opinion this week. prohibition will not lie against a subject of any rational Justice Ja’neh is accused by the House of Representatives debate that part of the two sitting Representatives of u n d e r t h e f a c t s a n d primary functions of the President Weah’s ruling circumstances of this case,” he Ministry of Justice is to defend Coalition for Democratic rules. all branches of government Change (CDC) Mr. Moses Acarus Chief Justice Korkpor, including the Legislature. Gray and Thomas Fallah of Justice Nagbe and Ad - hoc Reading further, Justice alleged proved misconduct, Justice Kontoe have voted Yuoh says the dissenters fraud, misuse of power and quashing and vacating the believe that the Court’s corruption, among others. alternative writ of prohibition support for the Justice With the decision of his issued by Justice Yuoh in Ministry’s alleged obligation to majority colleagues, Justice chambers and denied the represent the House “is Ja’neh is now set to stand peremptory writ of prohibition erroneous and legally faulty.” impeachment trial at the prayed for by Justice Ja’neh. She says where an officer of Liberian Senate in which his But Associate Justices the Republic is in a lawsuit colleague, Chief Justice Jamesetta Howard - Woloko against another officer of the Korkpor will also preside. and Sie-A-Nyene G. Yuoh had Republic, the Ministry of Justice Ja’neh sought the fundamental disagreement Justice’s representation “is on Supreme Court’s intervention with the majority’s opinion the side of the law and not to b e c a u s e h e s a i d and did not sign up to it. represent one officer of the representatives were violating Reading their dissent, Republic against another Article 43 of the Constitution Associate Justice Yuoh recalls officer.” requiring the Legislature to how in August, the House, I n r e a c h i n g t h i s prescribe procedure for through its Clerk Mildred construction, she notes that impeachment, and also petition by Reps. Gray and in the case and directed the Siryon, insolently indicated the Supreme Court firstly challenged the use of an ad - Fallah to impeach Justice House to refrain from certain that a “purported writ” issued defines “officer of the hoc committee to peruse the Ja’neh was a mere proposal, specified actions pending the by chambers Justice Yuoh government” as all those of petition for impeachment and an Ad - Hoc committee set hearing and determination of violated Article 42 and 43 of t h e t h r e e b r a n c h e s instead of the House Judiciary up to study the petition could the petition for writ of the Constitution, and advised constituting the government. Committee. have opted against the prohibition. that in the interest of In further emphasis, she But in the majority Opinion petition while perusing it in He admits that it is respect constitutional democracy and says the Supreme Court has of the Supreme Court, the committee room. for the rule of law that separation of power, that the said that a justice of the Liberia’s final arbiter of Besides, he believes that if balances and strengthens the justice vacate and avoid Supreme Court, the Speaker justice, Chief Justice Korkpor the Ad - Hoc committee had nation’s democracy, creates an e m b a r r a s s m e n t t o t h e and members of the House of s a y s “ t h e H o u s e o f recommended impeachment, enabling environment for Supreme Court. Representatives “are all Representatives did “nothing the Plenary of the House could peaceful co-existence and S h e s a y s t h i s officers of the government.” in violation of the Due Process have also voted against p r o v i d e s c o m f o r t a n d communication “still remains “We find the position of the Right” of Justice Ja’neh to c a r r y i n g o u t t h e assurance for local and foreign before the Supreme Court as it majority hilarious,” she says, warrant the granting of the impeachment. investments. has never been withdrawn” by arguing that “it is legally writ of prohibition as at the “This means that until the According to him, the the House. improper for the Ministry of time he filed the petition. Plenary of the House of insolent content of the letter On Justice Ministry’s Justice to take sides in “We see no wrong act on the Representatives acted, no written by the House of representation of the House, representing a party” when p a r t o f t h e H o u s e o f official position was taken on Representatives to the she notes that the only reason sitting Justice Ja’neh of the Representatives to warrant the petition. In order words Supreme Court did not show the Ministry was filing a brief in Supreme Court and officer of t h e i s s u a n c e o f t h e and as we see it, an respect for the rule of law, nor the case was because the the Judiciary Branch of e x t r a o r d i n a r y w r i t o f impeachment proceedings showed respect for the Supreme Court had asked it to government is contesting the prohibition,” Korkpor rules. commences at the House of J u d i c i a l B r a n c h o f do so, as provided for by law. constitutional grounds of his He argues that no bill of Representatives when the government. “We must add further that removal by the House, a part of impeachment or writ of Plenary has voted, endorsing a “This is indeed a bad this court by permitting the the Legislative Branch of summon were prepared or request or proposal or call it a example set by those who Ministry of Justice to represent government.-Edited by served against Justice Ja’neh petition to carry out the make our laws. The laws they the House of Representatives Othello B. Garblah by the House, other than “a process of impeachment,” he make require compliance by in the case as the one before us MONDAY DECEMBER 03 2018 w w w .t henewdawnliberia.com N E W D A W N 6 More headline news More headline news VP Taylor expelled from NPP Starts from back page Madam Taylor’s intention of The delegates also agreed who are not in government. extraordinary session did not Some skeptics think that the NPP is to destroy it. that a communication be sent Recently, NPP expelled have observers from the the process of Madam Taylor Program moderator Mr. Eric to President George Manneh Chairman James Biney for electoral house. and Mr. Gray’s expulsion was Ke n n e d y a n d N a t i o n a l Weah, telling him to recall the reportedly attempting to take While expelling Madam stage managed by officials of Treasurer Mr. Rudolph Cooper two expelled persons from the NPP to a meager with Taylor and Mr. Gray, the NPP the Biney faction of the NPP, were allegedly guiding NPP their governmental posts. President Weah’s Congress for faction says it resolves to citing the alleged absence of partisans on how to vote and They also agreed that rivals Democratic Change (CDC), a accept the renewal of Bomi quorum. how to debate the expulsion members to James Biney who p a r t o f t h e C o a l i t i o n County Sen. Sando D. Johnson, The NPP is believed to have argument. are occupying public offices be arrangement that is in charge Mr. Andrew Peters, Mr. proceeded in the absence of Partisans were seen having withdrawn from those offices of government. Lawrence George and former quorum and many of the key consultations either with and expelled. It is not yet known whether S e n . A b e l M a s s a l l e y ’s branded faces of the party Kennedy or Cooper before The delegates called on the t h e N a t i o n a l E l e c t i o n s memberships for the sake of were never seen at the day - being given the microphone to party to ensure employment Commission will organize the peace and harmony in the long extraordinary session speak. opportunities for members decision of the fractionized party. during which the decision was NPP partisans’ action as the The party mandates Biney taken at Bentol. decision was taken in violation to request the withdrawal of According to the NPP of the NE’s guidelines for NPP officials that are serving in Constitution, there should be political parties here. the CDC led - government who r o l l c a l l o f e x e c u t i v e By the election commission are bent on undermining the committee members to guideline, all key decisions of a progress of the government, establish legality of the event. political party should be saying it will nominate new But the likes of NPP observed by official of the partisans to those positions.-- chairman emeritus Chief Cyril N a t i o n a l E l e c t i o n s Edited by Winston W. Parley A l l e n , S e n a t o r s S a n d o C o m m i s s i o n , b u t t h e Johnson, H. Dan Morais and Standard Bearer Jewel Howard T a y l o r w e r e a b s e n t perpetually. Cllr. Cephus wants female Additionally, no senior m e m b e r o f t h e r u l i n g Coalition for Democratic Liberian lawyers on UN tribunal Change (CDC) of which the NPP iberian lawyer and is a part, had shown up for the Deputy Agriculture international courts and sitting. Minister, Cllr. Sayma tribunals around the world Prior to the decision, L Syrenius Cephus is calling on who have voiced out their embattled Chairman Biney VP Jewel Howard Taylor the Government of Liberia to opposition to the list of solely incited partisans to vote for nominate at least two male candidates for election the expulsion on grounds that qualified female Liberian a s j u d g e s o f t h e U N lawyers to the UN General I n t e r n a t i o n a l Re s i d u a l Assembly as candidates to be Mechanism for Criminal Police kill armed robbery suspect in clashes elected as judges of the UN Tribunals (IRMCT). I n t e r n a t i o n a l Re s i d u a l In a press release issued by he Liberia National deadly weapons. ensued between the criminals Mechanism for Tribunals the ADC-ICT and sent to its Police (LNP) says it “In the process, the Arm got and the officers and the (IRMCT). members around the world to Thas killed one armed discharged and one of the alleged criminals seriously robbery suspect when its thugs identified as Papa wounded one officer, the officers came under serious Massally, [aged] 27 got hit and release says in person of Vah attack by unknown men armed was immediately rushed to the Morris. with deadly Weapons on 1 JFK hospital where he was The officer was wounded on December. later pronounced dead upon h i s f o r e h e a d w i t h a n A press release issued in arrival,” the press release instrument believed to be a Monrovia says police officers indicates. cutlass which led him were responding to an incident The police authorities in unconscious. in the early morning hours of 1 Monrovia disclose that several He was subsequently taken December to rescue an armed men armed with cutlasses, to the JFK Hospital by the robbery victim on Carey Street knives and other deadly Police Support Unit back-up in central Monrovia when they w e a p o n s a t t a c k e d t h e Te a m a n d c u r r e n t l y came under serious attack by responding officers. undergoing treatment. unknown men armed with During the incident, a tussle The release further notes that the alleged criminal gangs made away with the Police mobile Radio and the keys of the Police marked vehicle to an unknown destination. The LNP urges members of the public to remain calm as investigation continues. Cllr. Sayma Syrenius Cephus The police say the public will subsequently be informed of the outcomes of the The Liberian lawyer is a circulate, the group notes that investigation. certified counsel of the the roster of judges at the “The public can be assured International Criminal Court in IRMCT lacks an appropriate that the LNP will do everything The Hague and a member of gender representation. possible to guarantee their the Association of Defence The group says the list is safeties,” the release says. Counsel Practicing Before predominantly male judges Meanwhile, the LNP is International Criminal Courts with only five women of the warning the public to desist and Tribunals (ADC-ICT), also current 22 judges on the from attacking police officers in The Hague. bench. while discharging their duties Cllr. Cephus is among a It expresses serious regre as it will not relent to arrest g r o u p o f s e a s o n e d t t h a t t h e a n d p r o s e c u t e a n y o n e i n t e r n a t i o n a l l a w y e r s c u r r e n t engaging in any illegal acts.-- a g p r a c t i c i n g b e f o r e n o m i n a t i o n s Pe11 Press release MONDAY DECEMBER 03 2018 w w w .t henewdawnliberia.com N E W D A W N 7 More headline news More headline news Mercy Corps launches youth employment project By Lewis S. Teh provides top-notch training for providing start-up capital for ercy Corps-Liberia, technicians and engineers; and innovative initiatives led by one of the major is already developing ways to the private sector. Mnon-governmental w e l c o m e i n t e r n a t i o n a l For his part, the Chief organizations (NGO) operating s t u d e n t s f r o m A f r i c a Executive Officer for Agence in the social financial services (Guineans, Sierra Leoneans Francaise de Development or sector, launches youth and South Africans). (AFD) Remy Rioux says his employment project for young he says with a total cost of 5 organization as part of its people in the country. million Euros, the Youth effort began working in Liberia The project, according to Employment Project should from 2012 to 2018, where he M e r c y C o r p s , i s b e i n g ultimately help to support says France supported the implemented in partnership almost 11,000 young people health sector in Liberia with with the Felix Houphouet- (from 18 to 35 years, 50 3.9 million USD grant to buy Boigny National Polytechnic percent being girls) in their medicines and to finance I n s t i t u t e ( I N P - H B ) o f career, providing funding for15 capacity building of the Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast companies and grant at least National Drugs Suppliers or thus, giving it an important 40 scholarships towards the service. regional dimension. acquisition of a professional According to Mr. Rioux, Speaking to reporters license from the INP-HB. AFD will support Liberia with f o l l o w i n g t h e o f f i c i a l The Mercy Corps CEO notes two grants: a 5 million euro launching at the Paynesville that with regards to the budget support already fully City Hall in Paynesville over implementation, LEEP relies disbursed and another 5 million the weekend, Mercy Corps on the involvement of Youth e u r o s f o r t h e y o u t h Chief Executive Officer Simon Opportunity Centers that are employment project. O’Connell explains the first entrepreneurship of Liberian regional system of access to already supported by Mercy The AFD boss continues that component, the Liberia youths to facilitate their higher technical education Corps, a partner on this one of the main focuses of E m p l o y m e n t a n d access to employment. within the Mano River Union. project. AFD’s contribution will be to Entrepreneurship Program Mr. O’ Connell explains Liberian students will He says the project also strengthen job creation. To this ( L E E P ) , i n c r e a s e s t h e further that the second continue their studies at the foresees creation of a youth end, AFD Group will next year e m p l o y a b i l i t y a n d component will experience INP-HB, an institution that investment fund to finance grant a new 10 million euros in microenterprises of the the youth employment sector b e n e f i c i a r i e s ( a f t e r a and consider potential projects competitive selection) and the in other sectors, including Joseph Nyuma Boakai Foundation launched establishment of partnerships private sector financing with existing incubators to t h r o u g h i t s s u b s i d i a r y By Emmanuel Mondaye c o n f l i c t r e s o l u t i o n , make available a seed fund, Proparco. he Joseph Nyuma transformative social change reconciliation and social B o a k a i ( J N B ) to improve the lives of the economic development. TF o u n d a t i o n , a Liberian people and to provide H e a d d s t h a t t h e Cllr. Cephus wants female Liberian Non-Governmental needed assistance and service, Foundation welcomes donors Starts from page 6 Organization (NGO) named especially in the rural areas. and partners who share a after former Vice President According to him, the commitment to these core before the UN General Meanwhile, Cllr. Cephus, as Joseph Nyumah Boakai has Foundation seeks to support program areas in Liberia. Assembly comprise 11 male senior member of the ADC-ICT been launched here. agricultural production, food Earlier, the Executive candidates, with no female has been officially invited to The event took place on 29 security, health care delivery, Director of the JNB Foundation candidate. attend this year’s Annual November at the Millennia education, human capacity Mr. Sylvester Grisby noted that The group therefore calls C o n v e n t i o n s l a t e d f o r Guest House in Oldest Congo building and youth and gender when former Vice President on the General Assembly to December 8, 2018 in The Town, suburb of Monrovia. development to reduce Boakai announced his decision restart the nomination process Hague for the election of its to establish the foundation, it in order to allow female leaders. generated much concerns candidates. Cllr. Cephus’ call is among Liberians, some of Highlighting the ADC-ICT contained in a press release whom had wondered as to position, Cllr. Cephus calls on issued recently 7 November in when such a foundation would the Liberian government to Monrovia. come to light. add its voice to the new debate T h e A D C - I C T i s a n He encourages Liberians for gender balance on the association of some of the both at home and abroad who court’s bench by nominating at most experienced and brilliant have the country at heart to least two qualified and legal counsels practicing make meaningful financial, e x p e r i e n c e d f e m a l e before all international courts material and human resource courtroom lawyers to the UN and tribunals around the contribution to the foundation General Assembly to be world. It is headquartered in to ensure it succeeds by shortlisted for the positions of The Hague, the Netherlands.-- implementing its vision and judges of the IRMCT in The Press release goals. Hague. Meanwhile, Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo’s proxy who declared the launch of the Foundation says with the support of national and international entities, the Boakai Foundation’s dream of poverty reduction, among Providing the vision and poverty and help build others, will be achieved. The occasion was graced by others. mission of the NGO, former peaceful and equitable The Ghanaian delegate says Deputy House Speaker Prince Crusaders for Peace Julee Vice President Boakai stressed society. the suffering of Liberians can Moye, Grand Cape Mount A n d e e p r e s e n t e d t o that the foundation has six Mr. Boakai discloses that be eradicated when Liberians County Senator Varney G. Ambassador Boakai different pillars including Agriculture, the Foundation will coordinate support the efforts of the Sherman, ANC Political Leader kinds of African made customs Education, Health, Water and with relevant agencies and foundation. Mr. Alexander Cummings, Mr. as the organization’s own way Sanitation, Youth and Gender institutions both national and He adds that the soil of Clemenceau Urey, former of identifying with the former D e v e l o p m e n t a n d international to organize Liberia is the best place for Chief Justice Glorious Musu vice president, while his wife, Environment. t r a i n i n g p r o g r a m s i n anyone to invest because a Scott, and the Chairman of the also gowned him during the He says the vision of the agriculture; contribute to p e o p l e t h a t c a n f e e d Governance Commission Dr. launcher.--Edited by Winston foundation is to drive sustaining peace through themselves can develop. Amos C. Sawyer, among W. Parley dialogues on mediation, MONDAY DECEMBER 03 2018 w w w .t henewdawnliberia.com N E W D A W N 8 Français L’ancienne Présidente Sirleaf

des infrastructures dont bénéficient ceux qui rendent parle de l'économie des jugements. Le véritable problème, selon ’ancienne Présidente, elle, c’est la mentalité des Mme Ellen Johnson - libériens qui cherchent toujours LSirleaf, a exhorté tous quelque chose de négatif dans les libériens à contribuer au tout ce que l’on fait. développement de leurs pays. Elle insiste cependant sur la Le mercredi 28 novembre à nécessité de changer de Monrovia, sur la chaîne de stratégie, d'examiner les télévision locale OK FM, Mme décisions prises par les plus Sirleaf a déclaré que pour bâtir grandes nations, de s'y adapter une économie forte, il faut des et de reconnaître le dynamisme gens qui acceptent de faire de l'économie mondiale en preuve d'une certaine intégrité mutation. dans la gestion des ressources Entre-temps, Mme Sirleaf a de leur pays. affirmé entretenir une relation « Je ne dis pas que c’était cordiale avec son successeur, M. comme ça avant, je ne veux Weah, et souhaite que tous les tenir le bœuf pour personne. Je politiciens aient une relation veux tout simplement dire que cordiale, car « nous ne sommes si nous voulons une économie pas des ennemis ». « Il faut que forte, il faut que nous nous cessions de nous battre acceptions tous d’y contribuer dans ce pays. Il faut que nous », a déclaré Mme Sirleaf. apprenions à tolérer nos L’ancienne Présidente différences », a-t-elle insisté, partage ses réflexions alors que population qui s’appauvrit sur Pour elle, la seule solution doivent participer de manière tout en exhortant les libériens à son successeur, le président fond de manque d'emplois dans envisageable est l’action active à la relance économique plus de tolérance, plus de George Manneh Weah, continue un pays où le secteur privé laisse collective de tous les fils et par le travail. p a t i e n c e e t p l u s d e de faire face à la dure réalité de à désirer. toutes les filles de la nation. Il Elle reconnait cependant collaboration, car « c’est le seul la dégradation de la situation Mme Sirleaf a averti ses faut non seulement les qu’outre le travail de tout un moyen de faire avancer le pays économique. Les prix des compatriotes qu’il n’existe pas r e p r é s e n t a n t s d u chacun, il faut des gens qui ». produits de base augmentent d e s o l u t i o n m i r a c l e à gouvernement, mais aussi tout puissent gérer les retombées Aux dirigeants, elle a chaque jour de manière l’économie. « Il n’y a pas d’une le monde, qu’il s’agisse des économiques avec dignité et demandé de cesser les incontrôlable et la monnaie solution miracle, ni un bouton politiciens, des membres de la intégrité pour le bonheur de discussions inutiles et de se locale s'est considérablement sur lequel il faut appuyer et société civile ou encore des tous les libériens. concentrer sur leur travail. dévaluée par rapport au dollar permettre à la lumière s’allumer citoyens ordinaires et des Mme Sirleaf refuse de porter Parlant de la Commission de américain, au détriment du ». ressortissants étrangers, tous un jugement sur la performance vérité et réconciliation (CVR), p o u v o i r d ’ a c h a t d e l a de l’équipe gouvernementale Mme Sirleaf a fait savoir que la dirigée par le président Weah, p l u p a r t d e s e s 1 7 9 affirmant que quand elle voit recommandations ont été mises comment elle-même a été en œuvre en fonction des Sénégal : la coalition présidentielle jugée, elle se dit que « quelque m o y e n s d i s p o n i b l e s , à chose ne va pas du tout » et que l'exception de la création du les gens ne cherchent pas à voir Tribunal des crimes de guerre. « investit Macky Sall pour un second mandat la réalité.Elle regrette, après Sur ce point, je n'ai aucune Le chef de l’Etat sénégalais Alassane Ouattara, gambien Dakar. 12 ans de pouvoir, qu’on dise préoccupation personnelle. Ma Macky Sall s’est engagé à Adama Barrow, libérien George « Le tour est joué au premier que son administration n’a rien position à ce sujet a été amener le pays « plus loin et Weah, mauritanien Mohamed tour », a lancé l’un des maîtres fait en dépit des routes que son clairement énoncée et je la plus haut », lors de son Ould Abdel Aziz et le Premier de cérémonie, résumant gouvernement a construites et maintiens », a-t-elle conclu. investiture par la coalition ministre bissau-guinéen Aristide l’objectif de la coalition au présidentielle pour l’élection Gomes assistaient à cette pouvoir. du 24 février, alors que ses conférence à la « Dakar Arena », « J’accepte la charge et je principaux rivaux sont hors un complexe sportif dans la ville m’engage sans réserve, au course pour raisons judiciaires. nouvelle de Diamnadio, à une lendemain de cette échéance Les présidents ivoirien trentaine de kilomètres de du 24 février 2019, je m’engage à intensifier nos acquis pour amener avec vous notre pays encore plus loin, encore plus haut, dans le concert des nations prospères, libres et démocratiques », a déclaré jeunesse, « l’économie sociale (2000-2012), investi par le Parti Macky Sall dans un discours de et solidaire », « l’économie démocratique sénégalais (PDS, plus de trois quarts d’heure. numérique inclusive », la opposition), a été radié des « Notre pays va entrer dans transition agro-écologique listes électorales après sa le cercle restreint des grands p o u r « s a n c t u a r i s e r condamnation en 2015 à six ans pays producteurs de gaz et de l’alimentation des générations de prison pour enrichissement pétrole, notre économie va futures » et l’industrialisation. illicite par la Cour de répression ainsi changer d’échelle », a-t-il Face à Macky Sall, au de l’enrichissement illicite indiqué, en référence à la pouvoir depuis 2012, les deux (CREI), dont les décisions ne production d’hydrocarbures p r i n c i p a l e s f i g u r e s d e peuvent faire l’objet d’un attendue à partir de 2021-2022. l’opposition, l’ex-ministre appel.Khalifa Sall, révoqué de « Ces nouvelles ressources, Karim Wade et l’ex-maire de son mandat de maire après la gérées dans la transparence et Dakar Khalifa Sall, dissident du confirmation en appel en août l’intérêt national, permettront Parti socialiste qui soutient la de sa condamnation à cinq ans d’accélérer le développement candidature du président de prison pour escroquerie, des autres secteurs productifs sortant, sont dans l’incapacité qu’il purge actuellement, ne », a assuré le président sortant, de se présenter en raison de peut miser que sur un annonçant « cinq initiatives condamnations judiciaires. hypothétique succès de son majeures » pour son second Karim Wade, fils du pourvoi en Cassation pour mandat.Il a ainsi cité la président Abdoulaye Wade espérer se présenter. MONDAY DECEMBER 03 2018 w w w .t henewdawnliberia.com N E W D A W N 9 Français

Éditorial Commentaire Par Joschka Fischer Que le gouvernement collabore avec les médias Les longs adieux d'Angela Merkel

e ministre de l'Information, des Affaires culturelles ERLIN – L'Allemagne va se trouver bientôt à la Dans les années qui ont précédé la première et du Tourisme, Lenn Eugene Nagbe, a souligné le croisée des chemins, car Angela Merkel a accession d'Angela Merkel à la chancellerie en 2005, caractère indispensable des médias libériens pour Bannoncé qu'elle allait abandonner la l'Allemagne avait à sa tête un gouvernement de L direction de son parti, l'Union chrétienne coalition (dans lequel j'ai servi comme vice- la survie de l'État lui-même. démocrate (CDU), et son poste de chancelière en chancelier et ministre des Affaires étrangères) 2021, à la fin de son mandat. Depuis 1949, le pays constitué par le SPD et les Verts. Durant cette S'exprimant mardi à Monrovia lors d'un forum intitulé n'a compté que huit chanceliers, autrement dit son période, il a fallu adapter le système de protection Medias Market Day et parrainé par l’organisation départ n'est pas un événement anodin, d'autant social allemand aux réalités de la réunification, avec Internews, le ministre Nagbe a fait remarquer que le qu'en Allemagne, un changement à la tête de l'Etat un chômage important et une nouvelle géographie paysage médiatique du Liberia est un peu différent de s'accompagne généralement de changements de économique. De même, la politique étrangère grande ampleur au niveau politique et social. allemande a pris en compte le nouveau rôle du pays celui des autres pays, car au Libéria, le gouvernement dans le contexte des guerres qui ont suivi est le plus gros annonceur, ce qui complique les La décision de la chancelière n'était pas l'éclatement de la Yougoslavie dans les années 1990 reportages des médias. entièrement inattendue. Les Allemands l'ont et elle a intégré la menace du terrorisme réélue pour un quatrième mandat en septembre international après le 11 septembre. 2017, mais il est peu probable qu'ils lui en M. Nagbe a reconnu que, étant donné que le secteur accordent un cinquième, car les électeurs Après la chute du mur de Berlin, la réunification, une privé n'est pas le principal annonceur au Libéria, la finissent par éprouver à la longue un sentiment de période de fort chômage et de réformes qui situation des médias est complexe, car les médias lassitude. Même si elle ne l'avait pas annoncé, il paraissaient ne jamais devoir cesser, les Allemands indépendants ne survivent que par la publicité. était prévisible qu'Angela Merkel accomplisse là étaient saturés de changements. L'arrivée au pouvoir son dernier mandat. de Merkel devait mettre fin à tout cela. L'ordre du jour était alors à un pragmatisme froid. L'économie Nous sommes d'accord avec le ministre à cent pour cent ; Le changement de cap de la politique intérieure et étant au beau fixe, il semblait que le soleil allait C’est une réalité au Libéria, qui ne favorise pas du tout de la politique étrangère allemande qui a lieu toujours briller et que le ciel resterait toujours bleu. une presse indépendante dynamique. Pourtant, une actuellement ne se résume pas à un simple Chapeautant tout cela, Mutti (Maman) laissait presse réellement indépendante est un atout majeur changement de dirigeant. Les ruptures simplement les choses suivre leur cours. Les pour l’État. internationales d'aujourd'hui ébranlent les électeurs allemands ne voyaient pas de raison de ne fondements même de la démocratie allemande de pas la réélire - ce qu'ils ont fait à trois reprises. l'après-guerre : à l'instigation de Trump, la Nous pensons qu’il est grand temps que le répudiation par les USA des valeurs occidentales, Aujourd'hui c'est fini, le soleil ne brille plus. gouvernement libérien, en étroite collaboration avec la sortie du Royaume-Uni de l'UE le 29 mars 2019 et L'émergence d'un nouvel ordre mondial confronte les les médias, crée un environnement propice aux l'émergence de la Chine comme nouvelle dirigeants politiques à d'importantes questions investissements privés, car c’est le moteur de la puissance mondiale. stratégiques qu'ils ne peuvent esquiver. La principale d'entre elles concerne le rôle que l'Allemagne - et croissance. Plus largement, le centre de gravité de l'économie l'UE - vont s'attribuer dans les années à venir. Dans 10 mondiale bascule de l'Atlantique Nord vers l'Asie ans où en sera l'Europe, et quelles valeurs défendra- Contrairement à la confrontation, nous sommes de l'Est. La révolution numérique, les "big data" et t-elle ? pleinement conscients que le partenariat favorisera une l'intelligence artificielle modifient notre manière atmosphère apaisée pour le bien général de tous. Mais de travailler et de vivre. Quant à l'UE, non Merkel n'offre pas de réponse satisfaisante à ce type seulement ses crises internes se prolongent, mais de questions. Avec tout son art du pragmatisme, elle c’est avec regret que nous constatons que la réalité elles redoublent d'intensité, tandis que les est devenue sa propre pire ennemie. Elle s'est basée actuelle ne semble pas militer en faveur d’une telle troubles au Moyen-Orient et en Afrique menacent sur des considérations politiciennes à court terme, coopération. Le gouvernement a tendance à se méfier sa stabilité. même pour des décisions historiques. L'arrêt des des médias qui, pour lui, n’inspirent pas confiance. centrales nucléaires, la suspension du service Cette situation, ainsi que d'autres facteurs, militaire obligatoire et la réaction face à la crise ébranlent le socle de la politique étrangère financière de 2008 ont été des mesures purement Le ministre de l'Information reconnait en outre que la allemande. Depuis des années, la stratégie de tactiques. Néanmoins il y a eu une exception, en situation au Libéria est telle que chaque agence sécurité et le modèle économique allemands se 2015 quand elle a adopté une posture morale et gouvernementale se donne des critères dans le choix des fondent sur l'intégration au sein de l'Occident et ouvert les portes à un million de réfugiés. entités médiatiques pour les publicités. Et cela est si sur son rôle au sein de l'UE. Mais les défis flagrant que le gouvernement est accusé d’user de son d'aujourd'hui exigent une nouvelle stratégie. La Sa réaction face à la crise financière a sans doute été question qui se posera au prochain chancelier sera sa plus grande erreur : elle s'est opposée à une pouvoir publicitaire pour influencer le contenu des : Quo vadis, Allemagne ?” réponse européenne commune, pour se limiter à des médias, ce qui est regrettable, selon le ministre de mesures nationales et à une simple coordination l’information. Quelle que soit la direction que prendra le pays, entre les pays de la zone euro. C'est tout le projet une chose est sûre : la transition entre Merkel et européen qui a alors déraillé, et il ne s'en est pas Il a ainsi appelé le gouvernement et l'Union de la presse son successeur s'accompagnera d'une encore relevé. réorganisation en profondeur du système des du Libéria (PUL) à travailler ensemble afin de résoudre partis. Pendant des décennies, la CDU de centre- On se souviendra sûrement d'Angela Merkel comme ce problème pour le bien de tous. droit (alliée à l'union sociale chrétienne en de la chancelière des "dividendes de la paix" et peut- Bavière, la CSU) et le SPD, le parti social- être même comme de la dernière dirigeante du Nous appelons le ministre Nagbe à prendre l'initiative de démocrate de centre-gauche, ont été les garants système des partis de l'après-guerre de l'Allemagne concilier le gouvernement et les médias afin que les de la continuité et de la stabilité politique de de l'Ouest. Mais elle laissera aussi à son successeur un l'Allemagne. Mais, à l'image des autres grands problème épineux : la crise européenne persistante. soupçons inutiles et insensés n’aient aucune raison partis politiques européens, la CDU/CSU et le SPD d’être, car l’inimitié à laquelle nous assistons sont maintenant en crise. Ce dernier perd son Il est difficile de prévoir ce qui se passera. Beaucoup aujourd’hui ne profite ni à l'un ni à l'autre. assise au point e voir son existence menacée ; de dépendra de la décision de l'Allemagne de son coté, bien qu'elle reste encore la principale poursuivre, de concert avec la France, sa mission Si les médias sont véritablement considérés comme le force politique du pays, la CDU/CSU est confrontée européenne. à un profond défi structurel. quatrième pouvoir de l’Etat, comme le disent volontiers Traduit de l’anglais par Patrice Horovitz les autorités, ils devraient être associés à chaque étape Depuis 1949, l'alliance CDU/CSU lui permet de du processus de gouvernance, tout en maintenant leur parvenir à la chancellerie en tant que principal Joschka Fischer a été ministre des Affaires statut d’indépendance afin de faire des reportages bloc des coalitions majoritaires. Mais dans une étrangères et vice-chancelier de l'Allemagne entre indépendants, équilibrés et objectifs, sans qu’ils se Allemagne élargie et réunifiée, avec 7 partis 1998 et 2005. Il a également été un important différents au Bundestag, cette alliance ne peut responsable des Verts pendant près de 20 ans. voient refuser des annonces publicitaires. plus fonctionner de la même façon.

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JanuaryWith 8, 2018 Bai M. Gbala, Sr. P E R S P E C T I V E S November 28, 2018

Public Policy . Economics . Democratic Politics . Political/Economic Decentralization . Public Dishonesty . Dual Citizenship SOURCES OF LIBERIA’S MAJOR POLITICAL CALAMITIES: ETHNIC TRIBAL BIGOTRY AND DUAL CITIZENSHIP ince the founding of the Republic of Liberia some 171 years ago in 1847, the country has been involved in social, cultural, economic and political activities of Ethnic Observations and Comments STribal Bigotry and Dual Citizenship or Nationality because these conditions or The most, profound impacts of (1), Ethnic Tribal Bigotry and (2), Dual Citizenship are felt in statuses offer excellent, attractive privileges - political-economic advantages and Liberia in the following areas of Liberian society: opportunities. But they these are, also, the sources of Liberia's most damaging, major problems of socio-economic and political difficulties which effect the majority 1) Ethnic Tribal Bigotry. of the population, the poor and under-privileged of the society. What, then, are (1), Ethnic Tribal Bigotry and (2), Dual Citizenship? a) Administration of Social, Economic Entitlements. This is found mostly in the administration of lawful entitlements such as training, education, employment, 1) Ethnic Tribal Bigotry of the African-Liberian Tradition is African Racism, housing, choice of location, etc. segregation-discrimination, tribal rivalry, jealousy, fear and antagonism bordering on hate, deeply-rooted in myths, superstitions that, often, leads b) The right to stand for election to some state offices are denied by unwritten to tribal wars. Examples of the impact are: but effectively-enforced rules of exclusion.

a) Historical denial of basic civil-political liberties with unwritten but 2) Dual Citizenship. diligently-enforced rules of ethnic-tribal and gender Exclusion; also denial of the benefits of education, healthcare, employment, housing, a) National Security. Regarding National Security, the word "allegiance" means etc.; that we promise Loyalty, exclusive and unrestrained, with lawful, binding obligation. Because citizenship carries with it, also, the responsibility and b) In yesterday's Liberia, there was the NPFL/INPFL insurgents of the obligation to be exclusively loyal to one country at a time, the concept of Dual ACDL-Civil war machine that exploited the Liberian tradition, citizenship raises questions about which of the dual citizenships have priority. exacerbated inter-tribal differences and inflamed tribal passions such This is extremely important when and where the two countries have opposing that it gave rise to the historic nightmare of the 15-year, ethnically- interests. In the case of a declared war or real threat of a conflict, for example, driven, deeply-divisive conflict of plunder, destruction and death of a our loyalty, allegiance and patriotism to the Republic preclude, should and quarter of a million Liberians, with hundreds of millions in self-imposed must preclude any other interest, be it another country or political ideology. exiles and in refugee camps in foreign lands. It can be a deadly problem when and where a dual citizen occupies a high position c) This condition rendered the Nation calamities of today Liberia, the in our Liberian Government. Can one imagine a dual citizen of an opposing resulting impact of the Conflict “deeply-rooted in superstitions, foreign country serving in the Ministry of National Defense during a conflict with segregation and discrimination” that is alive and well in 21st century that country? Today's conflicts are at Liberia's door-steps. Liberia is surrounded Liberia!! by nations with governments dominated by militant Muslim-Islamist BOKO Haran, with “weapons of Mass Destruction” which Liberia does not possess. 2) Dual Citizenship or nationality is the relationship of an individual and two But Liberia is sinking in the Cesspool of Ethnic Tribal Bigotry & Dual Citizenship. sovereign states in which the individual is citizen of the two states, simultaneously, with loyalty, allegiance and patriotism, supposedly, to the b) Political/Economic. Historically, Dual Citizens dominated and controlled two states and, in return, is entitled to the states' protection, with freedom Liberia's Political Economy and political decision-making power through and full political rights, including the rights to vote and hold public office, absolute control/domination of Liberia's Politics and Economics during the 171 among others, although citizenship is a Social Contract between the Citizen years of Country's political independence and continuing. Fabulous salaries and and the Social State based on mutually-binding commitments and related incomes generated in Liberia by Dual Citizens have been and, are being responsibilities of the state to the citizen and of the citizen to the state, transferred, regularly, out of Liberia and purchased homes, maintain families particularly, including loyalty, allegiance, and patriotism to one state at a and educate children in foreign countries, the simultaneous, second home- time. In the Liberian Context, in terms of Liberian Law (the Constitution) on countries of these Liberian, dual citizens. They travel, very often, to and from Citizenship, there is no such thing as Dual Citizenship; in that, the Liberian these countries to which they owe exclusive loyalty, allegiance and patriotism, Constitution provides that: and in which they hold and maintain fabulous bank accounts.

a) “ . . . only persons who are Negroes or of Negro descent shall qualify Cllr. Korkoya as NEC Chairman by birth or by naturalization to be citizens of Liberia” [Art. 27(b)]; The most recent case, in point, of dual citizenship is the example of Cllr. Jerome Korkoya who was appointed Chairman of the National Elections Commission (NEC) by former President b) “ . . . every Liberian citizen not less than 18 years of age shall have Sirleaf, although she (President Sirleaf) knew, very well, that Cllr. Korkoya was, and is, the right to vote …” [Art. 77(b)]; ineligible to hold the position because he (Cllr. Korkoya) is citizen of a foreign country, a c) “… only Liberian citizens shall have the right to own real property violation of Liberian statutory and constitutional law. But she did so, apparently, because within the Republic” [Art. 22(a)]; of her desire and plan to control and manipulate the functions of the NEC through malleable Cllr. Korkoya. d) “Persons, … one of whose parents was a citizen of Liberia at the time of the person's birth, shall be a citizen of Liberia; provided that … such Moreover all, almost, registered, recognized Political Parties, Leaders and practicing person, upon reaching maturity, renounces any other citizenship politicians and attorneys, including the Nation's Supreme Court, supported and continue to acquired by virtue of one parent being a citizen of another country …” support the illegal appointment of Cllr. Korkoya as Chairman of the NEC, for obvious (Art. 28); reasons.

e) “… only citizens of Liberia … are eligible to become members of the In fact, our recent research information of the declared/approved candidates for President (national) legislature” (Art. 30); and of Liberia and the sitting, retiring President showed the following, for obvious reasons:

f) “No person shall be eligible to hold the office of president or vice Retiring President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, UNITY Party (?), Doubtful president (of the Republic) unless that person is a natural born, Liberian 1) Vice President Joseph Boakai, UNITY Party, Liberian Citizen citizen …” [Art. 52(a)]. 2) Cllr. Charles Brumskine, LIBERTY Party, Doubtful 3) Senator George Weah, CDC COALITION, US Citizen Given the foregoing constitutional requirements, it is important that we, in Liberia, seek 4) Mr. Benoni Urey, ALP Party, Doubtful to amend and/or repeal the relevant provisions of the Constitution with the proviso 5) Dr. Mills Jones, MOVEE Party, US Citizen that laws are made to be amended and/or repealed in the event that the socio- 6) Mr. Alexander Cummings, ANC Party, US Citizen economic and political conditions that gave rise to the enactment/passage of such 7) Dr. Henry Fahnbulleh, Jr., LPP Party, Doubtful laws are not, any longer, valid, because of emergence of socio-economic changes and 8) Senator Prince Johnson, MDR Party, Liberian Citizen needs of the country in 21st century, world economy. 9) Ms. Macdella Cooper, LRP Party, US Citizen 10) Jeremiah Whapoe, VOLT Party, US Citizen In this respect, let us recall that Laws made by individuals in society are designed to 11) McDonald Wento, UPP Party, US Citizen define and regulate, equitably, human interactions and relationships in order to protect and preserve society's vital interests, and that as these interactions, Of the 11 politicians seeking the presidency of Liberia and the retiring, sitting President, 6 relationships and vital interests change over time, law must, inevitably, change or 50% are US citizens, 4 or 33% are in doubt, while 2 or 17% are Liberian citizens. Thus, the correspondingly. reason that “politicians” were, and are, in support of the illegal appointment of Cllr. Jerome Korkoya as Chairman of the NEC. To protect and secure the self-interests of the very few!! Ethnic Tribal Bigotry and Dual Citizenship, however, are imposed constraints that are, also, violations of law combined into a single condition in the interest of a very few Dual Citizenship versus the Masonic Craft and the single source of Liberia's major political difficulties - socio-economic and In the Liberia of today, Dual Citizenship has replaced the Masonic Craft as the symbol of political problems. preferred social standing, economic and political success within the socio-political Class for MONDAY DECEMBER 03 2018 w w w .t henewdawnliberia.com N E W D A W N 11 which represents about 85.8% of the total cost of the Project. Kuwaitis to the rescue The Fund's Loan will cover about 17% of the total cost of By Othello B. Garblah discussion on the loan the Project, or of about 20% of t h e f o r e i g n e x c h a n g e op officials from the a g r e e m e n t f o r t h e component of the costs of the oil rich Middle East d e v e l o p m e n t a n d Project. nation of Kuwait rehabilitation of the Port of T The Project is also being arrived in the country on Greenville in Sinoe County. financed, together with the Sunday December 2, 2018 to Brief backgrounds Fund, by the Saudi Fund for hold several meetings with On March 21, 2016, a Loan Development with loan in the officials of the George Weah’s Agreement was signed in amount of about 5.88 million g o v e r n m e n t a i m e d a t M o n r o v i a b e t w e e n t h e Kuwaiti Dinars representing reinforcing their involvement Government of Liberia and 20% of the total cost of the with Liberia’s reconstruction Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Project, the OPEC Fund for process in the areas of roads Development. As part of the International Development and ports rehabilitation. deal the Fund was expected to with loan in the amount of The delegation comes at extend a loan of Kuwaiti Dinars about 5.88 million Kuwaiti t h e t i m e t h e W e a h five million (KD.5, 000,000/-) Dinars representing 20% of the administration is seeking loans (i.e. equivalent to about 17 total cost of the Project, the and assistance here and there million US$) to help finance the A b u D h a b i F u n d f o r for the construction of a Gbarnga – Salayea Road Development with loan in the coastal highway and other Project. amount of about 4.41 million road and bridge projects in The Loan Agreement was Kuwaiti Dinars representing central Monrovia. signed on behalf of the 16.8% of the total cost of the The Kuwaitis through the Government of Liberia by then Project, and the Arab Bank for Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Finance and Development Economic Development in Development signed several Planning Minister Amara Africa with loan in the amount loan agreements with the McGill. Konneh and on behalf of the been ongoing, while other of about 2.61 million Kuwaiti government of Liberia for the The delegation will hold a Fund by Mr. Ghanem Sulaiman a g r e e m e n t s r e m a i n e d Dinars representing 10% of the construction of roads and the technical discussion with the A l - G h e n a i m a n , D e p u t y uncompleted with both nations total cost of the Project, while rehabilitation of the Port of Infrastructure Implementation Director-General of the Kuwait finalizing negotiations to put the government will provide Greenville, as part of efforts to Unit (IIU) at the Ministry of Fund for Arab Economic pen to paper. for the financing of the rest of strengthen the bilateral ties Public Works on projects and Development in attendance The Kuwaiti delegation the project costs. b e t w e e n b o t h n a t i o n s review available projects. was Mr. Thamer Al-Failakawi, which comprises of five top On December 10, 2012, a following the opening of the The Kuwaiti delegation will Regional Manager for West officials will be in the country Loan Agreement was signed Liberian Embassy in Kuwait visit project sites, and are African countries at the Fund. for 13- days and are expected between Kuwait Fund for Arab City by former President Ellen expected to sign an agreement The Project consists of to meet with the Ministers of Economic Development and Johnson-Sirleaf during a two which will lead to the construction works to attain an Finance Development Planning the National Port Authority. day state visit on June 15, implementation of the Phase II all-weather asphalted road of Mr. Samuel Tweah, Public The Kuwait Fund was to make a 2010. of the Konia-Voinjama road. an approximate length of Works, Mabutu Nypan and the loan of Kuwaiti Dinars (K.D.) 4 Most of these projects have Minister of State Mr. Nathaniel The delegation will also hold about 81 km and a width of 7.5 m. (with 1.5 m. shoulders on million (equivalent to about each side) between Gbarnga U.S. $ 14 million) to assist in and Salayea. The Project also financing the rehabilitation Publishers denounce includes construction works of project of the Port of drainage facilities, re- Greenville. A Guarantee Starts from back page Dollars. “It can be recalled that the construction or rehabilitation Agreement relating to the as witch hunt. But the PAL says it believes National Chairman of the of bridges, protection, safety Loan was also signed between The PAL sees this scheme by that any investigation in such a Coalition for Democratic and environmental protection the Government of Liberia and the House as an attempt to grave national crisis should be Change (CDC) Mulbah Morlu is facilities, as well as the Kuwait Fund. impress the international a holistic process that would on record to have stated that consultancy services to review The Project aims at community while the real improve credibility of the he saw two pick-up loads of the detailed design and supporting economic activities state actors remain untouched country’s governance system money leaving the compound supervision of construction, in the south eastern regions of in the alleged missing billions instead of singling out few of the Central Bank of Liberia, and institutional support, and Liberia through meeting the scandal. individuals to impress the money he claims were some of land acquisition. The Project is increasing demand on shipping Journalist Browne who runs international community. the alleged missing 16 expected to be completed by and exporting products of the local daily Hot Pepper was The PAL strongly believes billions,” the PAL reminds the the end of 2019. regions' natural resources, invited to provide evidence t h a t o t h e r p r o m i n e n t House of Representatives. The total cost of the Project particularly lumber, palm oil following his comment on OK individuals, who also made “While it is true that we is estimated at about 9,095.51 and iron ore, through the Port FM last month that about 15 informed comments about the cannot question the motive of billion Liberian Dollars, the o f G r e e n v i l l e , a n d b y lawmakers were allegedly alleged missing money should the [Legislature’s] parallel equivalent of about KD. 28.921 improving the quality of bribed to authorized the rightfully form part of this investigation into this money million, of which the foreign service, efficiency and printing of 10.5 billion Liberian investigation. scandal, PAL thinks it’s just fair exchange is equivalent to security of the Port. t o i n c l u d e e v e r y o n e about KD. 24.821 million, particularly key state actors,” the PAL release says. It wants former and current officials along with those who have made public comments a b o u t t h e i r k n o w l e d g e concerning the money scandal to be included in the probe rather than just going after journalist Browne simply because he mentioned the names of some members of 53rd Legislature who are within the 54th Legislature. PAL also believes that in order to restore public c o n f i d e n c e i n t h e s e investigations, investigative reports such as the findings of the Special Presidential Investigative Team (PIT) set up by President George Manneh Weah to investigate the same case should be published.-- Press release eTwhe French Version Inside N TDRULYa INDwEPENDnENT VOL. 8 NO. 215 MONDAY, DECEMBER 03, 2018 PRICE LD$40.00 With Emmanuel B. Juduh VP Taylor expelled from NPP

NPP expelled Madam Taylor and Mr. Gray, also a former Vice President of Liberia, from the party on allegations of taking the NPP to court, grossly violating the party’s constitution and bringing it to public disrepute. Madam Taylor’s estranged husband, now imprisoned former President Charles Ghankay Taylor led the NPP to victory in a 1997 election at the end of Liberia’s brutal civil war in which Mr. Taylor controlled rebel faction National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL) in the 90s. She has been the NPP’s standard bearer without contesting the presidency in By Bridgett Milton Howard Taylor and John Gray past elections before she was faction of the are hereby expelled from the picked as President George National Patriotic Party for willfully, grossly and Manneh Weah’s running mate AParty (NPP) loyal to knowingly violating several in 2017 on a coalition ticket embattled Chairman James provisions of the party’s comprising the NPP, Weah’s Biney has expelled party constitution in keeping with Congress for Democratic Standard Bearer and Vice section 6.1 of the by-laws and Change (CDC) and former President of the Republic of constitution of the party,” the House Speaker Alex Tyler’s Liberia Madam Jewel Howard NPP’s resolution dated 1 Liberian People Taylor. December says. Democratic Party a g “That partisans Jewel The Biney faction of the (LPDP) and won. Pe11 Publishers denounce selective justice h e P u b l i s h e r s In a press release issued A s s o c i a t i o n o f over the weekend, the PAL says House of Representatives is TLiberia (PAL) is the decision of the House to proceeding “by selectively denouncing the House of invite one of its member, Hot inviting individuals” to appear Representatives’ act of Pepper newspaper Publisher to provide explanation and selective justice by singling Philipbert Browne and certain evidence concerning the out few individuals for individuals and leaving out missing billions. inquiry into the alleged major state actors that have It warns that the House’s missing LRD$16 billion, while also made straggling public action is counterproductive to other key state actors revelations on the missing tenets of transparency and including ruling party billions raise eyebrow. accountability, which is Coalition for Democratic The PAL says it is especially n o w s e n d i n g Change (CDC) chair Mulbah baffled and deeply troubled by negative signal to a g Morlu remains untouched. the manner and form the the outside world, Pe11

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