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Monrovia – Wednesday’s torrential downpour could not derail the women’s plan to carry on their sit-in action. They prostrated in a straight file on the sidewalk before the Ministry of Foreign Affairs where the Office President George Weah is located demanding an end to intimidation and violence against women, especially in politics.
They came under the banner ‘Women of Liberia On Women’s Peace and Security’.
Their protest was one intended to draw the attention of President Weah and the nation to their disgust to the recent waves of violence and brutality meted against women without any perpetrator being brought to book.
Even President Weah, they believe, has been one of the instigators of violence against in recent time. Read more...
Liberian President George Weah has proposed reducing term lengths for members of the executive and legislative branches of government.
Under his plan, the president and representatives would serve five years instead of six, while senators would sit for seven years rather than nine.
The idea, says Presidential Press Secretary Smith Toby, is to push officials to begin serving the people from the day they assume office, rather than putting off work until the close of their terms.
As he put it, “if you start [work] immediately on election day “[knowing] that you’ve got five years, you will not play around. They will start work immediately upon their election.”Read more...
Monrovia – Widespread condemnation has followed the latest violent turn of events in Montserrado County District 15 which is once shrouded in electoral violence after Ms. Telia Urey, one of the candidates in the disputed Representatives’ by-elections and her supporters came closed to meeting their deaths Saturday.
Ms. Telia Urey told a news conference Sunday that the bloody attack Saturday led to the damage of her bullet-proof Toyota Land Cruiser and injuries to she and several of her supporters who had gone to visit the headquarters of another candidate in the recently-held elections. Read more...
BY TQ HARRIS
And then there's the Judiciary - the third leg of the mighty tripod that holds up our democracy!
Weaknesses within the Legislative and Executive branches of Government are often discussed extensively and are well documented. But what about the Judiciary? How has it contributed to Liberia's backwardness, underdevelopment, and lack of progress? With constant criticism of the Judiciary coming from within and outside, it is fair to say that this branch of Government is also weak and problematic. As a result, Liberia continues to suffer and is unable to operate at its full potential. The Judiciary must examine itself and reassess its role in the building of this nation. Read more...
(So who am I to empathize with you as the Frankenstein monster you created comes consuming you to distract the attention of the public from its plundering of the treasury?)
People who have a sense of history and saw through the incompetent gang in the CDC talked to you, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and other members of your cabal to abandon the plan of fraudulently imposing this boy and his assortment of spavs on the country knowing full well the consequences of such manoeuvre. They held long and serious discussions with you and predicted rightly all that is happening today and urged you to abort such plan but you were consumed in arrogance and selfishness and went on to do so against their pieces of advice. All of you listen not! You were resolved to steal the democratic verdict of the people for your preferred candidate. For you and Ellen, it was never about the destiny of the country; it was never about the country’s interests but rather about creating the condition where the inordinate wealth primitively accumulated from the people would have been protected with impunity and every effort to establish a commission of inquiry to probe impropriety done under your stewardship be killed. Read full letter...
More than 15,000 Liberian civil servants have not been paid for months, government and judicial sources said Wednesday, reinforcing concerns over graft...
Monrovia (AFP) - More than 15,000 Liberian civil servants have not been paid for months, government and judicial sources said Wednesday, reinforcing concerns over graft and economic mismanagement under President George Weah.
Former footballer Weah, elected last year, has come under fire for alleged corruption as well as spiralling inflation in the West African state still emerging from two civil wars. Read more...
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Women Protest against Continuous Violence, Intimidation against Female Political Actors
Liberian President Wants to Shorten Terms for Legislature, Executive
Liberia: Widespread Condemnation, Reactions Follow Bloody Day in District 15
TOWARD A BETTER LIBERIAN JUDICIARY
Liberia: No Sympathy For You! An Open Letter To Amara Mohammed Konneh
Graft fears as Liberia civil servants go unpaid
