Authors: Wonderr K. Freeman & Marc N. Kollie News of additional sanctions by the United States government (USgov) on Liberian public officials have been greeted with the usual glee (i.e., opposition supporters), and scorn (i.e., by ruling party stalwarts). Liberians have a love-hate affair with corrupt politicians. They love to vote for corrupt politicians in a transactional voting system, and then when they do not get
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Wonderr K. Freeman, CFCS, Attorney Fighting corruption is clearly a legal matter. In Liberia, unfortunately, there is a long history of ruling elites “playing politics” with the fight against corruption. In Liberia, the appearance of fighting corruption is far more important than actually fighting corruption. If one looks at the way things play out in Liberia, it’s not far-fetched to say that “to appear” to be
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