Month: August 2024

Law & Governance, Politics & Society

A Constitutional Rewrite, not an Amendment; That’s What Liberia so Desperately Needs.

By Wonderr K. Freeman, Attorney, CFCS About a month ago, I wrote the article: Liberians must demand a new constitution before 2029 to end the naked greed of the budget mafia clan (https://wonderrfreeman.com/liberians-must-demand-a-new-constitution-before-2029-to-end-the-naked-greed-of-the-budget-mafia-clan/law-governance/07/). It’s been exhilarating to hear chatters in the media about the need to relook at our Constitution. However, in these chatters, I frequently find that ‘constitutional amendment’ gets mixed up with the call

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Law & Governance, Politics & Society,

Nobody Stupid Here: A Response to Our National Legislature Sweet Talk on Systems Audit

For your information Nyonblee-Dillon, Fonati-Fallah, Liberia has systems in place. We have a constitution, statutes, regulations and institutions to enforce and implement our laws. It is you, our political leaders, who refused to follow the laws and systems that are already in place. So, you think that when you say “systems audit”, then you will be let off the hook. As you envisage in your limited understanding, with a “systems audit”, you can just say: “Okay, our corruption is no big deal; it’s just some little systems issues that we are going to fix soon!

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