By: Wonderr K. Freeman, Attorney Originally Published in February 2017 It’s January 6, 2006, the mood in Liberia is festive and upbeat. A war-ravaged nation had just upended the whole of the African continent and jumped the queue to produce the first elected-female president ever on the continent. I admit that I was certainly a part of that enthusiastic majority hoping to see a new Liberia,
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Originally Published in August 2016 By: Wonderr Koryenen Freeman, CFCS, Attorney-at-Law, Monrovia, Liberia The Speaker (or former Speaker) of the Liberian National Legislature (Parliament), Honorable Alex J. Tyler, Representative-Bomi, a man known for smooth-sailing turbulent political waters, is now fighting for his dear political life. His less-than-friendly break-up with the ruling Unity Party has left some unfinished political scores that must be settled. Honorable Tyler has
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Originally Published in November 2012 By Wonderr K. Freeman Introduction The Liberian Legislature calls it “An Act to Sustain Democracy Through the Public Funding of Political Parties, Coalitions and Alliances, Providing for [an] Annual National Budget Appropriation to Political Parties, Coalitions, Alliances and Independent Candidates – abbreviated as the Democracy Sustainability Act. The rest of Liberia thinks it should rather be called the Act to Legalize
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Originally Published in October 2013: https://africlaw.com/category/contributors/wonderr-freeman/ By. Wonderr K. Freeman On 13 October 2013, leaders of African states meet in Addis Ababa to consider a possible withdrawal from the Rome Statute creating the International Criminal Court (ICC). African leaders do not find favour with the ICC’s pursuit of Kenya’s “big men”- President Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto. The AU draws links between the indictment
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By: Wonderr K. Freeman, CFCS, Attorney. Liberia votes come 2023. If you ask internet sensation, “Jacob Doe”, or “grammarian” Jefferson Koijee, there may be in fact no need for election. It should rather be a coronation of King George I. George Weah himself thinks he’s Liberia’s best “Prezo” ever. And most diehard CDC partisans (i.e., CDCians) gladly agree. Why not? After all, he’s Liberia’s black “diamond”,
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The idea of public funding of political parties is already well established in many vibrant democratic nations around the world. For example, it’s done in South Africa, England, Germany, the Netherlands and in most of Europe. Other places where it is done include the Philippines, Hong Kong, New Zealand, USA, Canada, and most of Latin America
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