By Wonderr K. Freeman, Attorney, CFCS Originally Published in March 2023 Liberia is awash with talks about Joseph Nyumah Boakai’s pick of running mate. As the logic goes, once Mr. Boakai chooses his deputy, then the election is over. That’s the popular refrain, though pushed around without any “polling data” to back up this claim. I’m not one of those who think so. By the way,
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By: Atty Wonderr Koryenen Freeman Originally Published in March 2014 The United States Government (USG) Human Rights (HR) Report (2013) recently summed up a grim indictment of Liberia’s fight against corruption. According to the USG HR Report (2013), the Liberian Anti Corruption Commission (LACC), the Liberian Government lead agency in the war on graft, during the year (2013), “received 25 cases, investigated 23 cases, and recommended
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Originally Published under a pseudonym – in June 2019 No one doubts that President George Weah is a master dribbler. He has the medals to show for this claim. And in the political realm, master dribbler Weah has also exhibited quite some dribbling skills on the likes of Brumskine, Tubman and Sirleaf. In politics, however, a dribbler is view quite unfavorably, more as a schemer. And
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Originally written under a pseudonym – February 2021 Big men rule Africa – and mostly to the detriment to the average citizens. The judicial system, which ought to bring some solace to the common man never ceases to disappoint. As these big men ruin the countries they are entrusted with, they are simultaneously blaming colonialism, neo-colonialism, the multilateralism, globalism, the WTO, the World Bank, the IMF,
Find related articles hereBy: 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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