Category: Politics & Elections

Musings of a Liberian nonconformist :
Law & Governance, Politics & Elections,

Back to the “Imperial Presidency”: Unity Party’s Unsavory Assault on Ellen Sirleaf’s Defining Legacy           

By: Wonderr K. Freeman, Attorney, CFCS In Africa, it is common practice to see a leader purposely trying to undo the legacy of his/her predecessor. Often, that happens when an opposition leader takes the helm of power. If anything spells the legacy of Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf’s presidency, it is the plethora of government institutions whose officials were given fixed contractual terms (a.k.a. tenure). This was one of

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by D.Name.U.Know13 Min Reading
Politics & Elections

The resurfacing of Alex Tyler & Co and the politics of strange bedfellows

By. Wonderr K. Freeman, CFCS Whoever thought Alex Tyler, the man widely derided in Liberia as Corruption King King, would resurface in Liberia’s political structure? Yeah Alex Tyler, you heard me right, the man from “Oil Block 13 consultations” and the same man from “BigBoy 1 & BigBoy 2 [mining license] scandal”. Alex Tyler, a real “gbanna man” has been forging and reforging alliances to just

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by D.Name.U.Know5 Min Reading
Law & Governance, Politics & Elections, Regional & Global

Rethinking Law Enforcement and Public Prosecution in Liberia – The Only Fitting Response to Recurring Targeted US Sanctions (Part 2)       

Authors: Wonderr K. Freeman & Marc N. Kollie This series tackles the delicate subject of the failure of law enforcement and public prosecution in Liberia, which explains why the US government (USgov), lately, seems to prefer targeted sanctions (much to the liking of the public). Whereas, in part one, we focused on law enforcement, in this part two of the series, we focus on the failure

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by D.Name.U.Know17 Min Reading
Law & Governance, Political Economy, Politics & Elections,

Rethinking Law Enforcement and Public Prosecution in Liberia – The Only Fitting Response to Recurring US Sanctions (Part 1)

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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by D.Name.U.Know10 Min Reading
Law & Governance, Politics & Elections, ,

The Farmington Whitewash: Five+ Years of Political Violence Under President George Weah Cannot be Wiped Away So Easily             

By: Wonderr K. Freeman, Attorney, CFCS     Originally Published in April 2023 President George Weah of Liberia fancies himself as a “man of peace”. And that he was ultimately elected President, I would suppose many Liberians also thought so. I suppose ex-President Ellen Johnson equally thought so when she made him “peace” ambassador. Or maybe she was “buying” the peace, since the only group carrying out repeated

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by D.Name.U.Know10 Min Reading
Political Economy, Politics & Elections, ,

The Costs and Consequences of Dancing with the Devil; The Case of Liberia’s 2023 Election

Wonderr K. Freeman, Attorney, CFCS      Originally Published in June 2023 As Liberia marches toward October 2023, there is both hope and anxiety in the air. On the one hand, it’s clear that they will finally be able to dump their celebrity President who, after 6 years, is still clueless about the job. After voting for “Hope for Change” or “Change for Hope”, Liberians are facing hopelessness

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by D.Name.U.Know15 Min Reading

MUSINGS of a Liberian Nonconformist

Commentaries on Liberian Law, Governance, & Political Economy

“ It would be absurd, if Manes can live without Diogenes, but Diogenes cannot get on without Manes. ” Diogenes of Sinope, Greek Philosopher