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: 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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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 Wonderr K. Freeman, Attorney, CFCS Originally Published in April 2023 In 1980, in his famous “Redemption Song”, the Jamaican reggae legend, Bob Marley sang the lyrics: “Emancipate yourself from mental slavery; none but ourselves can free our minds”. This song, was seemingly based on the speech of another renown Jamaican and pan-Africanist, Marcus Garvey (1937), who said in [Nova Scotia, Canada]: “We are going to
Find related articles hereBy: Wonderr K. Freeman, CFCS, Attorney Originally Published in February 2023 Liberia votes come 2023. There are, ostensibly, many great speeches about the necessity of free and fair elections – from the opposition, as well as the ruling party. But in truth, free and fair election is a process – not an event. Those who are waiting for October 2023 to ensure free and fair elections
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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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