Originally Published in April 2018 By: Wonderr K. Freeman, Attorney-at-Law, Monrovia, Liberia Members of a hitherto unknown group, the Patriotic Entrepreneurs of Liberia (PATEL), in February of 2017 made quite a name for themselves when they shut Monrovia down over three days. Overnight, the group became important enough to hold talks with the Government of Liberia (GOL). Holding talks is a political issue, and it can