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 keep up with the game. When the Ellen/Rob show was over, Alex Tyler quickly switched over to the man who had the country at “heart”. Well, that man end up pillaging and looting the country and leaving soon thereafter – to his other country, France.

During the Rescue Mission, Alex Tyler again resurfaced on the Rescue Train, and naturally people were apprehensive, given Tyler’s track record. But the Rescue Mission’s rank and file (including the likes of “Rescue Rambo“) assured Liberians that there was nothing to worry about. Grandpa Joseph Boakai (aka Rescue-1) had everything under control. Um-hum, the wise old man! The logic was candidate Boakai only wanted “votes”, and that there was nothing wrong with “dancing with the devil” and any other shady character(s). But, for sure, when it comes to governance, Boakai was going to keen people like Alex Tyler and PYJ as far away as possible. That was the campaign promise! Fast forward to today, the government is yet to take off and we have PYJ vetoing Boakai’s decision and forcing a reversal (twice for that matter). And we have Alex Tyler sitting pretty on the Boakai’s vetting committee – deciding who can and cannot get an appointment (see FrontpageAfricaonline, Jan. 29 2024 edition). In fact, according to FrontPage at least 5 Senators are on the Committee – including Nyonblee, Dillon, Biney & Moye.

Welcome to Liberia, where human rights advocates and mass murderers share common cause

What’s wrong?

1. Constitutional violation – Our Constitution says clearly: … Consistent with the principles of separation of powers and checks and balances, no person holding office in one of these branches shall hold office in or exercise any of the powers assigned to either of the other two branches. Now you have Senators, who should do “Confirmations Hearings”, trying to decide who gets appointed to the Executive Branch (a violation of art 3). It appears that the likes of Dillon (the Light?) and Nyonblee see nothing wrong with a “little violation” of the constitution. After all, it’s much smaller that what George Weah and the CDC did. Our constitution is being butchered; I wonder where is Kofi Woods? Having coffee with PYJ and PYJ Jr (aka JKK)?
2. Broken campaign promise – we were right in Liberia, and we know what was said – that people like Alex Tyler & Co, would only provide votes but would not be invited to the governing table. Of course, the argument was laughable, but I’m only reporting what was said at the time.
3. Rubber stamp confirmation hearings – there is a reason why the Constitution provided for separation of powers between the three branches. To ensure that there can be checks and balances. It was said that George Weah destroyed Liberia so badly that Boakai must “rescue”. Now Boakai is actively courting the likes of Alex Tyler to help him implement his anti-corruption strategy. If this sounds crazy, hello?!! Of course it is, after all you are in Liberia.
4. Politics of Strange Bedfellows – Deacon Boakai made it clear that we would “dance with the devil”. Now, we see that devil-mentality infiltrating the entire government. We see people like Kofi Woods working hand-in-hand with PYJ (strange bedfellows?) and we see Dillon (the light?) forging common cause with Alex Tyler on Boakai’s appointment committee. How come our man, “the light”, is now equally yoke with the undisputed Corruption King Kong? Maybe, it’s their time to eat? Now the Nyonblee-Dillon Senate will end-up surpassing Weah’s CDC 99.9% confirmation clearance. With the rate at which the Nyonblee-Dillon Senate is going, they just might achieve perfection, with 100% confirmation clearance. Hahaha, the Liberian people have just been fooled twice and this time the shame is not on the scammers. Talk about rubber-stamp senate? Well, it’s DeJa’Vu. Welcome to Liberia, the home of strange bedfellow politics – approved by none other than coalition partners Kofi Woods and PYJ.

Liberian laws that were possibly violated

• Liberia constitution (1986)
  • Article 3

Other violations

• Unity Party Campaign Platform (2023)
  • Governance and Rule of Law (Pillar 4)
  • The Fight Against Corruption (Pillar 6)

Wonderr K. Freeman, Liberian Investment Attorney, Political Economist, Accountant, and Certified Financial Crimes Specialist (CFCS), currently based in Minneapolis, USA. Mr. Freeman professional interests spans the intersection of law and economics – including political economy of development, economic justice, international trade/investment law and financial crimes law. He can be reached at [email protected].