PHOTO: Team Gongloe’s poster of the Liberian Lawyer
By Alfred Kollie, alfredkolliejr92@gmail.com
The Chairperson of Team Gongole, Cllr. Jimmy Saah Bombo has said Liberia and Liberians will not be beggars under the Presidency of Cllr. Tiawon Gongole, if elected come 2023 elections, although the Bar Association’s President is yet to publically declare his intention to join the race.
According to Cllr. Bombo, the Gongloe led government will take deliberate actions aimed at increasing food production and food sufficiency in Liberia to reduce the current high level of dependency on food imports noting that rice for human consumption accounts for over 80 percent of imports in Liberia.
Cllr. Bombo noted that in a better Liberia under the leadership of Cllr. Gongole, the government will make capital investments in the agriculture sector to ensure self-sufficiency in food production across Liberia.
Speaking at the weekend (Friday September 10, 2021) when the team published ten objectives to be presented to Cllr. Gongloe in the quest of building a better Liberia, the group said there will be a zero tolerance for corruption under a Gongloe-led government within the first 100 days.
They also said that there will be non-interference with the functions of the judiciary and the police and reconciliation, national healing, and unity will be the cornerstone for the promotion and maintenance of national cohesion in Liberia.
‘’There will be zero tolerance for corruption under a Gongloe led Government. Within the first 100 days a thorough review of all audit reports done by the GAC will be carried out. That review will determine prosecutions and make recommendations on those that may be statute barred. The administration will commission routine audits including lifestyle audits of all public servants,’’ Cllr Bombo explained in the document.
The Chairperson of Team noted that a bill will be submitted to the legislature to make interference with the judiciary and police by government officials a felony with in hundred days and Fostering the building of an equitable, fair, sustainable, transparent, accountable, and merit-based society on the foundation of rule of law and respect for human under the Gongloe administration.
‘’We shall ensure absolute non-interference with the functions of the judiciary and the police. Without an independent judiciary, peace will not be sustained, local and foreign investors will be reluctant to invest because their investment will not be protected by the courts. The police must enforce the laws of the country without fear or favor. There will be no selective application of the laws both by the police and the court. Anyone in the Executive Branch who interferes with judicial functions will be summarily dismissed. In the first 100 days of a Gongloe administration a bill will be submitted to the legislature to make interference with the judiciary and police by government officials a felony’’ He said.
Cllr. Bombo maintained that a chronic deficit of leadership characterized by greed, a thirst for illicit wealth and self-interest, as opposed to the welfare of the nation is a significant factor for the current state of Liberia.
Team Gongloe howeve, expressed disappointment on the issue of disparity between a cabinet minister’s salary and the lowest paid civil servant and the continue construction of modern and big houses despite the hardship in the country by top officials of CDC the government.
‘’The poor continue to get poorer and even those who previously had are getting poor. Now is the time to show that Liberia can be a better place for all Liberians without discrimination or preferential treatment. Now is the time to make every Liberian know that all Liberians have equal share in the corporation called Liberia. A Gongloe administration can change the situation for a better Liberia. This is not a speculation or an empty dream. Cllr. Gongloe’s track record of honesty and dedication to the cause of a better Liberia, even under risky situations, over the years, is well-known to all Liberians,’’ Cllr. Bombo concluded.