Africa-Press – Liberia. The University of Liberia campus-based students’ political party, the Student Unification Party (SUP) has petitioned the Government of Liberia to dismiss the minister of Finance, Samuel D. Tweah for corruption.
In a 20-points petition presented to the government, SUP demanded that Pres. Weah must immediately dismiss Finance Minister Samuel D. Tweah for his inability to account for over US$ 24.8 Millions of the National Road Fund as clearly outlined in the General Auditing Commission (GAC) 2021 report.
The students’ political party also amongst other things demanded that Pres. Weah immediately dismisses all those recently sanctioned by the US government for gross human rights violations and corruption and mandates the Ministry of Justice to prosecute them in line with the laws of Liberia. See the full petition below.
Petition
We the Liberian people, through the indomitable Vanguard Student Unification Party (SUP), bring you warm revolutionary greetings from the 31st Central Committee and Politburo of the SUP.
We the people of Liberia assemble on this ground today to petition your leadership- the government of Liberia on a series of issues confronting us and the Liberian state, especially the political and socio-economic problems which have significantly deteriorated the learning environment in our country and have further created harsh living conditions for our people. We want to categorically express our displeasure with the current state of affairs of our country which is being expressed in bad governance, corruption, sexual and gender-based violence against young women and girls, economic challenges, and injustices. These harsh conditions are being reflected in our daily lives as many of us go to bed hungry while many more continue to languish in poverty, unemployment, and destitution thus leaving us in perpetual hopelessness. Amidst these difficult conditions, we’ve come here today in fundamental fulfillment of our constitutional rights to peaceably assemble and to freely express ourselves as guaranteed in the constitution of the Republic of Liberia.
Therefore, we the people under the banner FIXTHECOUNTRY implore you to act timely in solving these problems as a means to strengthen the country so that it works for all citizenry and creates create prosperity and dignity for all.
It’s against this backdrop, that we, the people of Liberia under the able leadership of the Vanguard Student Unification Party-SUP demand your government to act in the following directions to avert the challenges of the Liberian people and to transform the lives of the Liberian people
Therefore; herein demand the following:
To the government of Liberia headed by President George Weah, we the Liberian people under the leadership of the Vanguard Student Unification Party submit this petition with a resolved demand for effective and immediate redress. We must also state that we’re growing impatient and hope the state will act now to listen to our counts and issues. We want to assure the government and people of Liberia that we will engage the government consistently until it listens to our issues and provide redress for all our concerns
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