Africa-Press – Liberia. Says criminal conspiracy at LPRCCDC Chief Scribe Jefferson Tamba Koijee accuses the ruling Unity Party of plotting to hijack the 2029 elections
The Secretary General of the opposition Congress for Democratic Change (CDC), Jefferson Tamba Koijee, has accused the ruling Unity Party (UP) of orchestrating what he calls a “criminal conspiracy” at the Liberia Petroleum Refining Company (LPRC), a scheme he believes is designed not only to defraud the nation, but also to manipulate the 2029 elections.
Taking to his official Facebook page on Wednesday, Koijee condemned what he described as an “assault on the Liberian people,” accusing LPRC Managing Director, Amos Tweh, who is also Secretary General of the Unity Party, of bypassing public procurement laws to import petroleum products without an international tender, secretly.
“This is not just mismanagement. It is a deliberate criminal conspiracy designed to rob the nation of hundreds of millions, enrich a small circle of Unity Party loyalists, and quietly prepare the ground to rig the 2029 elections,” Koijee charged.
He pointed to violations of the Amended and Restated Public Procurement and Concessions Act, which mandates that all government procurement, involving public funds, must go through the Public Procurement and Concessions Commission (PPCC).
“Amos Tweh has brazenly violated this law by secretly importing petroleum products without any international tender. This is a direct assault on the Liberian people,” he stated.
Koijee posed several pointed questions to the Unity Party leadership and national stakeholders: Was this petroleum importation contract, valued in the hundreds of millions, subjected to the PPCC process? What is the annual value of this contract, and how many years is it set to run? Which company was handpicked behind closed doors to benefit from this shady deal, and what are the terms? Was a PPCC “No Objection” ever obtained, as the law requires?”
“The truth speaks for itself,” Koijee wrote. “Amos Tweh and his Unity Party cartel are using the LPRC as their private bank, looting public funds and enriching themselves while the majority of our people struggle to buy a cup of rice or a gallon of gasoline.”
“This is not leadership. This is organized economic gangsterism, carried out under the disguise of governance,” he added.
The former Mayor of Monrovia accused the ruling party of preparing to use LPRC funds as a “war chest” for the 2029 elections and warned that the Liberian people will not sit by quietly.
“Enough is enough! Liberia is not for sale to a cartel of greedy men, who think state power is a business venture,” Koijee said. “We will not remain silent while they mortgage our future.”
He continued with a rallying call, “Let the nation and the world hear this loud and clear, the Liberian people are not asleep. They will resist with every fiber of their being.”
“This country belongs to all of us, not to a handful of thieves hiding under the Unity Party banner. Rise up, Liberians. Expose them. Challenge them. Reject them. They may control institutions today, but they will never control the will and determination of a people who demand justice and accountability.”
As of press time, the Unity Party chief scribe and LPRC Managing Director, Amos Tweh, had not issued a public response to Koijee’s claims.
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