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Africa-Press – Liberia. <\/strong><\/span>Presidential hopeful Cllr. Taiwan Saye Gongloe\u2019s supporters say Nimba Senator Jeremiah Koung is deceiving voters by announcing support for establishment of a war and economic crimes court.<\/p>\n

The Gongloe supporters contend that Mr. Koung, running mate of Liberia\u2019s opposition leader Amb. Joseph Nyumah Boakai, has no record of supporting war crimes court.<\/p>\n

Mr. Koung is the political leader of the Movement for Democracy and Reconstruction (MDR), founded by former Liberian warlord, now Nimba Senator, Prince Y. Johnson.<\/p>\n

The campaign to establish a war and economic crimes court often irritates Senator Johnson, notorious for overseeing the brutal murder of then-sitting President Samuel Kanyon Doe during the civil war.<\/p>\n

There is no public record if Senator Johnson and Mr. Koung shared the same thoughts regarding the call for Liberia to establish a war crimes court.<\/p>\n

Notwithstanding, the \u2018Gongloe Youth Movement\u2019 (GYM),<\/p>\n

a group of youthful volunteers from across the country supporting Cllr. Gongloe presidential, insist that Mr. Koung is announcing support for war crimes court because he wants state power.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis statement is not just a deception, but a call to blindfold the electorate to buy into their deception and falsehood to treat them as they have been treated by President Weah,\u201d GYM alleged.<\/p>\n

The Gongloe supporters argued that there is no guarantee that Mr. Koung will support a war and economic crimes court when he has no record of supporting it in the past.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can\u2019t trust him even when his political godfather consistently frowns on people that call for the court,\u201d they added.<\/p>\n

Recently, Senator Koung pledged his commitment to the establishment of the war and economic crimes court.<\/p>\n

Senator Koung indicated that he supports the court\u2019s establishment so that all Liberians that committed war crimes and crimes against humanity can account for their wrongs.<\/p>\n

In reaction, GYM National Chairman Mr. Ephraim T. Nyumah described Senator Koung\u2019s commitment as a political rhetoric that is intended to fool the electorate.<\/p>\n

In an exclusive telephone interview with the NewDawn Newspaper Thursday, 11 May 2023, Nyumah said while he supports the establishment of the court, he disagrees with its continued politicization.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe first thing I want to say is that the call for the establishment of the war and economic crimes court can\u2019t be used by politicians or people who [are] … \u2018beneficiaries of [a] spoiled system\u2019 to score political goals,\u201d said Nyumah.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis call from Senator Koung is a rhetoric, deception, and diabolical lie to secure state power,\u201d Nyumah continued.<\/p>\n

He alleged that Koung\u2019s mission for his political marriage with the main opposition Unity Party is to save his political leader Mr. Johnson from being prosecuted.<\/p>\n

He alleged that this was what they did with incumbent President George Manneh Weah and former President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn 2011, Senator Johnson supported President Sirleaf …, he also supported President Weah. With all those collaborations, Liberians saw how [the] leadership failed to establish the court and betrayed the Liberian people,\u201d Nyumah argued.<\/p>\n

Judging from the past, Nyumah contended that there is no guarantee that a Boakai administration will establish a war and economic crimes court when Senator Johnson supports the Noakai-Koung presidential ticket.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Liberia. Presidential hopeful Cllr. Taiwan Saye Gongloe\u2019s supporters say Nimba Senator Jeremiah Koung is deceiving voters by announcing support for establishment of a war and economic crimes court. The Gongloe supporters contend that Mr. Koung, running mate of Liberia\u2019s opposition leader Amb. Joseph Nyumah Boakai, has no record of supporting war crimes court. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":36313,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,12],"tags":[233,237,234],"class_list":["post-36315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-liberia","tag-liberia"],"yoast_head":"\n\u2018Koung deceiving voters\u2019 - Liberia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Presidential hopeful Cllr. 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