{"id":58171,"date":"2024-05-23T17:11:38","date_gmt":"2024-05-23T17:11:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/with-boakais-assets-recovery-team-under-scrutiny-activists-call-for-a-reset-in-corruption-fight"},"modified":"2024-05-23T17:57:57","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T17:57:57","slug":"with-boakais-assets-recovery-team-under-scrutiny-activists-call-for-a-reset-in-corruption-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/with-boakais-assets-recovery-team-under-scrutiny-activists-call-for-a-reset-in-corruption-fight","title":{"rendered":"With Boakai\u2019s Assets Recovery Team Under Scrutiny, Activists Call for a Reset in Corruption Fight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Liberia. <\/strong><\/span>Soon after his inauguration President Joseph Boakai became the latest Liberian leader to announce new initiatives designed to root out corruption. After decades of endemic corruption, with few attempts to hold accused officials accountable, most Liberians decided to wait and see whether President Boakai would deliver.<\/p>\n

So, the apparent implosion of his boldest anti-corruption initiative \u2013 an Assets Recovery Task Force \u2013 just two months after it was set up, has dealt a blow to public confidence in his efforts according to transparency advocates.<\/p>\n

In early May, Emmanuel Gonquoi, Boakai\u2019s appointment as chair of Physical Asset Recovery of the Task Force, resigned. A few days later a letter from Martin K.N. Kollie, one of the 15 members of the Asset Recovery and Property Retrieval committee that oversaw the Task Force, also resigned. A leaked letter from Kollie then appeared on Facebook accusing Cllr Edwin Kla Martin, the committee chair, of potential corruption.<\/p>\n

Among the accusations were that, from an initial $750,000 budget, Martin had signed an office lease agreed for $321,200 and a billboard rental of $9000 a month with no discussion with other committee members.<\/p>\n

Transparency advocates say this is not what the public needed to see at the start of this administration.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe first thing is that it has demotivated a lot of people who had trust in the committee,\u201d said Eddie Jarwolo, Executive Director for Naymote Partners for Democratic Development, a Liberian transparency watchdog. \u201cThey have to make sure that they build public trust.\u201d<\/p>\n

Andersen Miamen, head of the Center for Transparency and Accountability in Liberia, said he wanted to see the government make a strong statement now before it is too late.<\/p>\n

\u201cDissolution of the committee will be one,\u201d said Miamen, \u201cbut going back to say, \u2018We made some errors on those we have on the committee\u2019 and make the necessary changes so that you bring the level of independence \u2013 that is if you decide to maintain the Task Force.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gonquoi refused a Front Page Africa\/New Narratives request for a comment on his resignation, but in an earlier interview, he gave a hint to Front Page Africa\/New Narratives of his frustration in the role. \u201cWe might not be able to prosecute anybody at any given point in time,\u201d Gonquoi said. \u201cPart of the reason why people have lived in this country with impunity is the way our laws are created.\u201d<\/p>\n

But Gonquoi said he was committed to the job which he believed would have major consequences for Liberia.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are investigating very serious cases, and when we finally announce the impact on Liberia will not just be getting millions of dollars and getting properties back into the country,\u201d said Gonquoi, \u201cWe\u2019re going to have a psychological environment where people in government believe that I am not to steal from government. I have to live within my income.\u201d<\/p>\n

The committee and its Task Force hit opposition from the start. Intended to \u201cinitiate criminal prosecution and civil litigation on behalf of the Government, return confiscated assets to Liberia upon adjudication, and place travel and other restrictions on all individuals identified as suspects while undergoing investigation for stolen and suspicious assets,\u201d according to the order, the Task Force\u2019s Physical Assets Recovery Division made front-page headlines for seizing the assets of numerous outgoing public officials, including 20 vehicles, before its actions were put on hold by the Supreme Court. Many former officials claimed the vehicles were privately owned.<\/p>\n

Before this month\u2019s public meltdown, many leaders and experts had criticized the Task Force. House Speaker Cllr. Fonati Koffa, and other political leaders, particularly from the Weah administration, had accused the Task Force of conducting witch hunts and eliminating the statutory authority of the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC), the country\u2019s independent anti-corruption watchdog.<\/p>\n

Emmanuel Gonquoiduring an asset recovery and inspection exercise. Credit: Spoon FM<\/p>\n

Massaquoi argued the Anti-Corruption Commission, along with the Financial Intelligence Agency and the Ministry of Justice, already had responsibility for seizing stolen assets.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat is the essence of setting up a committee that will take away the function of the LACC and the Financial Intelligence Agency along with the Ministry of Justice?\u201d he asked. \u201cWhy don\u2019t you use the statutory provision or law to go after those stolen assets if you believe there are stolen assets?\u201d<\/p>\n

Others were critical of the makeup of the committee.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think we are short of counselors with integrity in this country, but I thought it was important that the president shouldn\u2019t have used Cllr. Martin simply because it could create a problem and look where we are,\u201d said Lawrence Yealue of Accountability Lab. Martin had been the chair of the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission before it was overhauled by the Legislature. His efforts to prosecute Weah government officials accused of corruption had led opponents of the Task Force to say he was biased against the former president\u2019s political allies.<\/p>\n

But Yealue did not think the problems at the Task Force would derail President Boakai\u2019s efforts to stamp out corruption.<\/p>\n

Cllr. Jonathan Massaquoi, of the International Law Group. Credit: Massaquoi<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t see this as damage,\u201d Yealue said. \u201cI think this is a wakeup call that the president should now understand that what we are faced with in this country is a deeply rooted issue and need to engage the LACC. Strengthen the asset recovery arm of the LACC to be able to do the work and do it on a long-term basis.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yealue agreed with Miamen of CENTAL that the president could remedy the situation with a genuine apology. \u201cI think one of the attributes of any serious leader is to admit when you go wrong. When you can admit and correct and don\u2019t go back to it \u2013 that is the strength of any good leader. I think the president is faced with the point where he needs to have asset recovery in a different format.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lawrence Yealue, executive director of Accountability Lab-Liberia. Credit: Yealue<\/p>\n

Boakai\u2019s Assets Recovery Team was not the first effort to try to claw back assets from outgoing government officials. President Weah established the Assets Investigation, Restitution, and Recovery Team in 2019 to recover embezzled property and bring charges against suspected corrupt officials. Nothing came of it. No publicly available information exists that shows what was recovered and whether any officials faced charges. Indeed, the Team and Weah\u2019s commitment to stamping out corruption became something of a joke when Cllr. Syrma Syenius Cephus, solicitor general and chair of the team was forced to resign after the United States government-imposed sanctions on him for corruption.<\/p>\n

Cephus\u2019s co-chair, Cllr. Arthur Johnson had already raised a flag by resigning a year into office, citing the Weah administration\u2019s \u201clack of political will\u201d and official institutions\u2019 resistance to cooperating in the evidence-gathering process. Johnson declined to speak with reporters in April, saying, \u201cI don\u2019t want to get involved with anything\u201d before hanging up.<\/p>\n

The Weah administration was a low point for corruption in Liberia. The country dropped from 32 points out of 100 in 2018, on Transparency International\u2019s Corruption Perception Index, a widely recognized measure of corruption, to 25 in 2023. Liberia ranked 145th out of 180 nations and territories in the world, according to perceptions of public sector corruption.<\/p>\n

One key reason for the fall on the Index was the inclusion of seven Weah administration officials and legislators on US sanctions lists. Some were forced to resign while others persisted in office. There has been no effort to investigate them. Nathan McGill and Bill Twehway, key officials in the Weah administration who were forced to resign after being listed, went on to win election to the Senate.<\/p>\n

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