{"id":799,"date":"2021-08-21T16:48:43","date_gmt":"2021-08-21T16:48:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/ultimatum-for-public-officials-assets-declaration-again-as-lacc-promises-protection-for-whistleblowers"},"modified":"2021-08-21T17:09:15","modified_gmt":"2021-08-21T17:09:15","slug":"ultimatum-for-public-officials-assets-declaration-again-as-lacc-promises-protection-for-whistleblowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/ultimatum-for-public-officials-assets-declaration-again-as-lacc-promises-protection-for-whistleblowers","title":{"rendered":"Ultimatum For Public Officials\u2019 Assets Declaration Again? \u2026As LACC Promises Protection For Whistleblowers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\">Liberia<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nThe Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC) has given public officials a two-month grace period to declare their assets commencing from September 1, 2021.<br \/>\nAddressing a press conference since he officially took over as the Chairperson of the Commission, Edward Kla Martin said it is anticipated that all public officials adhere to the grace period.<br \/>\nMeanwhile, Chairman Martin said to date, 59 public officials have declared their assets with 16 percent of the total number being a representation of females while 84 percent are males.<br \/>\nHe disclosed that the LACC\u2019s enforcement division has begun investigating the National Transit Authority, the Liberia Water and Sewer Corporation, the Roberts International Airport and the National Port Authority.<br \/>\nThe LACC boss said the absconding of the former Port Manager of Buchanan City is yet a rumor as the investigation will commence and if the communication gets no prompt response, the Commission will forward the matter to the Ministry of Justice.<br \/>\nCllr. Martin assured that all those to be investigated when found liable of corrupt acts in spite of their locations will be traced and brought before justice even if it means through extradition.<br \/>\nCllr. Martin said US$ 18, 000 out of the US$ 199, 800 has been voluntarily restituted through the court regarding the case involving Munah Sieh, the former police boss along with others in the misapplication of funding intended to purchase police uniforms.<br \/>\nThe New Executive Chairperson told the press conference that records in his possession showed that the Commission has 73 cases including audit reports and assured that all the reports will be investigated.<br \/>\nMeanwhile, the LACC\u2019s Executive Chairperson is calling on the Press Union of Liberia, Civil Society Organizations as well as whistleblowers to aid the Commission in driving its mandate noting, \u201cThis is a collective battle if we are to see our country redeemed.\u201d<br \/>\nHe therefore announced that the two hotlines for the public are 0555395728 while the talk free line on this network is 4048 and the Orange number\/toll is 0775600050 thereby assuring that the whistleblowers will be protected under the Whistleblowers Act.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Liberia. The Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC) has given public officials a two-month grace period to declare their assets commencing from September 1, 2021. Addressing a press conference since he officially took over as the Chairperson of the Commission, Edward Kla Martin said it is anticipated that all public officials adhere to the grace [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":798,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5,8,12,16],"tags":[233,237,234,317,316],"class_list":["post-799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-liberia","tag-liberia","tag-public-officials","tag-whistleblowers"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ultimatum For Public Officials\u2019 Assets Declaration Again? \u2026As LACC Promises Protection For Whistleblowers - Liberia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC) has given public officials a two-month grace period to declare their asse ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/ultimatum-for-public-officials-assets-declaration-again-as-lacc-promises-protection-for-whistleblowers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ultimatum For Public Officials\u2019 Assets Declaration Again? 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