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Monrovia-
ontserrado County Senator George M. Weah

and Youth Sports Minister Eugene Lenn Nagbe
were strong political rivals as during the 2011
general and presidential elections Nagbe who
was once a staunch member of the Congress for Democratic
Change (CDC) crossed over to the Unity Party and vigorously
campaigned for the re-election of President Ellen Johnson
Sirleaf.
Kindly note that the Ministry of Youth and

Sports has been informed by the Ministry of
Finance and Development Planning, through
the transmittal of the FY 2014/2015 National
Budget, that the National Legislature made
absolutely no appropriation for the hosting of
the 2014-2015 National County Sports Meet.
Additionally, in spite of vigorous efforts, the
Ministry of Youth and Sports was unable to
secure any sponsorship arrangement for the
meet, Minister Nagbe stated in his letter.
During the 2011 campaign, Nagbe was accused of releasing
damaging information about Weah including a purported
letter in which Weah was said to be planning to support war in
Liberia. On the other hand, the home of Nagbe was attacked
with petrol bomb and accusing fingers pointed at partisans of
the CDC.
The Unity Party triumphed over the CDC with the support
of Nagbe and others in 2011 and again during the just ended
2014 special senatorial election, Nagbe campaigned for the
candidacy of Robert Sirleaf who contested against Weah and
others but this time Weah came on top of Nagbe winning the
election which propelled him to the Liberian Senate.

In what appears to be a renewal of their rivalry, Senator Weah
in a letter dated February 18, 2015 requested Minister Nagbe
to appear before a committee at Senate to answer to complaints
from some senators about the un-readiness of some counties
for the 2014/2015 National county Sports Meet.
I present my warmest complements and wish to inform you
that the Liberian Senate constituted a committee on February
12, 2015 to investigate the National 2015 County Meet. The
action was prompted by a compliant from a senator about the
un-readiness of several counties and venues. Other senators
also expressed several concerns including benefits for winning
teams, preparation package and a project or program to be
known as the legacy of the tournament, stated the letter signed
by Senator Weah.
The letter further invited Minister Nagbe to appear before the
committee with relevant documents to provide explanation on
the matter.
Continued the letter In view of the above, the committee
requests your presence along with other parties in charge at a
public hearing on Friday, February 20, 2015 at 2:00 PM in the
conference room of the Liberia Senate. Please bring with you:
copies of the 2015 county meet budget; list and obligations of
sponsors; timetable and venue; list of prizes to be awarded to
teams and players; and any other document necessary for the
meeting.
No budget, redirect energy
Minister Nagbe in response to the communication from
Senator Weah who wrote on behalf of a committee informed
the senator that the Ministry of Youth and Sports has no budget
for the year 2015.
Kindly note that the Ministry of Youth and Sports has been
informed by the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning,
through the transmittal of the FY 2014/2015 National Budget,
that the National Legislature made absolutely no appropriation
for the hosting of the 2014-2015 National County Sports Meet.
Additionally, in spite of vigorous efforts, the Ministry of Youth
and Sports was unable to secure any sponsorship arrangement
for the meet, Minister Nagbe stated in his letter.

Minister Nagbe further indicated that the Ministry has informed
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf about its inability to host the
National sports festivity due to the lack of funding.
In what many legislative observers are describing as a harsh
response, Minister Nagbe informed the Senate committee
to redirect its energy towards making preparations for the
2015/2016 National budget.
It is therefore my advice that the committee refrains from
proceeding with its hearing into the feasibility of an activity
which is not budgeted for nor projected to be executed. I urge
that the committee redirects its energy towards preparing
for appropriation in the 2015/2016 National budget so that
the Ministry of Youth and Sports can again organize and
implement a National County Sports Meet with the grandeur
deserving of such a national event, Minister Nagbe told the
Senate Committee.
Some Legislators believe that Minister Nagbe should appear
before the Senate committee to provide the explanation
instead of informing the committee to redirect its energy,
some describing it as an affront to the committee and the letter
written under the signature of Senator Weah.
Others also hold the view that the Legislature should have
known that there is no budgetary allocation for the hosting
of the 2014/2015 National County Sports meet rather than
inviting Minister Nagbe to provide explanation.
Despite the lack of budgetary allocation for the event, the
communication signed by Senator Weah also informed
Minister Nagbe to provide other information besides budgetary
allocation such as sponsorship for the event, which perhaps
justifies the invitation for the Minister to appear before the
committee.
It is believed that there could be a renewal of the political
rivalry between Senator Weah and Minister Nagbe soon.
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FrontPage COMMENTARY
EDITORIAL A BIG BLOW TO THE FIGHT
Commentary
PATHOLOGIST SELECTION,
DELAY REPORT COULD
INTENSIFY SUSPICIONS
OVER ALLISONS DEATH
THE MYSTERIOUS DEATH of Atty. Michael Allison, a key
witness in an ongoing Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission
(LACC) investigation continues to raise eyebrows in Liberia
and even beyond with suspicions that he might have been
murdered based on his whistleblowing role but all the mixed
beliefs are yet to be proven.
ALLISON WAS FOUND dead on a beach in Monrovia with
the body mutilated and an eyewitness account has narrated that
following the mans death on Thursday evening, his body was
abandoned on the beach even though the Liberian National
police was alerted and had knowledge about the incident but
failed to take the body for safe keeping.
THERE IS WIDESPREAD public perception that some big
hands might have been involved with the death of Allison for
fear that he could have exposed wrongdoings in a transaction
involving US$25,000 payment made by the National Oil
Company of Liberia (NOCAL) through the National Legislature
for legal consultation on draft laws for the reform of the
emerging oil sector of Liberia.
ALLISON IS SAID to have accordingly alerted the LACC after
a check of US$25,000 was issued in his name when he had
performed work for US$12,000 and this made him a key part
of the LACC investigation into the matter until his mysterious
death, leaving the investigation in limbo.
FOLLOWING HIS DEATH, the Government of Liberia through
the Ministry of Justice contracted a Sierra Leonean pathologist
without public pronouncement and Dr. Simeon Owizz Koroma
has already performed an autopsy on the body of the late Allison.
ON TUESDAY, DR. Koroma left the country after completing
his work with the report said not to be submitted to the Ministry
of Justice yet although the pathologist has since departed the
country.
AMID WIDESPREAD PUBLIC belief that the late Allison was
murdered in an attempt to destroy evidence ahead of further
investigation into the US$25,000 saga, the selection of the
pathologist solely by the government is already casting doubt
on the ability of the pathologist to perform an independent work
void of manipulation.
WITH DR. KOROMA whose work has already been questioned
by the Maryland County Bar Association, a local association of
lawyers hailing from Maryland County, further delay by the
government through the Justice Ministry in releasing the autopsy
report will further heighten the already high suspicion looming
over the circumstances surrounding the death of Allison.
DR. KOROMA IS believed to still be performing the autopsy
after carrying out initial work and departing from Liberia on
Tuesday and delay in completing the report to be followed by
release could create room for more suspicions.
AS LIBERIANS ARE still in doubt over the death of Allison,
the most prudent thing to do is to quickly complte the autopsy
report to give the public an idea of what actually led to the death
of Allison.
WE STRONGLY BELIEVE that any delay in completing and
releasing the report will leave the public with more questions
and the government may soon find itself fighting to clarify
issues that could easily be avoided through the quick release of
the report.
THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD act quickly to avoid
unnecessary noise over the credibility of the report by ensuring
that the contracted pathologist complete his work and letting the
report out to the public.
AGAINST CORRUPTION IN LIBERIA

Martin K. N. Kollie, Youth Activist, martinkerkula1989@yahoo.com, Contributing Writer
he mystifying death of Cllr. Michael N. Allison is panicking

and scaring for our emerging democracy after going
through a dark era of vindictiveness, cruelty, butchery and
despotic execution of innocent lives. His sudden demise
is creating serious apprehension among Liberians far and near. I
have been pondering over this atrocious incident since its occurrence
and I am yet to unknot my skepticism about this untimely loss. I am
wondering what or who may have killed this self-sacrificing patriot
whose ultimate interest was to stamp out all forms of corruption within
public service. The death of this whistle-blower is initiating societal
pandemonium as we catalog another gloomy history of atrocity and
mayhem in a post-conflict country that is still struggling to expel its
shady past of tribalism, sectarianism, and vandalism.
The death of Cllr. Allison is a serious setback to the current fight
against corruption in Liberia. This inhumane episode has given more
zeal to economic vampires and old-time micro-felons to intensify
their ambitious campaign of looting state coffers and pillaging public
interest. Can this loss be a victory for corruption and corruptors? This
question seems too difficult to answer right now, but one thing that
is crystal-clear is that, no matter how long corruption invades our
society, we as a nation and people shall subdue its devastating effects
one day. The road to defeating this societal menace may seem too
long and unsteady, but with collective courage and determination, we
are going to achieve a triumphant end. Vampires and Vultures may
oppose us during our steadfast campaign to fight corruption, but our
resilience and rigidity to alarm against illegitimate acts will make
public trustees more accountable and transparent to those they serve.
Rampant corruption is not a new phenomenon to Liberia. It has
been eating up every sphere of our nation for 167 years now. This
systemic pandemic continues to undermine genuine development and
socio-economic growth even after 15 years of civil intolerance and
instability. The effect of corruption is more devastating than cancer,
HIV/AID, and Ebola. The fight against this virulent social disorder
did not just begin today, but long before its colossal maturity. This
unethical practice has grown even larger to an extent it is not only
hampering development but it is also hunting men and women of
honesty and integrity who have made it their lifetime duty to blow
loud whistles against it. Liberia has a longstanding legacy of public
ill-transparency and dishonesty and even up to date, situations of
corruption are becoming horrible as pillagers remain restless about
witch-hunting whistle-blowers and silencing anti-graft actors.
The culture of impunity has been a contributing factor to the sharp
increment in the number of new corruption cases. When political
vultures and economic vampires embezzle and misuse state
resources, they are not made to account for these resources simply
because of their high-ranking statuses in government. Sometimes,
cases of corruption with sufficient proofs are compromised as a
result of political machination. The lack of political will has been
a major challenge to our current warfare against corruption. If we
truly intend to promote a society of integrity and honesty, we must
begin to impartially prosecute all corrupt officials of government
who are instigating this act. It makes no sense to exercise selectivism
when indictees of corruption are made known. Our courts and judges
today are vulnerable to bribes and all forms of inducement. Some
of them are money-driven and integrity-drained. As a result of this,
perpetrators of corrupt practices become not guilty even though there
are available facts to prove otherwise. The weak and corrupt legal
system of our country is providing a fertile ground for corruption and
if rapid interventions are not made to overhaul our judiciary sector,
corruption will forever remain a major enemy to reckon with.
In 2013, it was not a surprise for Transparency International to have
labeled Liberia as the most Corrupt Country along with Mongolia on
planet earth. It was the first time ever in our history for such a global
anti-graft institution to rank us in such a category. This investigative
report was somehow shocking to few Liberians, but it was realistically
based upon prevailing indicators. Beside this disturbing news, the
Liberian government was heavily criticized for its inability to make
corruption public enemy number one. Furthermore, enough effort
not being made by this regime under Madam Sirleaf to vigorously
tackle the issue of corruption. Corruption cannot be fought or dealt
with through rhetoric. The fight against corruption must come along
with sincerity, commitment and loyalty. Our nation can never win
this fight through empty words but through concrete actions. There is
multiplicity of genuine corruption cases lingering without prosecution
as doers move about freely.
Ambassador Deborah Malacs assertion made in 2014 was
accurate when she said corruption is harming Liberians and
creating unnecessary costs of products and services that are already
difficult for many Liberians to afford. The hyper inflation of basic
commodities and towering exchange rate are hindering economic
growth and development as a result of corruption. Economic sabotage,
mismanagement of funds, and misappropriation are common acts
of corruption currently impeding public welfare. The US State
Department 2013 Human Rights Report on Liberia indicate that low
pay levels, minimal job training, and few court convictions have
exacerbated corruption and helped to foster a culture of impunity.
Furthermore, judges are susceptible to bribes to award damages in
civil cases. How far is the conflict of interest case involving former
Auditor General Robert L. Kilby and General Services Agency
Director General Pealrine Davis-Parkinson?
The death of Cllr. Michael N. Allison, who was a major witness in
an ongoing corruption case of US$25,000 involving House Speaker
Alex Tyler and Representative Adolph Lawrence, must elevate a
turning point in our collective fight against corruption. Our nation
is bleeding currently due to this gruesome death. Some prominent
citizens have met their mysterious end like Michael N. Allison and
nothing has ever come out of their deaths up to now. The fight against
corruption begins with protecting whistle-blowers against potential
intimidation, harassment, and death. It is not enough to establish
integrity institutions such as GAC and LACC, but government must
go beyond this level to provide maximum security and safety for antigraft stakeholders who are risking their lives to expose misconducts
in society. Corruption will never end in Liberia until this mechanism
is given due consideration. Economic Vampires and Vultures will do
all they can to shutdown and silence critical voices of integrity, but we
can only crush their sinister agenda by legislating a whistler-blower
act.
Even though the Liberia National Police does not have the
sophistication to investigate this high-class case, but it has prematurely
come up with preliminary findings. According to the LNP, Cllr.
Michael Allison died as a result of drowning. What is the empirical
reliance of this report? The Police was in total error to have released
findings so early without comprehensive investigation. This matter
is crucial and no one, not even investigators from the national police
force should overlook our collective courage to ensure the source
of Cllr Allisons death. Furthermore, we have learnt with regret
that there is a Sierra Leonean Pathologist currently examining the
corpse of Cllr. Michael Allison. This investigation is beyond Sierra,
including other African Countries. I am not a stranger to this continent
and many at times important cases of such nature are compromised.
We want to call for the establishment of an independent international
investigative committee comprising of professionals from other
continents and not Africa. A Pathologist from Brazil or Canada could
be more independent than a Pathologist from Sierra Leone.
The death of this fearless anti-corruption actor must reshape our
pattern of dealing with this public enemy (Corruption). This terrifying
incident has taught all of us an unforgettable lesson as we proceed to
building a new Liberia. May we use his death as a source of courage
and inspiration to remain relentless against our adversaries. His
homegoing is really painful and heart-aching. As our nation mourns,
we want to demand a speedy investigation into this matter. This
disturbing occurrence must provoke the attention of the UN, EU,
AU, USA, ECOWAS, MRU, Amnesty International, Human Rights
Watch, Transparency International, Carter Center, and all reputable
institutions whose mandate is firmly hinged to uncompromising
values of integrity, transparency, accountability, and justice. We
also want to propose to the 53rd National Legislature of Liberia to
promptly enact a whistle-blower law.
THIS IS CERTAINLY going to be long standing argument into

the selection of Dr. Koroma and the outcome of his work since
there is as of now no public pronouncement on how Dr. Koroma
was selected, those involved his selection process and the input
of the family of the late Allison in the entire arrangement that
brought him to Liberia to perform the autopsy.
It is incumbent upon the government to come clear in providing
sufficient explanation on how Dr. Koroma was selected to

perform the autopsy as it will help to reduce the public perceptions
regarding foul play.
The selection of Dr. Koroma any delay in completing and
releasing the report will create more problems than solution in
the Allison deaths debate and we caution the government to act
swiftly in averting further noise.
Truth crush to the ground will rise again! Rest in peace Cllr. Michael
N. Allison as we pursue the real cause of your death.
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NOCAL LAWYER
WHISTLEBLOWER IN
25K OIL SAGA DEAD
GEORGE K. FAHNBULLEH TOP COMMENTER

Let me guess, there will be no autopsy. No forensics. No nothing. The
government of Liberia is a Continuing Criminal Enterprise.
GBANAY BAI ROBERTS COMMUNITY RELATIONS OFFICER
AT LIBERIA PETROLEUM REFINING COMPANY
Why should there be an autopsy in this case Fahnbulleh? The cause of
death is very known. He died from drowning. He has gone to swim.
DAH-NU MIANYEN CUTTINGTON UNIVERSITY GRADUATE
SCHOOL
Hmm..... Day will still break! Light overcomes darkness and so will this
case be.
BENJAMEN QUAYE TOP COMMENTER UNIVERSITY OF
LIBERIA
How is this a homicide when an eye witness says he drowned? "...
according to accounts from a woman whose identity is sealed claiming
to be a girl said, she came out with the decease on beach around late
evening hours adding that after a while he [Cllr. Allison] decided to swim
in the ocean. According to the young lady, after few minutes she saw him
drowning adding that she cried out for help and the security next door
came to her aid and called a Brazilian man who had a speed boat to get
him out of the water which they did but he did not survive." Don't get me
wrong. This could have been a homicide if the eye-witness saw people in
the water who inflicted the drowning. Short of that, how have we jumped
from a supposed accidental drowning to an alleged homicide?
SAMUEL COLE TOP COMMENTER WORKS AT UNIVERSITY
OF MINNESOTA MASONIC CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
Exactly, the writer quotes an eyewitness but yet describes it as a murder. I
am confused! Are people reading the story or just commenting.
ALEXANDER TROKON SHELTON TOP COMMENTER
The death of Cllr. Allison should raise more concern at this time then
never before relative to dealing with NOCAL and Legislature. No one
is above the law and if said event have occurred during an ongoing
investigation, it should place both parties concerned in the spotlight. If
our lawmaker and NOCAL will not be transparent at this time were we
at laying the foundation for the discovery of what could be a blessing or
a curse to our country, Liberia this singular to a gray future and we as a
people must do all we can to straighten things now before this plug us into
another civil unrest in the future! WE NEED OPEN TRANSPARENCY
NOT SECRECY IN THE MANAGEMENT OF OUR NATURAL
RESOURCES.
I am sure that you are not suggesting that NOCAL/ members of the
Legislature Killed the lawyer.
LAR-YOME Z. GOBAH AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL
UNIVERSITY
While we regret this untimely situation, we can only hope that
investigation into his death be made known to the larger society through
a transparent- forensic and investigative process
BENJAMIN ART TOP COMMENTER
This murder like such others before it in recent years will prove to be
a turning point if this government finds any reason, any excuse for not
finding and prosecuting the culprits involved. Otherwise, this would be
the beginning of restoring the mandate of state power to warlords in
Liberia. If law abiding citizens are murdered because of honoring their
civic duties under a civilian government, warlords might find room of
accommodation in the hearts of a scared society. This is very unfortunate!
This is very sad! This is very retrogressive! Watch out, Liberians!
Is it a murder?
SYLVESTER MOSES TOP COMMENTER WORKS AT SELFEMPLOYED
A homicide is committed. One promising family man had his life snuffed
out violently and prematurely by, or on behalf of, a person or persons who
seemingly believed he was a threat; therefore, his demise should deprive
of a star witness any likely prosecution of the so - called corruption
prosecution. But commonsense wouldve avoided this tragedy; the
case doesnt have a leg to stand on in spite of the noise. It will have
embarrassing unintended consequences.
For the talked about loose ends of the issue is that the whole rigmarole
was a calculated act to frame others. Obviously, poor Cllr. Michael
Allison wasnt a whistleblower, because he didnt expose corruption
between the company that contracted with him, NOCAL, and the named
legislators. Rather he was allegedly a willing participant in the companys
game to bribe, and expose targeted legislators whove been lately proving
difficult to toe their line.
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COUNTERING THE CONTRADICTIONS: AN

OPEN LETTER TO MR. ABRAHAM D. DILLON
Dear Mr. Dillon:
n 1912, former United States President Woodrow Wilson, in

support of the concept of constitutions being living and breathing
documents, said, Society is a living organism and must obey
the laws of life, not of mechanics; it must develop. All that
progressives ask or desire is permissionto interpret the Constitution
according to the Darwinian principle; all they ask is recognition of the
fact that a nation is a living thing and not a machine. Ninety years
later in Atkins v. Virginia, the United States Supreme Court, using
the evolving standard of decency measurement, ruled that it was
in violation of the Eighth Amendment to execute a mentally retarded
person. This evolving standard of decency and the understanding
that constitutions are living and breathing documents have served as
the foundation for fundamental constitutional interpretations ranging
from the overturning of Pleasant v. Ferguson to the adaptation and
expansion of the Exclusionary Rule and major Fourth Amendment
rulings.
Now, it is worth noting that while this article deserves uncompromising
due diligence as far as contextualization is concern, it is also necessary
to note that the doctrines being discussed are not ancient to Liberia.
As a matter of fact, at least one of them constitution as a living and
breathing document- served as the arguable foundation for the Liberia
Supreme Courts decision in ruling against Simeon Freemans Writ of
Prohibition during the 2011 electoral period. With such understanding,
it is perfectly justified to use those arguably interchangeable concepts
to counter the arguments of opponents of Dual Citizenship, of which
you are the ring leader.
Speaking of the 2011 Supreme Court decision, the late Chief Justice
Johnnie Lewis, writing for the majority in that ruling stated, on
account of the civil war and its devastating impact on the lives of
the Liberian people at different periods of the nations history,
which necessitated the flight of citizens from the country, it is our
opinion that the framers of the 1986 constitution could neither have
contemplated nor intended that Liberians faced with the state civil
crisis be 'resident' because at some point in the future they may want
to run for the office of president. Mr. Dillon, you have consistently
argued that the only way in which the constitution can be changed
is through a national referendum. Do you know that the decision
in 2011 was a legal change to the constitution that did not require
ANY referendum? Moreover, the deceased Chief Justices statement
reflects an understanding, acceptance and situational application of
the living and breathing document doctrine. In addition to not only
accepting the doctrine, the decision established a solid precedent
upon which the Liberian Supreme Court can rely to rule in favor of
Dual citizenship.
Knowing you, you may want to limit the ruling to just the issue it
dealt with. Unfortunately, doing such would not only deprive you
the opportunity to expand your understanding of the mobility of
constitutions. It would amount to a total disregard for the very
constitution and laws of Liberia- a country you LOVE dearly.
On the issue of disregarding the laws of Liberia, it is difficult to
categorize this second argument from opponents of Dual citizenship,
which is: Liberians with foreign citizenships can still invest in Liberia
(i.e., build house and establish businesses, etc.). What is difficult to
understand is the fact that on one end, you are advocating for adherence
to the constitution and laws of Liberia yet, on the other end, you are
encouraging people to violate these laws by virtue of your claim.
According to Chapter III, Article 22A of the Liberian Constitution,
Every person shall have the right to own property alone as well as
in association with others; provided that only Liberian citizens shall
have the right to own real property within the Republic. Now, to
avoid argument, let us agree that given the construct of this section,
every person has the right to own some kind of property in Liberia.
But what we cannot argue is the fact that ONLY Liberians can own
REAL PROPERTY. And, by definition, REAL PROPERTY means
lands, houses, business establishments (not leased but built) and a
host of other tangible properties within the context of the law. So,
based on that indisputable fact, it is accurate to conclude that such
disregard for the law as being pushed by you and your cohorts is
highly clandestine and not nationalistic. The most plausible reason
is to eventually lay national claim to these individuals' properties in

the near future, which is not entirely impossible judging from the
manner in which the countrys affairs are being conducted. As if this
contradiction is not enough, you and your fellow opponents of Dual
citizenship decided it is OK to project yourselves as defenders of the
constitution while at the same time using the Alien and Nationality
Law to argue against Dual Citizenship. The issue here is that the
Alien and Nationality Law contradicts the constitution in many ways,
two of which include: the Due Process provision and the citizenship
definition.
According to Article 20A of the Liberian Constitution, due process
is required before one can be deprived of their right to "life, liberty,
security of the person or property or ANY OTHER RIGHT..." Now,
according to Section 22.2 of your beloved Alien and Nationality Law,
"the loss of Citizenship under Section 22.1 of this title (I.e., Alien and
Nationality Law) shall result solely from the performance by a citizen
of the acts or fulfillment of the conditions specified in such section,
and WITHOUT THE INSTITUTION BY THE GOVERNMENT
OF ANY PROCEEDINGS TO NULLIFY OR CANCEL SUCH
CITIZENSHIP." On one end, you have the constitution calling for
DUE PROCESS and, on the other end, you have a title calling for
AUTOMATIC loss of citizenship. What is even more disturbing is
the fact that Section 22.1A of the Alien and Nationality Law states
that "voting in a political election in a foreign state..." are grounds for
AUTOMATIC loss of Liberian citizenship.
This means, a LIBERIAN , WITHOUT naturalization, can lose
his/her Liberian citizenship since it is on the verge of becoming
possible to vote in some state and local elections in these UNITED
STATES with just a GREEN CARD. In furtherance of highlighting
the contradictions and the loss of Citizenship without naturalization,
it is necessary to draw your attention to Section 20.1B of the Alien
and Nationality Law. According to this section, citizenship by birth
extends to "a person born outside (of) Liberia whose father (i) was
born a citizen of Liberia; (ii) at the time of the birth of such child, and
(iii) has resided in Liberia prior to the birth of such child." Now, of
the three conditions, the last one is interesting given the history of our
nation over the last two decades plus; this is why.
Mr. and Mrs. Brown, two CURRENT Liberians, who were born in
Liberia, had a son (Kofa) while in exile in Ghana. Kofa is a Liberian
by virtue of the laws of Liberia. But because of the war, Kofa was
unable to go to Liberia or establish residency in Liberia before
immigrating to Australia. Now, Kofa, who is seventeen years old, has
a daughter. Based on the construct of Section 20.1B, that daughter is
not a Liberian by birth and, by extension, not a Liberian at all because
her father did not satisfy the third requirement. This provision directly
contradicts Article 28 of the Liberian Constitution, which states that
Any person, at least one of whose parents was citizen of Liberia at
the time of the person's birth, shall be a citizen of Liberia If Kofa
decides to challenge this law, he has the Late Chief Justices argument
to back him.
Now, it is common knowledge that constitutional provisions take
precedent over any law/legislation that contradicts those provisions.
Given such, there is a clear need for the repealing of the Alien and
Nationality Law. Sadly, such need will not hold water with you
because you are fully cognizant of the fact that repealing the Alien
and Nationality Law would deal a serious blow to your ANTI dual
citizenship position given the construct of Article 27A of the Liberian
Constitution. Be as it is, we know the argument continues beyond
this article. We also know that despite the inarguable contradictions,
the chances of you recognizing these constitutional violations are
slim because such recognition DOES NOT serve your interest and
argument. But what this article intends to do is to expose the lack of
reconciliation in your defense of the Constitution and your support of
the Alien and Nationality Law. The reality is we ALL are Liberians;
it is a fact that you cannot deny. We all understand the issues at stake
and the risk and rewards associated with them. We also understand
that come what may, DUAL CITIZENSHIP will become the law of
the land. As always, stay safe and be blessed.
Sincerely,
Alfred J. Johnson, a staunch proponent of DUAL CITIZENSHIP
jahcalvin@yahoo.com
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Monroviaollowing
the
release of a leaked
report compiled by
the
International
Consortium of Investigative
Journalists disclosing how
millions of dollars from
several countries around the
world including Africa landed
in Swiss banks including
HSBC, a concerted probe has
begun with several countries
weighing legal and other
assistances from the Swiss to
aid in their investigations.
The Bank at the center of the
huge foreign deposits, with
funding believed to be accrued
from illegal dealings including
tax evasions and other means,
HSBC has issued open apology
to countries mentioned in the
report.
The vigor by several countries
including the United Kingdom,
Brazil, Spain, the United States,
Nepal and others to pursue the
individuals behind these huge
deposits is a result of an apology
from the Bank appealing to his
customers, shareholders and
hardworking colleagues for the
embarrassment caused by the
leaked report.
Painful experience, bank says
HSBC in a letter described
the ongoing debacle involving
the huge foreign deposits as
a painful experience for the
institution.
Stated the Swiss Bank For
our many loyal customers,
shareholders and hardworking
colleagues, the recent media
coverage about past practices
at our Swiss Private Bank and
the financial affairs of some of
our Swiss Private Bank clients
has been a painful experience.
The Bank admitted that data
contained in the report were
stolen by one of its former
employees years ago, further
noting that the measures that
have been put in place now did
not exist during the time of the
numerous deposits.
HSBC explained We must put
the recent media coverage into
context. A former employee of
the Swiss Private Bank stole
data more than eight years ago.
Major UK media outlets have
focused on approximately 140
names included in the stolen
data. Many of the people
mentioned have no allegation
of wrongdoing against them
whatsoever but been named
simply because they are wellknown individuals. The vast
majority of these 140 people
are no longer clients. Several
of them were exited long
before the data was stolen. In
fact, one was exited in 1991.
The bank published the letter
of apology in several media
outlets in some of the countries
mentioned in the report
including the United Kingdom.
The open apology by HSBC
seems to have given courage to
many countries knowing that
the bank might be willing to
collaborate with them in getting
the names of these individuals
and going after them to know
the sources of the funding that
led to the deposits.
In the UK business secretary
Vince Cable has called for an
inquiry into the handling of the
HSBC data by HM Revenue
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HUNT BEGINS FOR HUGE SWISS BANK DEPOSITS
WHEN WILL LIBERIA ACT?
We would like to provide some reassurance and state some of the facts that lie behind the stories. The media focus has been on historical
events that show the standards to which we operate today were not universally in place in our Swiss corporations 8 years ago. We must
show we understand that the societies we serve expect more from us. We therefore offer our sincerest apologies HSBC Bank.
and Customs (HMRC) have

been rejected by the Prime
Ministers office, but the
Bank of Englands Prudential
Regulation Authority has hinted
it could open an investigation
into HSBCs conduct through
its Swiss branch.
The Associated Press reports
that the current head of the
BBC Trust and chair of
HSBCs audit committee at
the time covered by the Swiss
Leaks files Rona Fairhead has
declined to respond to inquiries
on the issue about how much
she knew about the activities at
the banks Swiss subsidiary.
United States Attorney general
Nominee Loretta Lynch is
expected to face more questions
over HSBCs prosecution in
the U.S. after her nomination
was delayed by two weeks
on Thursday, according to
multiple published reports
Thursday.
Republicans Chuck Grassley
and David Vitter have both
indicated they believe the
Swiss
Leaks
revelations
raise new and important
questions about a controversial
settlement Lynch reached with
HSBC in 2012 after the bank
admitted to facilitating moneylaundering by Mexican drug
cartels and helping clients
evade US sanctions.
In Europe, a Court in Madrid,
Spain is said to have launched
an investigation into the
amnesty offered to clients of
HSBC Private Bank (Suisse)
who owed taxes to Spain,
following a complaint by the
union representing tax workers
that the amnesty was an
attempt to offer impunity to
suspected tax evaders.
In Asia, the Government of

Nepal is expected to launch
an investigation into Nepalese
clients of HSBCs Swiss
branch to look for potential
tax evasion. The government
has also been asked to push
ahead with an agreement with
Switzerland for mutual legal
assistance, and to try to gain
access to more data through
diplomatic channels.
Brazil tax watchdog has
opened an investigation into
whether close to a dozen
people involved in the
Petrobras corruption scandal
also allegedly held undeclared
accounts with HSBCs Swiss
branch.
In Africa, Ghana was the

first country where a senior
parliamentarian challenged that
country Attorney General to
launch an investigation into the
association of Ghanaian clients
with the Swiss transactions.
Dr. Mark Assibey-Yeboah,
a member of the Finance
Committee of the Ghanaian
parliament told a local news
outlet, Myjoyonline.com that
the Attorney general of that
country must take the lead and
go after Ghanaians indicted
in the global leaked report for
illegally stashing millions of
taxable money in Swiss banks.
Dr. Yeboah challenged Ghana
Attorney General, Marietta
Brew Appiah-Oppong, to go
after the wealthy Ghanaians
who are said to have stashed
$89 million in several HSBC
private bank accounts in
Switzerland.
"First and foremost we
have to establish that these
institutions or individuals have
evaded taxes. And the AG
Department and the Ghana
Revenue Authority would
have to take steps to retrieve
these [monies]", the Ghanaian
parliamentarian said.
The leaked Swiss files,
ranks Ghana 106 among 203
countries with the largest dollar
amounts in Swiss banks.
It is not yet clear when
Liberia will take action like

other countries to request
information from the Swiss
bank about the list of Liberian
clients associated with the
huge deposits.
Liberia is highly ranked at
57 out of 203 countries in the
leaked report.
The nearly 15 years civil war
fought in Liberia exposed the
country to illegal activities
including logging, mining and
other activities that generated
millions of dollars for foreign
investors and their Liberian
allies.
There are widespread reports
that former President Charles
Taylor and his associates
deposited millions of dollars
in foreign banks but the former
Liberian leader challenged
those
allegations
during
his trial at the International
Criminal Court based in The
Hague.
Nigeria is one of the African
countries known have had
stolen money returned. In
2014, the United States took
control of more than $480
million looted by former
Nigerian dictator Sani Abacha
and his associates after a court
ruling according to the Justice
Department.
The US announced that the
money stolen during Abacha's
1993-1998 de facto presidency
of the oil-rich African nation
and stashed in banks around
the world will be returned to
the Nigerian government.
Rather than serve his county,
General Abacha used his
public office in Nigeria to loot
millions of dollars, engaging
in brazen acts of kleptocracy,
Assistant Attorney General
Leslie Caldwell said in the
statement.
U.S. District Judge John Bates
in Washington ordered that the
funds, frozen by the Justice
Department in March, be
forfeited to U.S. control.
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Monroviaenators
Prince
Johnson
(NUDPNimba County) and
newcomer
George
Weah
(CDC-Montserrado
County) have been elected to
represent Liberia at the level
of the Economic Community
of West African States
(ECOWAS) Parliament.
The pair was chosen based
on nomination from the
Senate Plenary floor, but other
members of the leadership were
elected as chairs on statutory
committees through votes.
Senator Geraldine Doe Sheriff
(IND-Montserrado
County)
was elected chairman on the
committee on Executive, while
Senator Edward Dagoseh (UPGrand Cape Mount County)
was elected chairman on the
committee on ways means and
Finance and George Tengbeh
(UP- Lofa County) was
elected chairman on rules and
order Senator Thomas Grupee
(NUDP-Nimba County) was
also elected chairman on the
committee on Internal Affairs.
Senator Dagoseh won his
challenger Senator Alphonso
Gaye of Grand Gedeh County
15 to 12 votes. Prior to the
December 20, 2014 special
senatorial election, Senator
Dagoseh served as Co-chair
on ways, means and finance
committee under former Lofa
County senator Sumo Kupee
who at the time chaired the
committee.
Senators
contesting
for
positions as chairman on the
committees on Executive and
rules and order won on white
ballot.
Two senators who earlier
expressed interest to contest
the position for chairman on
executive, Senators Daniel
LEGISLATIVE BEAT
Majority Block Sweeps Liberia Senate Elections

Henry Karmo (0886522495) henrykarmo@frontpageafricaonline.com
Naatehn (ANC-Gbarpolu) and

Conmany Wesseh of (UP River
Gee) withdrew from the race
to contest the position at the
eleventh hour.
In his withdrawal comment,
Senator Naatehn said his
decision to withdraw was
because his election as
chairman on the committee
on executive would make the
senate a one-county leadership
pie.
It will not be prudent for
me to vie for the position on
executive; that could present
the senate leadership as a onecounty leadership, because
of this reason, I withdraw my
application, Naatehn said.
For his part Senator Wesseh
said his decision not to
participate in the process is
because he cannot render
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service under a situation that he

described as chaotic and failed.
I cannot in good conscious
participate in this election,
by brining myself forward I
definitely cannot, he said.
I will still offer myself
cognizant
of
finding
compromises to leadership, but
to a leadership that is prepared
to providing service and not for
personal benefits.
EBOLA
NO TO COMPLACENCY
T
United Nations Ebola Response Chief Tells Liberians
Monroviahe head of the United

Nations Mission for
Ebola
Emergency
Response (UNMEER)
Mr. Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed
has paid a visit to Liberia to
assess the gains made in the
Ebola Virus response efforts.
During his visit, Mr. Ahmed
toured the D. Tweh Public
School in New Kru Town, one of
the communities hardest hit by
the Ebola Epidemic.
The UNMEER boss met with
students and told them about how
gratified he felt with the level
of progress made in the Ebola
response, which has put Liberia
in a better position than it was
several months ago, something
that led to the suspension of
schools for seven months.
We think there are all the
reasons to open the schools
and we are happy. There is no
more medical reason to keep the
schools closed, he told students
at the school during his meeting
with them on Thursday.
The UNMEER Boss cautioned
students to observe the Ebola
safety measures urging them not
to be complacent.
We have to be careful because
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Massa F. Kanneh masskanneh@yahoo.com or 0886848625
it is exactly when you reach

that last part of the way that
you have to be careful not to be
complacent, he said.
Continued Mr. Ahmed: When
we have other epidemics like
polio, it is much easier to go
from one hundred to ten and
from ten to zero that is the most
difficult part. We dont want
people to feel the fatigue or the
frustration, we are telling donors,
the international community that
were not yet there, Liberia is
very close. The Liberian people

deserve our admiration and
respect.
He said the UN is concerned
students safety in other parts
of the country and would do
everything necessary to reach
them.
The UNMEER boss said it is also
the responsibility of the Liberian
government with the help of
the international community to
provide the necessary tools to
enable schools reopen across the
country and to supply schools

with Ebola prevention kits across
the country.
Part of our mission is to see and
notice the challenges faced by
the country. Things will be fine,
but gradually we will get there,
he said.
He said students can serve as
messengers by telling their
friends who have not been able
to show up to school, about the
safety measures that are in place;
so as to encourage them to come
back to school.
Mr. Ahmed urged students to
take education seriously because
it is only when a man is educated
that he can lead a successful life.
Meanwhile some students at
the D. Twe School have raised
concern about the level of safety
materials and supplies provided
schools across the country.
Student Jallah Mansary said
the government should make
available resources for Ebola
prevention materials and also
books for the school Library.
The school administration stated
that they received supplies
from the ministry of Education
and other Non-Governmental
Legislative sources say there

is a rift between the Joseph
Nagbe and Armah Jallah camps
regarding the election. The
Nagbe camp allegedly opted
for the election for the statutory
committees to be postponed
or done by consensus, but
the Jallah block refused and
decided to go ahead with the
process.
Senator Tengbeh (Unity PartyOrganization to help safeguard
students against the deadly Ebola
virus.
The Head of the UNMEER also
reminded Liberians that the fight
against Ebola is not only about
achieving zero case, but staying
at zero case.
Speaking at the Ministry of
Information
regular
Press
briefing Thursday, Mr. Ahmed
said reaching to and maintaining
the zero case requires vigorous
coordination and diligence on
the part of the government,
community leaders and all
Liberians.
The continuous effort of
government
in
building
sustainable
systems
which
include health service delivery,
training of health workers
to practice infection control
and prevention, is required in
maintaining the country at zero
case, he said.
Liberia is very close to getting
to zero. This is a testament to the
commitment of the government
and the people of Liberia, he
noted.
In a letter dated 10 February
2015 from the UN SecretaryGeneral
Ban
Ki
Moon
addressed to the President of
the General Assembly, he said
as at 1 February 2015, a total of
22,495 confirmed, probable and
suspected cases of Ebola have
been reported in four affected
countries (Guinea, Liberia, Sierra
Leone and the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Northern
Lofa County) contested the

rules and order position as a
lone contender.
Sources say he had no
contender, because it was a
consensus reached between
him and the senators from the
Jallah to hand him the position.
The chairman on the committee
on rules and order is one of
the most powerful people at
the legislature because he
or she is charged with the
responsibility to run the central
administration of the house
of Senate or Representatives.
The person elected oversees
employment and salaries for
staffers.
Meanwhile plenary of the
senate would on Tuesday next
week go to election to elect
chairman for the position of the
senate committee on Judiciary.
Election for the position was
not held during the Thursday
session because no senator
expressed interest in contesting
for the position.
Senator Stephen Zargo (LPLofa County) who earlier
expressed interest for the
position withdrew at the last
minute. FrontPage Africa has
established that Cllr. Senator
Varney Sherman (UP-Grand
Cape Mount County) is a
leading candidate for the post.
But it is not clear if senator
Nagbe (NDPL-Sinoe County)
who resigned from the position
in keeping with the senate
rules to contest for the seat of
a pro-Tempore would contest
against senator Sherman.
Ireland) and five previously
affected countries (Mali, Nigeria,
Senegal, Spain and the United
States of America).
He said a total of 8,981 people
have died of Ebola as of the
reporting period but there has
been a sustained and remarkable
improvement
in
Liberia.
Liberias case incidence has been
decreasing since mid-November
he said.
Five confirmed cases were
reported in the week prior to 1
February, compared with four the
previous week, and in contrast
with the rapid spread in midSeptember when more than 350
cases were recorded each week.
In January, on average, there was
less than one confirmed case per
day, stated Mr. Ban in his letter.
He stated that Montserrado
County, which includes the
capital, Monrovia, continues to
be most affected, accounting for
all five confirmed cases reported
in the last week of January.
New cases were also reported
in Grand Cape Mount County
during the reporting period.
Twelve other counties have not
reported any cases thus far in
2015. As at 1 February, Liberia
had reported a cumulative total
of 8,745 cases and 3,746 deaths,
he said.
But Grand Cape Mount County
has also reported steady
progress with other troubled
spots emerging in the St. Pauls
Bridge, RedLight and 12th Street
communities.
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Brutal Police Chief Leaves Man with Broken Legs
Monroviahe brutality meted

against a man by
Deputy
Police
Director,
Col.
Abraham Kromah against a
man, Victor Johnson has left the
man in a current appalling state,
appealing for foreign treatment.
The Deputy Police chief Kromah
hit Johnson who was riding on a

motor cycle in central Monrovia
leaving him with broken legs.
Col.
Kromah
has
since
admitted
hitting
Johnson
and a motorcyclist with his
car in an attempt to enforce
the Government of Liberia
regulation banning motorcyclists
from plying the main streets.
At the John F. Kennedy medical

center Thursday, the sick
Johnson said he is appealing for
foreign treatment because his
condition is worsening.
Several
partisans
of
the
opposition
Congress
for
Democratic Change (CDC)
a party in which Johnson is a
member who visited their ailing
member expressed sorrow over
the appalling health condition of
their partisan.
Following their visit with the
sick Johnson, Jefferson Koijee,
the youth league Chairman of
the party called on President
Sirleaf to take actions against
Col. Kromah for what he termed
U-REPORT LAUNCH
Program Aims to Use SMS to Raise Awareness
Al-varney Rogers - FPA Staff
Monrovian an effort to address

issues affecting Liberian
youth the Paynesville
City Corporation (PCC),
in collaboration with the United
Nations
Childrens
Fund
(UNICEF) and the Federation
of Liberian Youth (FLY) has
launched a youth reporting
program in the country.
The program, which is named
and
styled:
U-Report,
was launched by the PCC
and partners in the city of
Paynesville, outside Monrovia
on Thursday, February 19,
2015.
U-Report is a free SMS social
monitoring tool for community
participation,
designed
to address issues that the
population cares about. Under
the program, SMS alerts are
sent out to U-reporters and
real time response information
is collected. The results and
ideas are shared back to the
community. Among other
things, issues polled include
health,
education,
water,
sanitation and hygiene, youth
unemployment,
HIV/AIDs,
and disease outbreaks.
Speaking at a news conference

following the launch of the
platform, PCC boss Madam
Cyvette M. Gibson, described
the program as a lifetime
marriage entered into between
the youth and the Government
of Liberia (GoL).
The PCC boss hopes and prays
that the initiative becomes
successful so that there would
be constructive dialogues
between government and the
I consider this as a marriage

entered into between the young
people and the government,
a marriage that cant be
divorced,
said
Madam
Gibson.
Now that this is launched,
we look up to constructive
dialogues between the youth
and the government.
We
believe that the voices of young
people are important in our
society and cant be ignored,
youthful population of the

country.
I want to thank UNICEF and
FLY for this great partnership.
she said.
The PCC boss then pledged the
Paynesville City Governments
commitment
to
working
cruelty against an innocent

Liberian.
The condition of Johnson is
very appalling and we call on
President Sirleaf to ensure that
he is flown out of Liberia. The
president also needs to take
action against Kromah, you
cant hit a citizen and break his
legs and go with impunity. The
president has the responsibility
to protect all Liberian citizens,
said Koijee.
The CDC official described
Kromahs
attitude
against
peaceful citizens as criminal
in nature calling on President
Sirleaf to ensure that Kromah is
dismissed and prosecuted for his
with UNICEF and FLY for a

successful implementation of
the program.
Also speaking at the news
conference, an official of
UNICEF, Mr. Kironget Lee,
thanked the management of
the PCC for being the first to
open its doors for the program
to kick off.
He said the U-Report is a
program which UNICEF has
done in other countries and has
worked well.
The UNICEF official pointed
out that the initiative is
intended to give the young
people of Liberia the platform
to raise issues that concern
them, or issues that affect the
community.
This program is also intended
to give access to people in
authority like the mayor and
other officials of government
to reach out to the youth. It is a
linkage between the youth and
the government, he said.
We are very happy to launch
this platform in Paynesville,
because this city has a youthful
population. About 70% of the
population of Paynesville is
youthful, and so we believe
that Paynesville will turn a
big corner for the rest of the
country, Mr. Lee noted.
Mr.
Augustine
Tamba,
President of FLY, said the
initiative will provide the
opportunity through which the
voices of youth would be heard
throughout the country.
He said this program is
beneficiary to the young people
of Liberia in a sense that their
(young people) advocacy will
now be based on facts.
Through
this
program,
young people will be able to
engage their leaders through
advocacy in a more uniformed
and organized manner. We are
hoping to use the results from
the platform into national
visioning goals, like that of the
Vision 2030, the FLY leader
stated.
We encourage young people
to join the U-Report now. To
join is free through SMS on
any network. Just text the word
8737, Mr. Tamba, among
other things, added.
actions.
Reckless, lawless
Koijee described the behavior
of Col. Kromah as reckless
and lawless calling on other
Liberians to bring pressure to
bear on the police chief for his
ugly attitude towards citizens.
He described Col. Kromah
as a man against the CDC as
proven by his past actions to
arrest partisans of the CDC and
threaten some with inhumane
treatment.
What more must Kromah do,
he is a rebel and fought with
ULIMO K and has been hitting
and killing innocent citizens, this
man needs to be prosecuted. He
has proven to be an enemy of

the CDC and other Liberians,
Koijee declared.
Col.
Kromah
has
been
persistently accused of using
excessive force and power in
discharge of his duties.
Sometimes ago Col. Kromah
was involved in a scuffle with
some motorcyclists which led to
an attack on his vehicle.
Several
Liberians
have
complained about the brutal
attitude of Col. Kromah.
Johnson, the victim of Kromahs
action is currently at the JFK
undergoing medical treatment.
LIBERIA DENIED
Supreme Court Drops Extradition Request Against 8 Ivorians
Monroviahe
Supreme
Court of
Liberia
has denied a request
made by defense
lawyers against the
extradition of eight
Ivorian
nationals
currently detained
at the Monrovia
Central Prison.
The eight Ivoirians
along with 19 other
Liberians
mainly
from the Southern County of Grand Gedeh, were arrested in 2011 and
accused of alleged involvement in the act of mercenarism, murder,
rape, arson and theft of property.
The 19 Liberians were tried and found guilty of mercenarism and
sentenced to life imprisonment. The Ivorian government requested
their Liberian counterpart to extradite the eight Ivoirians based on
the 1973 Extradition Treaty signed between Liberia and Ivory Coast.
On February 29, 2012 the Ivorian Government through a note verbal,
requested the Liberian Government to extradite the eight Ivorian
nationals.
The Ivorian government wanted the men to stand trial for the same
crimes for which the Liberian Government indicted them.
State lawyers headed at the time by former Solicitor General Wilkins
Wright, petitioned the magistrate Court to order the extradition of the
Ivorian on grounds that they were allegedly engaged in subversive
activities in the Ivory Coast, leading to the death of seven United
Nations Peace Keepers natives of Niger.
Lawyers representing the eight Ivorians under the watch of human
rights lawyer Cllr. Tiawan Gongloe resisted their extradition and
claimed that the Ivoirians were all refugees who are entitled to
political asylum.
He stated that the offence for which they were charged by the Ivorian
Government was political thus the petition for extradition should not
be granted.
At the lower Magistrate Court where the case was first heard, under
the stewardship of Magistrate Nelson Chineh, ruled to dismiss the
petition filed by the state for extradition of the Ivoirians.
According to authority for extradition, a requisition for surrender of
a fugitive shall be made to the Minister of Foreign Affairs by some
persons recognized by him as a diplomatic representative of the
requesting state, said the Magistrate.
Continued Magistrate Chineh: The requisition shall be in writing and
shall be accompanied by documents authenticated by proper authority
in the requesting state, showing that the fugitive is substantially
charged with having committed an extraditable offense.
Following Magistrate Chinehs ruling, lawyers for the defendants
filed a petition to the high court to dismiss the extradition proceeding,
because to them the intent of the extradition was political in nature
than criminal.
Reading the Supreme Court opinion Thursday, Associate Justice Sie A
Nyene G. Youh indicated that further review of the records before the
high court revealed that the offences for which the defendants were
charged were all extraditable offenses purely criminal in nature and
not political as the crime of murder, theft of property, rape and arson
are criminal offenses in both requesting state and requested state.
This court is of the mind that the issue of an on-going proceeding
before a court in Liberia charging the defendants herein with the
same offenses for which they are sought to be extradited is the sole
determiner as to whether or not an extradition can be granted in this
case, said Associate Justice Youh.
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rosecution
lawyers
in the case involving
the ministry of justice
and Daniel Gbor has
prayed the court to prosecute
a man who is describe to
be the ringleader of persons
pretending to be a lawyer.
The request of the prosecuting
lawyers followed when Atty
Rudolph Hightower of the
Legal clinic Human right
center prayed the court to grant
his client severance in the case
involving eight persons.
But the prosecutions said the
request of the quack lawyer
should not be given credence
because he appeared and
claimed that he is a lawyer
which is a lie and have no aorta
of truth.
We give notice to court that
after representations are noted,
we, prosecutors have a cogent
submission to be made against
a quack lawyer who has entered
this court to masquerade as
a lawyer and submit. Cllr.
Sunifu Sherif told the court.
In a four counts motion to the
court, the prosecution said the
law provides that only persons
who are qualified lawyers
within the Republic of Liberia
can appear in court and make
representation on behalf of his
clients.
Cllr. Sheriff added that at the
call of the case, one Rudolph
Hightower
appeared
and
claimed that he is a lawyer at
which time the prosecution
team vehemently reject him to
do any representation because
in the law he has no standing
to even speak as a lawyer in
this court and only as a witness
or some ordinary individual as
juror or court officer.
Count 3 of the motion said it
has become a tradition by some
quacks that are desecrating
this honorable profession by
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CRIME WATCH
JUSTICE MINISTRY CALLS FOR

QUACK LAWYER TO BE PROSECUTED
Bettie Johnson /betty.johnson@frontpageafricaonline.com
proceeding to institutions
on the cover that they are
lawyers and through these
misrepresentations are issued
licenses and bar clearances.
This has come to the attention
of the bar in recent weeks and
Hightower happens to be
one of the ringleaders in this
fraudulent act against the legal
profession, your honor this
man will present several papers
to support his clandestine
act and if he does so, the
prosecution requests court to
seize those instruments and
the same should be forwarded
to the ministry of justice
for hi immediate arrest and

prosecution. The prosecution
states
Cllr. Sherif representing the
government pointed that the
action on the part of the state
and these recognized lawyers is
for the sole purpose of deterring
would be perpetrators of such
hideous crime. wherefore
in view of the foregoing the
prosecution requests court
to deny this individual who
has made it his usual practice
to enter court mendaciously
and misrepresent innocent
people to believe that he is a
lawyer; prosecution further say
DECEIT
F
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t one of Liberias
private
hospitals
more
than
30
persons are said to
be quarantined after authorities
say a woman who knew she

had Ebola deliberately tried to
infect the staff of the SD Cooper
Hospital in Sinkor.
Madam Amanda Blah who died
early this month disguised herself
your honor should use sound

discretion and do just for the
law and upkeep of the legal
profession.
In response to prosecution
submission to the court,
the defense lawyer Atty.
Hightower requested the court
stating that the points raised by
the prosecution have no legal
basis. Rule number 35 states
that for one to be qualified as
a lawyer within Liberia, one
need to get a license, and I
am a member of the National
Bar Association, I have been
practicing since 2010 and I am
a member of the Margibi Bar
HEALTH
As a woman who knew she had Ebola partly shuts SD

Cooper Hospital and over 30 staff quarantine
Monrovia -
and went to over three health

facilities including Mawah, JFK
and SD Cooper.
The death of Blah followed
when her cousin named Steve
Yadolo who died from the virus
at the Bong Mines bridge but

infected three persons including
Blah, his sister Marlene Yadolo
, and brother Elijah Yadolo who
are presently at an ETU in the
country.
The late Yadolo was a hygienist
in Sector 2 and came in contact
with a suspect of the Ebola virus
at the Island Clinic ETU.
According to a source, the case
of Blah came from an outbreak
in Bong Mines Bridge where
there was a missing contact.
A
source
confirmed
to
FrontPageAfrica
that
Blah
disguised herself and went
to Mawah Clinic where she
changed her name and came
in contact with several health
workers.
The Mawah Clinic is said not
have a triage where patients
are to be examined by health
workers of a health facility.
Blah also beat the JFK outer
triage where there was no
information on her following a
trace by contact tracers of the
Ministry of Health.
At the inner triage at JFK, her
temperature was 97.7 degree
Fahrenheit and she allegedly
bribed and got through the
hospital with her temperature
high but was later denied by
health workers at JFK and she
escaped the hospital and went to
the SD Cooper hospital.
FPA source named Catherine
Katter, Louise Mawolo and
Association.
He continued: I have practiced
before Court A at the time
Judge Wreh was presiding as
judge in that court and your
honor I am asking that you
deny the request that has been
made because it is not on good
faith and is intended to delay
the case.
The case involved eight persons
who allegedly arm robbed
but one of the defendants
Vertekeh through the purported
lawyers requested the court for
severance trial.
The
prosecution
was
represented by Atty. Lafayette
Gould, Atty. Ciapha Carey, and
Cllr. Sunifu Sherif while the
defense was represented Atty.
Jallah Zumo and Atty. Rudolph
Hightower.
For his part, the presiding
judge of Criminal Court D
Geevon Smith said the caveat
raised involves the National
Bar Association and the
Supreme Court of Liberia that
can provide the information as
to those who are duly qualified
lawyers in Liberia; so far our
knowledge is you must be a
graduate of the Louis Arthur
Grime School of law or its
equivalent, you must practice
law for at least three years and
must be admitted into a local
bar and your admission will be
honored by Liberia.
He said the issue raised need
raised by the prosecution needs
investigation and the court
also need time to conduct its
investigation.
All these things require
investigation, what we will
do is that, since the defendant
lawyer Hightower requested
the court for severance trial
we will grant it and he will not
plead in the indictment, the
court shall now proceed with
the trial of the other defendants
who are now been represented
by the Public Defense counsel
and it is hereby so ordered.
Judge Smith said
The issue of lawyers credibility
has been question over a
long period of time, it can be
recalled a man who purported
to be a lawyer was broad day
slapped by a woman who he
took huge amount of money
from under the pretense that
he was going to plead her case
in the Monrovia Magisterial
court.
The Supreme Court and the
Civil law are said to be the two
courts that are highly restricted
on the lawyering practice.
In the Civil law court, there is
a memo stating that you must
pay your bar dues and show
clearance from your before this
court can entertain arguments
from you.
The head of the Liberia
National Bar Association
Theophilus Gould has also
caution purported lawyers to
desist on ground that if any is
found in the practice they will
be prosecuted by the Ministry
of justice.
Amanda Blah as some of the

names used by the late Blah.
Upon her arrival at the SD
Copper Hospital, our source said
she was seen vomiting profusely
but was accepted by health
workers who failed to conduct
temperature check.
Blah also beat the triage system
at the SD Cooper hospital where
there was no triage form for her
upon an investigation done by
tracers and was admitted into a
private ward but later moved to
the general ward where she came
in contact with several patients
and health workers.
Furthermore, the late Blah while
at the hospital first came in
contact with two foreign doctors
who are said to be out of Liberia
due to the physical contact they
had with her.
During a doctor physical
examination, it was established
that the late Blah was pregnant.
FPA source said 33 health
workers came in contact with
Blah including two American
doctors and 30 staffs of the
SD Cooper hospital who are
currently under observation at
the SD Cooper Eye clinic with
the exception of one who is still
on the run.
The source said physician
assistants, doctors and nurses
are among those presently
quarantined at the Hospital.
Blah was admitted at the Chinese
ETU before transferring to JFK,
Mawah and SD Cooper.

At the Chinese ETU she also
infected over five health workers
who PPES were said not be in
a good condition but was later
exposed to the virus following
their contact with her.
The five are currently at the
Chinese
ETU
undergoing
observation and contact tracers
are monitoring their pressure and
all of them are A-Symptomatic,
the sorce explained.
FrontPageAfrica has meanwhile
gathered that contact tracers
have established that the late
Blah went to Bomi to her parents
when she was diagnosed positive
with the virus. Blah infected five
persons and three of the five are
at high risk while two are said to
be low risk.
The contact tracers said the
five contacts were established
following Blahs return to her
Family home where she slept
with three and was seriously ill.
Our source said Blah was
previously denied by her father
but was accepted by her mother
which was unknown to her
father. The mother of Blah
and four others are said to be
quarantined in the County.
The SD Cooper is owned by the
Seventh Day Adventist Church
in Liberia.
Some health pundits have
described the act by the late
Blah as deceitful and must not be
encouraged in the country.
DEVELOPMENT NEWS
Frontpage
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JAPAN MAKING IMPACT
he Government and
People of Japan
have been very
active in Liberia's
reconstruction
and
development agenda through
their support to urban and rural
infrastructural projects and
food security. The Government
of Japan has financed many
projects under Japan's NonProject Grant Aid. Projects
under this grant include the
construction of three (3)
bridges in Grand Cape Mount
County under the aegis of the
Ministry of Internal Affairs
in collaboration with the
Ministry of Public Works, the
reconstruction of ELWA-RIA
corridor where alleyways in
communities between ELWA
junction and the Roberts
International Airport would
be opened by the Ministry
of Public Works, and the
implementation of the JapanLiberia Paddy and Seed
Rice Project managed by the
Ministry of Agriculture.
The Foreign Ministry, on behalf
of implementing ministries
and the entire Government,
considers the construction
of the three bridges in Grand
Cape Mount County as a
critical intervention intended
to enhance and improve rural
community
development
through reconstruction of basic
infrastructure that will increase
delivery of economic and basic
social services to the people
in remote communities in that
County.
The project will
connect three strategic localities
including Sawelor, Bombohum
and Tallah Township. The
reconnection of these localities
and communities with durable
bridges is one of Liberia Japan's strategic partnership
meant to increase people to
people contact and enhance
trade and development in
Grand Cape Mount County.
According to a progress report
C
Monrovia-
redible
reports
reaching FrontPage
Africa has disclosed
that the administration
of the Liberia National Police
will tomorrow meet the family
of the late Atty. Allison.
FPA source said the meeting
of the LNP and the Allisons is
geared toward settling the misery
behind the death of the Atty.
Allison.
It is not known if the meeting
tomorrow will include the
autopsy report from Sierra
Leonean pathologist Simeon
Owizz Koroma.
It can be recalled The Allisons
family recently issued a
statement demanding a speedy
investigation into the death of
their family member.
The family said they were
deeply hurt and shocked by
the death of its son, brother,
nephew, father, uncle and cousin
Micheal Allison and further
calls on the government, local
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Liberias Reconstruction and Development Agenda Getting Major Boost
DIAH BRIDGE PROJECT
on the project, the construction

of the Diah, Kaylia, and Tallah
Bridges is progressing.
In the area of urban
infrastructure
development
projects, the Government of
Japan is committed to assisting
Liberia in rebuilding its roads.
Hence, the Government of
Liberia through the Ministry of
Public Works will soon begin
the opening of all alleyways
in the communities situated
between ELWA junction and

the
Roberts
International
Airport. The
ELWA-RIA
reconstruction project, funded
by the Japanese Counterpart
Development
Fund,
was
launched on 9 January 2015 by
the Ministry of Public Works
along with other implementing
agencies. This project will help
to lay out all community roads
and alleyways in order to ease
access to homes and services in
this booming residential area.

On the food security side, the
Japanese Government through
the Japan-Liberia Paddy and
Seed Rice Project continues
to support Liberia's strive to
attain food self-sufficiency.
There is an ongoing purchase
1.2mt of paddy and seed rice
for milling and marketing in
Liberia. The first phase of
this project began in 2010,
following the monetization
of 8,612 MT of assorted rice

donated by the Government of
Japan to support food security
related projects in Liberia. In
this regard, the Government
of Japan approved the Grant
Amount of
Four Million
United States Dollars (US$4m)
for the execution of the Paddy
and Seed Rice Project.
Initially, the food security
project was earmarked to
be implemented in Five (5)
TALLAH BRIDGE PROJECT
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NEWS EXTRA
LNP TO MEET THE ALLISONS

and international institutions

including the civil society
organizations to get involved
for a
prompt and speedy
investigation to bring the
perpetrators to justice.
The family also raised alarm and
refused to take money he did not
earn and described his death as a

mystery to everyone.
He said the death of Atty. Allison
remain a mystery to everyone,
we will not rest till the true cause
to his death is found.
We also like to inform other
family members and friends
that the mat for the late Allison

is being held in the home of the
Allisons on Gibsons /Coleman
Avenue 11th street Sinkor.
Police tightlipped on Autopsy
report
The Liberia National Police and
the ministry of justice has remain
tightlipped on the autopsy report
done by the Sierra Leonean
pathologist.
Dr. Koroma came to Liberia
Monday and left Tuesday after
the autopsy was done on two
bodies at the J.F.K general
morgue.
Since Dr. Koroma left there has
been no signal on the recipient
of the autopsy report from
neither the Ministry of justice
nor the Liberia National Police
but sources said the Ministry of

justice has received the autopsy
report.
At the same time the Liberia
National Police is also expected
to give its findings on the
investigation carry out by them.
The LNP investigation will
include findings from the
interrogation done on the
girlfriend and all those who are
said to be link of the late Allison.
House regret Allison death
The honorable house of
representative says it is deeply
sadden by the death of Atty.
Allison and wants a speedy
investigation leading to the cause
of his death.
In a Press release under the
signature of Acting Deputy
Bureau of Press and Public
Affairs Nelson Carr said Atty.
Allison will be missed for his
hard working spirit demonstrated
of Liberias rice producing

counties: Lofa, Nimba, Bong,
Grand Gedeh and Gbarpolu, but
was later extended to include
other counties where paddy
and seed rice were available
in commercial quantities. The
Ministry of Agriculture has
received the required funding,
purchased and has distributed
the relevant implements to
farmers to further the projects
objectives. The Japan-Liberia
Paddy and Seed Rice Project
also aims at creating jobs for
more than 400,000 farmers
and dependents, and providing
income for more than 2000
rural farming households.
In addition to the infrastructural
and food security projects,
the Japanese are supporting
human capital enhancement
and capacity development at
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
through the Department of
International
Cooperation
and Economic Integration.
The grant to the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs has provided
the
necessary
logistical
support and improved staff
capacity thereby leading to
increased
productivity
at
the Ministry. Furthermore,
said grant supports the
operation of a Monitoring and
Evaluation Unit, which helps
the Government of Liberia
(GOL) monitor the scrupulous
implementation of all Japanese
funded projects in the country.
The Government and people of
Liberia are grateful for these
projects, and look forward
to the speedy return of all
Japanese contractors who left
Liberia due to the outbreak of
the Ebola Virus Disease. This
would allow pending projects
like the reconstruction of the
Somalia Drive high under
Liberia-Japan partnership and
cooperation to be completed.
during the oil consultation when

he availed his expertise as one
of those consultants hired to
synschronize and validate views
and comments from across the
country reflecting the dreams
and aspirations of the Liberian
People.
His consultative role in the
formulation of the New oil and
Gas law has strengthened the
National effort in sustaining a
vibrant hydro carbon sector.
The release states
The houses release further said
that the speaker and members
support any certified pathologists
to conduct an autopsy to establish
circumstances surrounding the
cause of death of Atty. Allison.
the unfortunate demise of Atty.
Allison is regrettable and its with
heavy heart the honorable house
of representative expresses
its deepest condolences to the
bereaved family, friends, loves
one s and the Maryland Bar
Association. The House release
states
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REGULATIONS FOR
BY-ELECTIONS
PART I
(REVISED)
Section 1:
Citation
These Regulations shall be cited as Regulations for By-Elections.
Section 2:
Definitions

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise indicates:
(i)
Application means a request by a political party, coalition, or alliance, or any
February 16, 2015
aspirant candidate, to the Commission to stand in a By-Election;
(ii)
By-Election means election to fill a vacancy in the Legislature as provided for
under Article 37 of the Liberian Constitution;
(iii)
Commission means the National Elections Commission (NEC);
TABLE OF CONTENTS
(iv)
Candidate means any person nominated or endorsed by a political party,
coalition or alliance, or anyone applying to the Commission to stand as a candidate;
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aspirant candidate shall have the same meaning;
PART I
(v)
Independent Candidate means a person seeking electoral post or office with or

without
his/her
own organization, acting independently of a political party.
Section 1
: Citation 4
(vi)
Domicile
means the residence in the constituency of an aspirant or candidate

who seeks elective public office in which he lives and pays taxes;
Section 2 :
Definitions
4
(vii)
Residence means the place where an aspirant or candidate lives;
(viii) Alliance means any alliance accredited by the Commission to participate in
Section 3 :
Application of Regulations
4
elections;

(ix)
Coalition means any coalition accredited by the Commission to participate in
PART II
elections;
Section 4 :
Voter Registration
5
(x)
Political Party means any political party registered as such by the Commission;
(xi)
Campaign, means canvassing for votes;
PART III
(xii)
The NEC, means the National Elections Commission;
(xiii) The Regulations, means reference to any provision(s) contained in these
Section 5 :
General Provisions relating to Political Parties,
5
regulations, and includes these regulations in general

Alliances, Coalitions and Independent Candidates
Section 3:
PART IV
Section 6 :

Qualifications for Office and Proof of such

Qualifications
Application of Regulations
These Regulations for By-Elections shall apply only to By-Elections.
PART II
PART V
Section 4:
Section 7 :

Nomination of Candidates of Political Parties,

Alliances and Coalitions
Section 8 :
Independent Candidates
Section 9 :

Nomination Procedures for Candidates of Political

Parties, Alliances and Coalitions
Section 10:
Application Procedures for Independent Candidates
7

Section 11:
Application Fees
7

Section 12:
Verification and Determination Procedures for all
8

Candidates
Voter Registration
4.1
All qualified citizens who registered as voters during the 2011 or the 2014 Voter
Update Voter Registration processes, and who are in possession of valid voter registration
cards shall be entitled to use such card to vote in By-elections.
4.2
The Commission may decide to replace lost, damaged or destroyed
voter
Registration Cards. In such event, the Commission shall inform the
voters
through the offices of the County Magistrate of Elections.
PART III
Section 5:
General Provisions Relating to Political Parties, Alliances,
Coalitions and Independent Candidates

5.1
All existing political parties, coalitions, alliances and eligible citizens shall be
eligible to contest By-elections.
Section 13:
Withdrawal of Nomination/Application
Section 14:
Death or Incapacity of a Candidate
Section 15:
Obligation of Political Parties, Alliances
Section 16:

Disclosure of Assets and Liabilities and account of

Elections Expenses
5.2
Any person who is qualified for elective public office, whether or not
he/she is a
member of any political party, shall have the right to apply to the NEC
for
registration to stand in By-Election as an independent candidate, provided
that such candidate, in addition to any other requirements laid down by the
1986 Constitution,
Statutory Laws, Regulations, Guidelines, Code of ethics by the
Commission, meets the following requirements for registration:
Section 17:

Limitation of Funding of Political Parties, Alliances,

Coalitions and Candidates, Accountability
and
Limitation of Election Expenses
10
5.2.1
the
Section 18
Campaign Period and Matters Incidental Thereto
10
PART IV
Section 19
Complaints and Appeal
10
Section 6:
Section 20
Guidelines and Codes of Conduct
11
Section 21
Effective Date
11
6.1
Any person, in order to be accepted to stand for office, in addition to any other
qualifications required for the office of Legislator as provided for in the 1986
Constitution and the1986 New Election Law, shall:
Section 22
:
Revision and Amendment

11
PART VI
He/she shall have a functioning office in the electoral constituency or district in

case of a representative or capital of the county in the case of a senator.
5.2.2 In the case of an independent candidate, he/she shall display proof of deposit
of and maintenance of a bank balance of not less than $5,000USD in the case of a
representative or $7,500USD in the case of a senator.
PART VII
6.1.1
Qualifications for Office and Proof of such Qualifications
Be a citizen of Liberia;
see page 11

6.1.2 Have attained the age of twenty-five (25) or thirty (30) years for the House of
Representatives and Senate respectively;
6.1.3

Be domiciled in the district or county to be represented not less than one

year prior to the time of the by-election;
6.1.4
Be a taxpayer.
6.1.5 If a candidate of a political party, alliance or coalition, the endorsing coalition,

party or alliance must present proof of a bank balance of not less than $10,000USD
or its Liberian Dollars equivalent. If an independent candidate, he/she must present
proof of a bank balance of $5,000USD in the case of a representative and $7,500 in the
case of a senator.
6.2
Each aspirant candidate is required to submit a separate sworn declaration or
affidavit together with his/her application for nomination, attesting to:

6.2.1 His/her citizenship;

6.2.2 His/her domicile;

6.2.3 His/her actual, regular and principal place of residence during the period
of
one year immediately preceding the date of the By-election.
6.3
In addition to this sworn declaration or affidavit, aspirant candidate shall
submit together with his/her application for registration a certified or notarized copy
of
each of the following:

6.3.1 Each page of his/her passport;

6.3.2 National or international drivers license (if any);

6.3.3 Bank statement or any other official document reflecting his/her address;

6.3.4 Tax clearance as a taxpayer (income or property taxes);

6.3.5 Any other documentation containing information which the Commission
may
in its sole discretion request to verify the authenticity of the
aspirant
candidates claim to being qualified for the office
sought.
6.4
Any person aspiring to stand as a candidate shall satisfy each and every one of
the
criteria set out in Section 6 hereof and comply in full with all provisions of
Sections 6.2 and 6.3 above to be considered as a candidate.
PART V
Section 7:
Nomination of Candidates of Political Parties, Alliances and
Coalitions

7.1
Parties, alliances and coalitions shall not be required to hold local conventions
for the nomination of candidates. The National Executive Committees shall, in
consultation with the Local Committees, effect the nomination of their candidates.
7.2.
By-
Each party, alliance and coalition shall nominate one candidate only for each
Election.
7.3
Acceptance of applications for nomination, whether re-nomination, or
new nomination shall be subject to all the eligibility criteria including but not limited
to
those provided for under the Constitution of Liberia, relevant statutory laws
and Regulations, Guidelines, Code of Conduct of Political Parties and Independent
Candidates promulgated by the NEC. Only upon meeting all these requirements shall a
candidate stand for the office he/she seeks.
Section 8:
Independent Candidates
8.1
Any person who satisfies the qualifications criteria laid down in Section 6 of
these regulations, may apply for registration as an independent candidate in By-
Elections.
8.2
Acceptance of applications for registration shall be subject to all the eligibility
criteria including but not limited to those provided for under the Constitution of Liberia,
relevant statutory laws and regulations promulgated by the NEC. Only upon meeting all
these requirements shall a candidate stand for the office he/she seeks.
Section 9: Nomination Procedures for Candidates of Political Parties, Alliances,
and Coalitions

9.1
A registered political party, alliance or coalition, intending to contest By-Elections,
shall, together with payment of the prescribed application fee pick up the nomination
package containing all relevant nomination forms including endorsement form which
shall be filled in by both the candidate and the party and submit same to the NEC before
the close of the nomination period.
9.2
Letters of intent from each candidate so nominated stating his/her willingness
to
serve when elected, together with the sworn declarations or affidavits and
documents listed in Sections 6.2 and 6.3 of these regulations shall be submitted to
the Commission not later than the close of the nomination period, except where the
situation contemplated in Section 12.3 arises, in which event the provisions of that
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section shall apply.

9.3
The nomination of a candidate for elective public office by or on behalf of a
constituent political party, an accredited coalition or alliance shall not be accepted by
the Commission unless that political party has notified the Commission of its
withdrawal from the alliance or coalition, not less than ten (10) weeks before
election. In the event of such notice being received by the Commission less
than
ten
weeks before election, the Commission shall require the affected party and the
candidate to show cause why the nomination of the candidate should not be
rejected at a hearing to be held not later than seven (7) days of receipt of the
relevant notice by the Commission.
9.4
The Commission may reject any application for acceptance/nomination by a
nominated candidate for the elective office sought which does not meet the
qualification and criteria specified in the Constitution or the New Elections Law, or
which does not meet any of the requirements laid down in these regulations,
subject to any such aspirant candidate first being afforded an opportunity to
remedy the defect(s) in his/her application in accordance with the procedure set out in
Section 12.3.
Section 10:
Application Procedure for Independent Candidates
10.1 Any person who satisfies the qualifications criteria and other requirements
laid down in
these regulations whether or not such person is a member
of any political party, and
who intends to stand for the elective office of the
Legislature shall, together with payment of the prescribed application fee, pick up a
nomination package, fill in and submit same to the NEC which shall contain in part the
following
information: The full name of the aspirant candidate, his/her age,
address, sex, occupation, previous
positions held (if any), and details of the
qualifications required for the office sought as provided for in Section 6 of these
Regulations, the Constitution and the New Elections Law.
10.2. The provisions of Section 9.4 of these regulations shall also apply to all
aspirant
independent candidates.
Section 11:
Application Fees
11.1 An application fee of US$500.00 (Five Hundred United States Dollars) or

US$750.00
(Seven Hundred Fifty United States Dollars) shall be payable directly to
bank designated by the Commission by all political parties, alliances, coalitions and
independent candidates which nominate candidates for members of the House of
Representatives or Senate respectively for By-elections.
Section 12:
Verification and Determination Procedures for all Candidates
12.1 The Commission shall, upon receipt of an application by a candidate, and a

Letter of Intent by an independent candidate, issue a written and dated notice of
receipt thereof.
12.2 The Commission may take all lawful steps which it deems necessary,
including the holding of hearings, to verify the accuracy of the information and
documentation submitted by aspirant candidates, in order to ascertain that the candidate
meets the requirements under the Constitution and the New Elections Law. A political
party, alliance, coalition or aspirant candidate, as the case may be, shall afford
full
cooperation to the Commission in this verification process.
12.3 In the event of any application being defective, the Commission shall afford
the
candidate an opportunity to rectify the defect(s) in his/her application by
notifying
the candidate of such defect(s) within three (3) days of receipt of the
application.
The candidate shall, within four (4) days of receipt of such notice
rectify the
defect(s) and resubmit his/her application to the NEC for verification
and determination. To be entitled to seven (7) days to correct errors or deficiencies,
a
candidate shall submit to NEC all nomination papers within the first seven (7)
days of the nomination period. Any
candidate submitting such papers after this
period shall
have only up to the end of the nomination period to correct any error(s)
or
deficiency(ies).
12.4
to
the
The Commission shall notify all aspirant candidates in writing of its decision
accept or reject the request to stand for office on a date to be determined by
Commission.
12.5 In the event of the Commission rejecting the request of an aspirant candidate
to
stand for office, it shall notify the candidate and the party, alliance, coalition and
as the case may be, of the reasons for rejection. An aspirant candidate
whose
request has been rejected may appeal the Commissions decision to the Supreme
Court.
12.6
for
The Commission shall publish the names of all candidates accepted to stand
office in the local media.
Section 13:
Withdrawal of Nomination/Application/Candidature
13.1 Any political party, alliance or coalition or its candidate, or an independent

candidate may withdraw a nomination/application. Such withdrawal shall be
effected by completing and submitting the prescribed form (which is available in the
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office of the Magistrate of Elections in the county where the By-Election is to be
held) in person to the National Elections Commission at the close of the nomination
period.
case of a senatorial candidate. Failure to adhere to this requirement constitutes an election

offense punishable under the provisions of Section 10.7 of Chapter 10 of the 1986 New
Elections Law.
13.2 In the event of the nomination of a candidate by a political party, alliance or

coalition being withdrawn before the close of the nomination period either by the
candidate himself/herself or the political party, alliance or coalition, such political
party, alliance or coalition may endorse/nominate another candidate for the seat
to be contested, by submitting the prescribed form, containing the name of the new
candidate and the details and information required under the provisions of Section
6 and Section 9.1 of these regulations. The new candidate shall submit all required
forms and documents to the Commission, including the Letter of Intent referred to
under Section 9.2 of these regulations not later than the close of the
nomination
period.
PART VII
13.3 Where a candidate has been approved, such candidature may be withdrawn
only under the joint signatures of the head of the party, alliance or coalition, and
the
candidate by not later than twenty-four (24) hours before publication of the
final list of
candidates. In the case of an independent candidate, his/her signature
shall be sufficient notice of such withdrawal. No independent candidate, party, alliance,
coalition or candidate of such party, alliance or coalition may withdraw an approved

candidature after the final list of candidates has been published.
18.3 No political party, alliance, coalition, or candidate shall continue to campaign

beyond the closing date of the campaign period.
13.4 If the candidate who is nominated by a political party is challenged and found
ineligible, said party shall not have a second chance to re-nominate.
Section 14:
Death or Incapacity of a Candidate
14.1 In the event of the death or incapacity of a candidate of a political party,

alliance or coalition after the publication of the Final List of Candidates, including
after the
ballot papers have been printed, the affected political party, alliance or
coalition
may nominate another candidate in accordance with the provisions of
Section 9 of these regulations, which shall apply in their entirety to a candidate so
nominated,
subject to all qualification criteria and other requirements laid down in
the
Constitution, the New Elections Law, and these regulations being met by the
candidate
so nominated. Any votes cast for the deceased or incapacitated
candidate shall be transferred to and regarded as having been cast for the candidate so
nominated.

14.2 In the event of the death or incapacity of an independent candidate, any votes
cast for him/her shall be registered as invalid; but if said candidate wins, a new election
shall be held.
Section 15.
Obligations of Political Parties, Alliances and Coalitions
15.1 All Registered political parties, alliances and coalitions shall be required to
establish
and maintain functioning and standardized offices in the capital of the
Republic of Liberia and at least one functioning and furnished local office in capital
of the county (in the case a senatorial By-election) and in the headquarters of the
district (in the case of a representative by-election). These offices shall be available for
inspection by the Commission during the process of a By-Election.
Section 16:
Expenses
Disclosure of Assets and Liabilities and Account of Elections
16.1 Each Political Party, alliance or coalition shall maintain an updated bank
account
with a balance not less than Ten Thousand Untied States Dollars
(US$10,000.00) or
its equivalent in Liberian Dollars.
16.2 All candidates shall submit to the Commission a detailed statement of assets
and liabilities, which shall reflect the value of the assets, the source of all funds,
and any other assets, liabilities and expenditure, as required by the Constitution and
Sections 7.1 to 7.4 inclusive, of the 1986 New Elections Law.
16.3 The aforesaid statement must be submitted not later than thirty (30) days prior
to the holding of the election as required by Article 83(d) of the 1986 Constitution of
Liberia.

16.4 All candidates shall submit to the Commission, accounts of their election
expenses
not later than fifteen (15) days after the announcement of the results of
By-
elections.
Section 17:
Limitation on Funding of Political Parties, Alliances, Coalitions
and Candidates Accountability and Limitations on Elections Expenses

17.1 The provisions of Article 83(d) of the 1986 Liberian Constitution and of Chapter
7, Sections 7.1 to 7.4 inclusive, of the 1986 New Elections Law (or any amendments
thereto), relating to contributions to political parties or candidates, the restrictions on the
remittance of funds from outside the country to political parties, alliances or coalitions
or independent candidates, the limitation of election expenses, and the establishment of
a banking account by political parties, alliances, coalitions shall be strictly adhered to.
17.2 Election expenses shall not be incurred or authorized by any candidate and/or a
party, alliance or coalition for the office of Representative in excess of the Liberian Dollar
equivalent of Four Hundred Thousand United States Dollars (US$400,000.00); Liberian
Dollar equivalent or Six Hundred Thousand United States Dollars (US$600,000.00) in
Section 18:
Campaign Period and Matters Incidental Thereto
18.1 The Commission shall determine, publish and announce the date when official
campaign shall open and close. The campaign period shall commence upon such
publication and announcement.
18.2
until
No political party, alliance, coalition or candidate shall commence campaign

the campaign has been officially declared open by the Commission.
18.4 Failure to comply with the provisions of Section 17.2 above shall constitute an
election
offense punishable under the provisions of Chapter 10 of the 1986 New
Elections Law.
18.5
shall
Activities of political parties, alliances, coalitions and independent candidates

not extend beyond the boundaries of Liberia.
18.6 The official campaign period shall end at midnight twenty-four (24) hours
before Election Day.
Section 19:
Complaints and Appeals

19.1 The provisions of the Procedures and Regulations on Complaints and Appeal
promulgated by the National Elections Commission 2011 as amended and Regulations
on challenges and complaints arising before and during elections are adopted for the
purpose of By-Elections.
Section: 20
Guidelines and Codes of Conduct
20.1 The Guidelines and Code of Conduct for Representatives of Political Parties,
Accredited Alliances, Coalitions, and Independent Candidates of 2011, the Code of
Conduct of the National Elections Commission of 2011, the Code of Conduct for
Observers of 2011, the Liberian Political Parties Code of Conduct of 2011, and the
Election Coverage Code of Conduct of the Press Union of Liberia, as amended are
adopted for the purpose of By-elections.
20.2
By-
The provisions of these Guidelines and Codes shall apply in their entirety to
elections.
Section 21:
Effective Date
These Regulations shall enter into force immediately upon their publication by the
Commission and shall be binding upon all candidates, political parties, alliances, coalitions
contesting By-elections, and members of such parties, alliances and coalitions.

Section 22:

Revision and Amendment
These Regulations may be revised or amended at any time by the Commission.

All such revisions or amendments shall be published by the Commission, and
shall become effective immediately upon such publication.
DONE UNDER OUR HANDS AND SEAL OF THE NATIONAL ELECTIONS

COMMISSION (NEC), IN THE CITY OF MONROVIA, THIS 16TH DAY OF
FEBRUARY, A.D. 2015.
IN BRIEF
AIR STRIKE ON NIGER

VILLAGE KILLS 36
Niamey (AFP) t least 36 mourners at

a funeral ceremony
were killed and 27
wounded when an
unidentified plane bombarded a
village in Niger near the Nigerian
border, the army said Wednesday.
The strike on Tuesday came as
Niger takes part in a regional
offensive against Nigeria-based
Boko Haram fighters, who have
extended their brutal six-year
insurgency to Niger, Chad and
Cameroon.
A Niger army report obtained by
AFP that gave the death toll said
the plane's "origins remained
undetermined."
"The victims were residents
attending a mourning ceremony
for a prefecture official," said a
humanitarian source, who added
that the attack was near the
mosque in Abadam.
BOBBI KRISTINA'S
BOYFRIEND NICK GORDON'S
LAWYER REVEALS HE'S
"DESPERATELY" TRYING TO
BE AT HOSPITAL WITH HER
AFTER FAMILY DENIES VISITS
obbi
Kristinas
boyfriend Nick Gordon
is still hopeful hell
be reconnected with
the star despite her familys
wishes and the ongoing criminal
investigation. In a new statement
to Us Weekly, Gordons attorneys
say hes trying to be by her bedside
while she remains in a medically
induced coma at Emory Hospital
in Atlanta, but is respecting her
familys requests.
Nick has been trying, privately,
to do everything he can to see
Bobbi Kristina cooperatively, his
lawyers tell Us. He has respected
the familys wishes and for that
reason alone has not returned to
the hospital and risked a public
confrontation. But he desperately
wants to be with the one he loves
and continues to hope that his
request will be granted.
NIGERIAN WARPLANES
BOMB BOKO HARAM FOREST
TRAINING CAMPS: MILITARY
MAIDUGURI (Reuters) igerian

warplanes
bombarded
training
camps and caches of
weapons and vehicles
belonging to the Islamist group
Boko Haram in the northeasterly
Samibisa forest on Thursday, the
military said.
"The death of a large number of
terrorists has been recorded while
many others are also scampering
all over the forest and out of the
struck bases," defence spokesman
Major-General Chris Olukolade
said.
After a year in which Boko Haram
seemed to be gaining ground,
seizing swathes of territory,
killing thousands of people and
kidnapping hundreds of mostly
women and children, the tide has
appeared to turn against them in
the past month, as neighbouring
countries plagued by cross-border
attacks have weighed in.
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NIGERIA ENDS REGULAR DOLLAR SALES

WITH SECOND NAIRA DEVALUATION
(Bloomberg) -igerias
central
bank
abandoned
weekly
foreignexchange auctions,
a key part of managing the local
currency, effectively devaluing
the naira for the second time in
three months.
Supporting the naira through
dollar sales at the auctions
was draining foreign-exchange
reserves without benefiting
the economy, the Abuja-based
Central Bank of Nigeria said
in a statement on its website
on Wednesday, after the gap
between market and auction
rates for the currency widened
to a record on Feb. 12.
This
is
an
effective
devaluation of the official
Nigerian naira exchange rate,
Razia Khan, the London-based
head of Africa research at
Standard Chartered Plc, said
in an e-mailed note. This
is positive news, and should
create more transparency in the
Nigerian market.
The naira gained 0.3 percent to
199 per dollar by 6:06 p.m. in
Lagos, rallying for a third day
out of four after falling to a
record low on Feb. 12.
The central bank, which
devalued
the
naira
in
November, has attempted to
stem the currencys decline by
introducing measures to dry
up foreign-exchange trading.
The naira has slumped 19
percent in the past six months
amid a slide in the price of oil,
which accounts for 90 percent
of Nigerias export earnings
and 70 percent of government
revenue.
With
reserves
declining
every day and seen to affect
the nations ratings, the
central bank took the right
decision, Sewa Wusu, head
of research at Sterling Capital
Markets Ltd., said by phone

from Lagos, the commercial
capital, on Wednesday. The
move amounts to a tactical
devaluation of the local unit,
without having to make the
announcement, he said.
Legitimate Demand
Demand for foreign currency
must go through the interbank
market, Ibrahim Muazu, a
spokesman for the central
bank, said in the statement.
The central bank will continue
to intervene to meet legitimate

demand, he said.
Weekly
foreign-currency
auctions continued to put
pressure on the nations
foreign exchange reserves with
no visible economic benefits
to the productive sector of
the economy and the general
public, Muazu said. It
has become imperative that
appropriate actions be taken
to avert the emergence of a
multiple exchange rate regime
and preserve the countrys

foreign exchange reserves.
The regulator has depleted
reserves to their lowest in more
than three years to defend the
currency. The central banks
official target band for the
currency is 159.6 to 176.4 per
dollar, though it sold $401
million at 198.5 per dollar in an
unscheduled auction last week
to help stem the nairas rout.
Truer Rate
Its become clear in recent
weeks that the run-down in
foreign exchange reserves is
untenable, David Cowan, an
Africa economist at Citigroup
Inc., said by phone from
London. Its good for the
Nigerian foreign exchange
market. A movement away
from a multiple to a single
exchange rate regime is better
for the market and makes for a
truer exchange rate.
The
Monetary
Policy
Committee is due to meet next
on March 23 and 24, less than a
week before the country holds
a presidential election that was
postponed from Feb. 14.
Nigerias foreign exchange
reserves stood at $32.7 billion
as of Feb. 16, down 22 percent
on a year ago. Nigerian stocks
have dropped 23 percent this
year in dollar terms, the most
among 93 primary equity
indexes after Ukraine.
THE ACCUSED BOSTON MARATHON BOMBERS OBAMA SAYS NOTION WEST AT

WAR WITH ISLAM IS 'UGLY LIE
HAIL
MARY TO CHANGE TRIAL VENUE
Federal appeals court takes up Tsarnaevs argument that an
impartial jury cant be found in a city scarred by deadly attack
BOSTON-he federal judge

overseeing the trial
of accused Boston
Marathon
bomber
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has found
61 of the 70 people needed
for a suitable jury pool and
predicted opening arguments
would begin in the near
future.
But on Thursday, Tsarnaevs
attorneys made a last-ditch
effort to move the trial out
of Boston, renewing their
argument that its impossible
to find a truly impartial jury in
a city where so many residents
were affected by the deadly
2013 attacks.
A three-member panel of the
U.S. Court of Appeals for the
First Circuit heard arguments
on whether to move the highprofile trial out of Boston
to a more neutral city like
Washington, D.C. a request
that has already been rejected
three times by the presiding

district judge in the case,
George OToole.
"Justice has to have the
appearance of justice," Judith
Mizner, Tsarnaev's courtappointed attorney, told the
appeals court, adding there
needs to be "public confidence"
in the judicial system. She
argued Boston-area residents
have too many emotional and
personal ties to the bombings
to truly weigh the case against
Tsarnaev fairly.
In January, the same appeals
court declined to intervene in
the case, voting 2-1 against
Tsarnaevs bid to delay or
move the trial. But this time,
the higher court agreed to
hear oral arguments on the
change-of-venue bid, offering
the defense a slim opening in
what is likely its final chance to
stop the trial from happening in
Boston. The court is expected
to issue a written decision on
the change-of-venue motion

soon.
The pending decision comes as
jury selection has dragged on
for more than a month, delayed
by a series of snowstorms
that have hobbled the Boston
area and by the fact that many
prospective jurors individually
questioned in the case say
they already believe Tsarnaev
is guilty or that they were
somehow touched by the
bombings.
Of the 1,337 Boston-area
residents summoned for the
trial, 68 percent of those
called to serve already believe
Tsarnaev is guilty, according
to the defense, while 69
percent have a self-identified
connection to the bombings,
meaning they were affected or
knew someone who was.
But federal prosecutors have
accused the Tsarnaev team
of cherry-picking answers
culled from questionnaires
prospective jurors filled out in
January to present a selective
and misleading picture of
the jury pool. They argue that
while many of the potential
jurors said they had formed an
opinion on Tsarnaevs guilt,
many have also said they can
put aside those feelings and
base their decision on evidence
heard in court.
Washington (AFP) S President Barack Obama on Thursday called on Middle

Eastern leaders to stand up to "violent extremism" and
stop proxy wars that fuel the rise of terror groups.
"The notion that the West is at war with Islam is an ugly
lie," he told the final day of a conference on combatting extremism.
"And all of us, regardless of our faith, have a responsibility to reject
it."
Obama challenged Middle Eastern powers to stop actions that he
claimed have stoked the rise of Islamic State, Al-Qaeda and others.
Fighting between Sunnis and Shia "will only end when major powers
address their differences through dialogue and not through proxy
wars," he said.
In Iraq and elsewhere, countries like Saudi Arabia and Iran have been
accused of backing rival factions in a bid to exert influence.
Turning to Islamic State, Obama said the governments of Syria and
Iraq should bear some responsibility for the group's emergence.
"In Iraq, the failure of the previous government to govern in an
inclusive manner helped to pave the way for ISIL's (Islamic State's)
gains there."
In Syria, Bashar al-Assad's "war against his own people and deliberate
stoking of sectarian tensions help to fuel the rise of ISIL," he said.
Obama was addressing a conference that has been months in the
making, but took on greater significance after several brutal extremist
attacks that have hit countries from Nigeria to Demark to Pakistan.
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Sports
CRISIS PROPORTION
ggrieved
stakeholders,
under the banner
of Club Presidents
Association, Thursday sealed
the entrances to the Sports
Commission in what has been
described as scare tactics ahead
of Fridays congress.
Wiloria Patriots president Blama
Tolbert led the stakeholders
and young boys claiming to be
basketballers with posters such
as Anderson must step down or
go to jail and Anderson and his
corrupt administration is killing
basketball.
We are not engaging in any scare
tactics. What we are doing here
is what I call civil disobedience.
We have been spending our
money on the development of
basketball but we are not getting
the worth of our money.
There will be no elections
or congress until an interim
leadership is formed. What
the aggrieved stakeholders
did [signed] at the Ministry of
Youth and Sports (MYS) isnt all
inclusive. I think we will need to
go back to the drawing board,
Tolbert told FrontPageAfrica
(FPA).
Calvin Diggs and Ali Sylla,
who signed Tuesdays two-page
comprehensive peace agreement
(CPA) on behalf of aggrieved
stakeholders after more than
six hours of closed-doors
deliberation at the MYS, were
part of the civil disobedience.
The CPA, a contrast to the one
signed by warring parties in
Accra, Ghana on 18 August 2003,
was also signed by President
Anderson and secretary-general
Allen Goodrich for the LBA and
approved by Deputy Minister
Yonton on behalf of the MYS.
It mandated the leadership of
the LBA to present the current
bank statement and receipts
of 14 third division clubs that
Stakeholders engage in scare tactics; seal entrances to Sports Commission

but Anderson opens one as MYS says elections will go ahead
Danesius Marteh, danesius.marteh@frontpageafricaonline.com
Exit gate
Blama Tolbert
were put on the voters roster
by close of business on 18
February to Yonton to determine
their legitimacy in order for
their presidents or designated
representatives to vote or stand
in the elections.
They are Destiny Kings (Julius
Lewis), Star One (Myers
Hinneh),
Island
Clippers
(Samuel Bing), Bong Shooters
(Jean Murray), Island Claves
(Stephen N. Tugbeh), Buchanan
Braves (Milton Quaye) and
Harbel Tappers (Vincent S. T.
Willie).
Others are Mamba Point Legends
(Abdallah M. Housseini), Cape
Mount Wizards (Elizabeth S.
B. Corneh), Fire (McDonald
Marshall), Ben Curser Pioneers
(Samuel L. Nugba), HISSO
(Abigail Freeman), Invincible
Invaders (Teddy Swaray) and
Junior Rookies (Tristen Varflay).
It was also agreed that all
qualified teams must receive
their package on February 18
at the MYS as congress will
convene from February 20-21.
Registration for the elections

began on Tuesday and ended on
Thursday.
Clubs in arrears with the LBA
were mandated to be zero
balance by close of business on
of the seven-count resolution

but the aggrieved stakeholders
had other ideas as was seen on
Thursday.
The ministrys decision to
repeatedly postpone the elections
Thursday.
Anderson and his crew were in a
buoyant mood for the congress,
having lived up to the terms
has been seen by Anderson as a

governmental interference but
Yonton disagrees.
No, that is not true Danesius.
CHASING POGBA
Our role is to make sure

that harmony exists among
federations and associations
because you know we are
the umbrella [for all of them]
and they received subsidies
from government through the
Ministry of Youth and Sports.
So it our responsibility to ensure
that harmony exists among
the clubs and associations and
federations, he told FPA on
Tuesday.
Contacted on Thursday, Yonton
said he was told by Anderson
about what happened at the
Sports Commission but that the
congress and elections will go
ahead, beginning on Friday, at
the Baptist Seminary.
Sylla, who withdrew from the
Montserrado County senatorial
election in December on health
ground, told FPA on Tuesday that
the Anderson-led administration
refused to heed to calls for
transparency and accountability.
This is not about the election
being postponed or the election
been suspended. This is
about doing the right thing.

There are many provisions
in our constitution that the
administration have violated.
There are many executive
committee [members] positions
that have not been occupied for
many, many years. So we think
this resolution will take us to
elections and set the basic for
doing the right thing, Sylla said.
As we went to press, Anderson
said he opened the entrance gate
with the help of the police.
He named former LBA vice
president Abraham Samukai,
Cestos
Mogars
president
Malcolm Wleemongar Joseph,
Edwin Fahnbulleh, Aklayia
Andrews, Isaac Cole, Diggs,
Sylla and Tolbert as the architects
behind Thursdays action.
Malcolm couldnt respond to his
Cellcom number when contacted
by our reporter by 20:31 GMT
(8:31 PM local time).
Anderson
remains
upbeat
about his chances despite the
many hurdles in the way of his
reelection.
I am and I have always been
[positive about my chances of
reelection], he told FPA on
Tuesday.
The congress and elections
should have taken place last
November but was called-off
due to the widespread of Ebola.
With new dates like 25 January,
11 February and 17 February
having failed to materialize, it
was agreed that the aggrieved
party subsidized day two of the
congress. Said amount would
have been channeled through the
MYS on Thursday.
It remains to be seen whether
the aggrieved stakeholders are
prepared to take their civil
disobedience to the Baptist
Seminary.
CHELSEA, MAN CITY LEADING THE CHASE FOR HIGHLY-RATED JUVENTUS MIDFIELDER
Chelsea and Manchester City are leading the race to land Paul Pogba in the
summer, with the Juventus midfielder keen on a return to the Premier League
oal understands
that the titlechasing duo have
made the 21-yearold France international a
transfer priority, with Pogba's
preferred choice being a
return to England should he
be allowed to leave Juve when
the transfer window reopens.
Pogba has carved out a
reputation as one of the
top midfield players in
world football since leaving
Manchester
United
in
somewhat
acrimonious
circumstances back in 2012,

with every leading European
club keeping a close eye on
his transfer situation.
The Frenchman only agreed
an improved deal with Serie
A champions Juventus in
October
although
Goal
understands the Italian club
are preparing themselves for
his departure and are looking
for a fee of at least 59
million.
Both Chelsea and City
will have to consider FFP
regulations when putting
together any bid for Pogba

although the 6.9bn Premier
League television rights
deal, which kicks into gear
for the 2016-17 season, has
strengthened their arm.
Pogba is being seen as a
potential replacement for
Yaya Toure at the Etihad
Stadium, with the Ivory Coast
captain looking increasingly
likely to leave the club in the
summer and with Roberto
Mancini's Inter having been
strongly linked.
Chelsea, meanwhile, are
prepared to go toe-to-toe
with City and are a club that
the 21-year-old admires,
with Pogba's combination
of physical and technical
prowess well-suited to Jose
Mourinho's
attack-minded
Blues side.
Louis van Gaal's Manchester
United would also be
willing to spend big to take
the midfielder back to Old
Trafford although they
arcelona
star
Lionel
Messi
has
admitted
problems "on and
off the pitch" affected his
performances in 2014.
The 27-year-old still managed
to score 41 goals in 46 games
in all competitions last term,
but failed his own incredibly
high standards as Barca ended
the season without a trophy.
Messi has now acknowledged
that injuries and his tax case
hurt his form last campaign
and he is desperate to show his
true self again in 2015.
"The truth is that this year I
tried to get to my best form
as quickly as possible. I knew
I was coming off the back of
a not very good year, during
which I went through a lot of
problems on and off the field,"
the Argentina international
told Mundo Leo.
"It was a challenge to change
the image that I had given out
last season and to be the player
I had been in previous seasons
again. That was my objective
and that's how I came out at
the start of this season, really
up for it."
The four-time Ballon d'Or
Sports
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MESSI: I HAD A LOT OF

PROBLEMS IN 2014
winner then went on to

discuss Barcelona's form in
2014-15 and their upcoming
Champions League tie with
Manchester City, stressing the

English champions will not be
pushovers.
"The truth is that we're in good
FIGO PROPOSES 48TEAM WORLD CUP
shape at the moment. Luckily,

after the match against
Real Sociedad everything
changed. Now there is a
different dynamic to the team,

everything we do comes off.
"The team has a lot of
confidence and we have
changed the attitude and drive.
That's why we're playing like
we are at the moment, but
there is still a long way to go.
"Manchester City they are
a team made up of great
players, so it will be a difficult
tie. Their objective is to go
through because they haven't
done for a while.
"It will be an even match-up
and the little details will be
what makes the difference.
It will be a great game. City
have reinforced a lot [since
last season]."
The first leg of the round-of-16
tie takes place in Manchester
on February 24, with the
return at Camp Nou scheduled
for March 18.
The Fifa presidential candidate has launched his manifesto which includes
a potential expansion of the game's biggest international competition
uis Figo says the

World Cup could be
expanded to a 40 or
48-team event if he
becomes Fifa president in May.
The Portuguese playing legend
is one of three men challenging
incumbent Sepp Blatter in this
years election, and insists he
wants Fifa to be more inclusive
of countries outside of Europe.
Launching his manifesto at a
press conference at Wembley
Stadium on Thursday, Figo
announced: I believe we should
consider proposals to expand the
World Cup from its current 32team structure to a 40 or even 48team competition.
Both these options are feasible
with an extra three to four days
of tournament play. If this
expansion were to take place,
I believe that additional teams
should come from non-European
nations.
Figo will go up against Blatter,
Michael van Praag and Prince
Ali Bin Al-Hussein in the May 29
poll, and the 42-year-old hopes
to redistribute Fifa reserves to
national associations if he lands
the top job.
Such payments would account for
50 per cent of the organisations
$2.5 billion revenues, with the
aim to fund grassroots football
development around the world.
Fifa belongs to its member
associations and it is only
GENIUS MOMENT: BRILLIANT

MARCELO SECURES REAL
MADRID'S 10TH STRAIGHT WIN
natural that Fifas revenues and

reserves are distributed back to
them directly, he added. The
impact of my proposals would
mean between $8-10m being
distributed to each member
association across a four-year
period.
The former Real Madrid star
also noted several other key
points to his campaign, including
support for goal-line technology
and the need for a structured
debate regarding further use of
technology within the sport.
Figo added his desire to

eradicate the 'triple punishment
rule' whereby clubs are punished
three times for the same incident
when a player is sent off after
conceding a penalty, before
being handed a suspension.
The former midfielder is also
an advocate of sin-bins for
unsporting behaviour towards
referees and keen to reinstate the
old offside rule, whereby a player
is deemed offside regardless of
whether or not he is involved
directly in the play.
eal Madrids 1-0

lead over Schalke
was looking a little
fragile until Marcelo
struck a superb
goal to put the
tie beyond the
Germans
on
Wednesday.
The man who is
rated by many Roberto Carlos
among them - as
the worlds best
left-back sped
past the halfway
line and with the
second of two
left-foot touches
he
passed
to
Cristiano
Ronaldo. After a
twist and a turn
by Ronaldo the
ball was back at
Marcelos feet.
The Brazilian
had been a forceful presence
throughout the game - he had
more touches than any of his
team-mates - but he had not had
a shot at goal, and after a deft
touch with his left foot the ball
was on his supposedly weaker
right.
It didn't matter - Marcelo
thumped it past teenage
goalkeeper Timon Wellenreuther
from the edge
of the penalty
area and it
hit the target
just below the
junction
of
crossbar and
post.
The was game
over and made
it 10 straight
wins in the
competition
for
Real.
Marcelo ran
to hug Carlo
Ancelotti on
the touchline.
We are not
used to seeing
Marcelo score
with his right
foot, so for
this I was really surprised, said
the coach.
Perhaps we should not have been
surprised by the goal: Marcelos
last three in the Champions
League have all been scored
from outside the penalty area.
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SPORTS
TONI KROOS: RONALDO WRONG TO

HOST PARTY AFTER DERBY DEBACLE
oni Kroos believes

Cristiano
Ronaldo
was wrong to host a
party just hours after
Real Madrid 's humiliating
derby defeat, revealing that he
did not attend the event because
he knew it was going to cause
controversy.
The Liga leaders were routed
4-0 by their city rivals at the
Vicente Calderon on February
7, a defeat which allowed
second-placed Barcelona to
close to within a point of Los
Blancos.
FIGO PROPOSES 48TEAM WORLD CUP
he Fifa presidential
candidate
has
launched
his
manifesto
which
includes a potential expansion
of
the
game's
biggest
international competition
Luis Figo says the World Cup
could be expanded to a 40 or
48-team event if he becomes
Fifa president in May.
The Portuguese playing legend
is one of three men challenging
incumbent Sepp Blatter in this
years election, and insists he
wants Fifa to be more inclusive
of countries outside of Europe.
Launching his manifesto at a
press conference at Wembley
Stadium on Thursday, Figo
announced: I believe we
should consider proposals to
expand the World Cup from
its current 32-team structure
to a 40 or even 48-team
competition.
BLATTER HITS OUT AT

RACIST CHELSEA FANS
he Bianconeri coach
has underlined the
importance of the
striker and has warned
against complacency ahead of
the clash with Atalanta
Massimiliano
Allegri
has
admitted Carlos Tevez is vital to
Juventus but feels they should
still be winning games without
their star man.
The Argentina international has
been in sublime form for the
Serie A champions in 2014-15,
netting 14 goals in 21 league
outings so far this term.
Tevez missed last weekend's
2-2 draw with Cesena due
to suspension, but Allegri is
confident he will play a key role
for Juve as the season enters its
decisive stages.
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uillaume Hoarau gave

the hosts the lead in
the 10th minute but
Everton replied in
emphatic fashion as Lukaku scored
either side of Seamus Coleman's
strike to make it 3-1 at half-time.
It got even better for Everton
shortly before the hour mark as
Lukaku completed his hat-trick.
John Stones was sent off minutes
later for bringing down Hoarau
in the box but the striker fired his
penalty over the bar.
Roberto Martinezs side had only
won two of their last 16 matches
in all competitions but another fine
performance on on the continent
puts them in pole position to reach
the last 16, ahead of the return leg
on January 26.
The Swiss club were expected
to be a tough challenge on their
artificial pitch after winning all
five of their previous home games
in the competition, including a 2-0
victory over Napoli.
And, after Lukakus early header
was well saved by Yvon Mvogo
and Bryan Ovideos mis-hit cross
struck the outside of the post, it was
the hosts who took the lead.
Raphael Nuzzolo cut the ball
back and Hoarau fired it past Tim
Howard from the edge of the box.
Everton responded in impressive
style as Lukaku and Ross Barkley
were denied by decent saves from
Mvogo and the pressure told in the
24th minute when Lukaku headed
in Gareth Barrys cross from the
left.
Within four minutes, Everton
had another as Steven Naismith's
delivery across the face of goal
was turned in at the far post by
Coleman.
While there was a hint of offside
about the goal, Young Boys
responded well and Howard pulled
off a superb double save to keep out
Hoarau's volley, before smothering
a follow-up effort from Nuzzolo.
Sports
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EVERTON BEAT YOUNG BOYS IN EUROPA LEAGUE 4-1
LUKAKU SCORES HAT-TRICK

Goals helped Everton crush Young Boys 4-1 in the first leg of their last-32 Europa League clash in Bern.
Young Boys again cried offside

as Oviedo backheeled the
ball through for Barry and he
crossed for Lukaku, who was
beyond the last man, to score at
the back post.
A frantic first half ended with
Sekou Sanogo seeing a shot
blocked by a combination of
James McCarthy on the line and
the post.
It did not take long for things to
get warmed up again after the
break as Lukaku burst forward
and lifted a clinical finish over
Mvogo in the 58th minute to
become the fourth Everton

player to score a hat-trick in
Europe.
Young Boys swiftly rallied but
though they could have reduced
the deficit after Stones - who will
miss the decider at Goodison saw red, Hoarau was off target.
Lukaku missed two brilliant
chances to extend Everton's
advantage at the other end but
the Toffees comfortably held on
to their handsome lead, despite
being a man short, to ensure
they are strong favourites to
make the last 16.
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