Several civil society organizations have spoken strongly against what they termed the Liberian leader playing lip service to her much emphasized declaration of corruption been public enemy number one especially with her statement last week referred to as policy statement on fight against corruption where she said the Executive was waiting on review by the National legislature followed by public hearings of recent audit reports released by the General auditing Commission before acting. The President of the Liberian Council of Churches Methodist Bishop John Innis has described as deceptive, selective and a mockery to the fight against corruption statement by the Liberian leader stating that audit reports released by the GAC are subject to review by the National Legislature and public hearings before acting. Selecting corrupt officials Bishop Innis said the president must begin to prosecute corrupt officials of her government if the fight against corruption is to yield fruits. According to the Bishop if the government begins to select officials for prosecution, President Sirleaf tenure will expire without the fight against corruption achieving anything substantial. The Forum for the Establishment of War crimes Court in Liberia led by Mulbah Morlu has also begun a three day hunger strike in front of the United States Embassy in Monrovia, the Executive Mansion and some places calling on President Sirleaf to begin prosecuting officials of government found in the act of corruption. Mulbah Morlu told reporters the Liberian leader is trying to evade audit reports by the GAC to protect some officials of her government. “Ellen was elected by the people and is obliged to work for the people, so we will continue this strike action until the government begin taking concrete steps to fight corruption sincerely by dismissing and prosecuting those found in the ugly act”, Morlu stated. The war crimes court advocate said the Liberian people need to know how the resources of the state is spent and therefore the president must provide explanations by taking actions against corrupt officials. The Progressive Youths for the Promotion of Accountability and Transparency In Liberia (PRO-YOUTHS), INC issued a strong worded statement in which it accused the Unity Party led government of doing nothing substantial to fight corruption. NASSCORP, UP Behind group PROYOUTHS claimed the ruling Unity Party is behind what it called surrogates groups attacking the General Auditing Commission and doubting the credibility of its audit findings making specific reference to a new group that emerged at the advent of the release of GAC audit report on NASSCORP, the Movement for the Defense of the Downtrodden Masses which has been defending NASSCORP and fighting the GAC. The civil society group said NASSCORP and some Unity Party officials are behind the group.
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