“The surrogacy & authenticity of the “movement for defense of the down trodden. Based on a thorough background check engaged since the Movement’s attack on the GAC, it has been discovered that it is not as independent as it claims and in fact is a propaganda syndicate established by Madam Elizabeth Tubman, Hassan Kiazolou, Aletha Brown, Francis Carbah, Henry Fahnbulleh Jr., and other Unity Party big wigs to undermine the audit process and effectively defeat the twin terms of Transparency and Accountability in post conflict Liberia. These individuals have been the one giving money and teleguiding the unpopular media campaign against the AG and the GAC. To further proof that this Movement cannot be taken serious as it is not worth considering, is it not self contradictory and quite confusing for this body to claim to be in the interest of the majority poor masses of this country and yet be against the very institution that is working very assiduously to ensure that money needed to better the condition of the down trodden is not squandered and taken away to unknown bank abroad while the very down trodden languished in sub-human conditions?”, the PROYOUTHS statement noted. On the alleged support of the Unity Party to the Movement for the Defense of Down Trodden Masses, the youth group said: the ruling unity party support to the down trodden movement: “From all indications and based on comments and remarks being expressed by officials of the ruling Unity Party, we (PROYOUTHS) have strong reason to believe that the Party is quietly throwing the stone and hiding its hands by supporting the “Movement for the Defense of the Down Trodden” in an attempt to undermine the audit process since in fact many of the Party’s stalwarts have and are being indicted by various audits. The indictment of the Francis Carbah led NASSCORP is clear cut evidence that cannot be ignored by anyone. In the same vein, statements made by both the Secretary General- Mr. Henry Fahnbulleh and UP Youth Wing Chairman Hassan Kiazolou who happens to also be the Deputy Comptroller General on separate radio talk shows wherein they not only alluded to the Down Trodden but give their backing to it, is a clear manifestation that the audits are hurting the image of some of the darlings of “The Party” and so they must fight back by supporting mendicants and street weary pedestrians; majority of whom are jobless and hungry youth starving for survival and are therefore prepare to do just anything that will carry them through to the next morning when the hustle shall commence once more.Quite strikingly, PROYOUTHS has in its possession, a communication allegedly written by Hon. Hassan Kiazolou-Deputy Comptroller General six months ago in which he duly informed the AG that: “That hundred of thousand of Government civil servant salary checks have been re-issued without adherence to internal control and due process to establish cost for the re-issued checks, this is squarely the doing of the Assistant Minister for expenditure.” He further went ahead to make another serious allegation that “Special ECOWAS TRADE LEVY ACCOUNT” at the Central Bank of Liberia be investigated due to serious mis-management. Again, our information is that this letter was written when Antoinette Sayeh serve as Minister of Finance and Mr. Kiazolou’s position was being greatly marginalized, particularly whenever the Comptroller General was out of the country and he expected to that he would be given the opportunity to act” PROYOUTHS intimated. UP Feeding surrogate groups? The group accused Deputy Auditor general Madam Elizabeth Tubman of feeding what it considered the surrogates group with information defaming the chacareter of the GAC and its Auditor general John Morlu. Count 4 of the PROYOUTHS statement accusing the Deputy Audtiro General for Administration stated: character assassination & image destruction campaign spearheaded by Madam Elizabeth Tubman, DAG for administration: “Contingent upon credible documents in our possession and information gathered from employees at the GAC, there certainly is a rift between the AG and the DAG. However, far from this being a matter of marginalization or a clever maneuvering by the AG or other manager to create a conduit for fraud, our informed judgment is that the DAG for reason best known to herself, has not been behaving and performing in a manner and style befitting the DAG of a supreme audit institution as the GAC. In series of communication in our possession, DAG Tubman demonstrated poor leadership, lack of competence and neglect of duty. Take for instance, in a May 28, 2008 memorandum to the AG after being previously mandated by the AG to assist with the preparation of project proposals for four of the GAC international partners, Madam Tubman informed the AG and I quote “I do not have the technical skill in writing project proposals, therefore, it will be prudent to hire a expert or select someone in our organization who has the technical skill, and I will be more than happy to work on the team.” Unquote This, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Press is a demonstration of poor leadership to the highest degree.
Duwana Sesay, Executive Director, Pro Youths
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