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      • Concerned Citizens United to Bring Our Money Back (COCUBOMB)

      • Concerned Citizens United to Bring Our Money Back (COCUBOMB)

        Concerned Citizens United to Bring Our Money Back (COCUBOMB)

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      • Never too late for Africa to stop Crawling
        Martin K. N. Kollie
        Never too late for Africa to stop Crawling
        Thu, Sep 27, 2018
      • We have peacefully rallied and assembled conscious and patriotic Liberians from every sphere of our society to petition you in pursuit of L$16 billion (US$106 million) that mysteriously disappeared under the government of President George M. Weah.

      • September 24, 2018

        The Coalition of Citizens United to Bring Our Money Back (COCUBOMB), a mass-based umbrella pro-democracy and pro-advocacy organization consisting of over 26 civil society organizations, youth/student groups and trade unions, have peacefully rallied and assembled conscious and patriotic Liberians from every sphere of our society to petition you in pursuit of L$16 billion (US$106 million) that mysteriously disappeared under the government of President George M. Weah.

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        Youth Activist in Liberia

        With oneness of purpose and an unhindered allegiance to Liberia and posterity, we have come on this day to send this clarion message to our International Partners through you:

        1. We call on you and all international partners of Liberia to launch an immediate independent international forensic investigation into this missing L$16 billion saga which has both economic, social and security implications. The nation remains terrified by this mystery.

        2. We call on you to assist Liberia in auditing all financial transactions done so far under President George M. Weah and former President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf. We are also concerned about the recent infusion of US$25 million in the Liberian economy by the Weah-led government. We are also interested in knowing the source of this US$ 25 million and how it was infused in the economy. This we believe must be thoroughly investigated as well.

        3. COCUBOMB craves your indulgence most respectfully to launch an investigation into the giant-sized private properties being constructed and/or purchased by President George M. Weah and some high-profile members of his government in just six (6) months of his tenure. We are confident that such investigation could also dig out some hard truths about this missing L$16 billion.

        4. We call o you to prevail upon the Weah-led government to ensure full asset declaration by all public officials especially the president either before or during the course of the Independent International Forensic Investigation.

        5. We call on you to expedite the establishment of a War and Economic Crimes Court in Liberia. This we believe would end the longstanding culture of impunity and guarantee justice for Liberia and Liberians especially war victims. This approach would certainly serve as a deterrence for would be war and economic criminals. As members of the Weah’s administration have been accused of amassing properties using state funds, we demand that they include in their asset declaration the date of acquisition of those assets.

        6. We submit to you with urgency the need to fully overhaul/upgrade Liberia’s financial management system in order to maintain fiscal discipline, accountability, transparency and public integrity at all levels. The need to reinforce and rebrand anti-graft institutions such as LACC, GAC, FIU, PPCC, LEITI, and IAA cannot be overemphasized. Corruption, especially in the judiciary, must also be dealt with.

        7. We demand that all former and present heads of these institutions (NPA, MoFDP, CBL, MICAT, and RIA) that had/have the direct link to this missing container immediately recuse themselves and be brought in for investigation by an independent international forensic investigative panel.

        The people of Liberia through COCUBOMB remain very concerned and disturbed about those missing billion (US$106 million) that vanished without any trace up to now. It is sad that the government has been dishonest and inconsistent in releasing the facts. Accounts surrounding this missing L$16 billion from the MoJ, MoFDP, MICAT and even the Office of the President remain contradictory and are compounded with fundamental flaws.

        The government cannot be the accused, the defendant, and at the same time the jurist. The Liberian people need their money back. Those who viciously siphoned our resources MUST account and account now! THE PEOPLE are resolved about this and we will not rest until this L$16 billion is fully accounted for by those we describe as ‘vicious economic scavengers and plunderers of our State’.

        In all of these, we assure the Liberian people and the International Community that we shall remain peaceful, civil and matured as we pursue this irreversible and patriotic path of bringing an end to systemic corruption in Liberia. The people deserve better – they deserve to rise above poverty, misery, and inequality. It cannot be business as usual. The International Community must ACT to help rescue Liberia from perishing. The popular call of our PEOPLE is “BRING BACK OUR MONEY”.

        COCUBOMB calls for the full protection of Journalists Philibert Brown of Hot Pepper Newspaper and Rodney Sieh of FrontPage Africa. We also call on you to protect the rights of campaigners who are demanding the full restitution of this L$16 billion. As we jealously protect the sovereignty and heritage of our State by standing up to those barriers (corruption, nepotism, tribalism, cronyism and religious intolerance) that kept us down as a people, we call you to join us in this pursuit to ensure that President Weah and his government account for L$16 billion that disappeared in thin air.

        Done and sealed on this 24th Day of September A.D. 2018 in the City of Monrovia by through COCUBOMB, a representation of the Liberian people. 

        Signed: _____________________________________

        Jeremiah S. Swen

        Secretary General, COCUBOMB

        Approved: __________________________________

        Emmanuel Gonquoi

        Vice Chair, COCUBOMB

        Attested: ____________________________________

        Martin K. N. Kollie

        Chairman, COCUBOMB

        To: US Embassy, United Nations, European Union, African Union, and ECOWAS

        Reputable Organizations that have endorsed this statement:

        1. Student Unification Party (SUP)

        2. People Action Network (PAN-Liberia)

        3. Economic Freedom Fighters of Liberia (EFFL)

        4. Movement of Justice in Africa (MOJA)

        5. Liberia Labor Congress (LLC)

        6. Workers’ Union of Liberia (WUL)

        7. Foundation for Human Rights and Democracy (FOHRD)

        8. Alliance for Transitional Justice in Liberia (ATJL)

        9. Teachers in Action for Concerns (TAC-Liberia)

        10. Federation of Liberian Youth (FLY)

        11. Patriotic Consciousness Association of Liberia (PACAL)

        12. Patriotic Entrepreneurs of Liberia (PATEL)

        13. Movement of Social Democratic Alliance (MOSODA)

        14. Financial Communication Sector Union (FCSU)

        15. National Cosmetology Union of Liberia (NCUL)

        16. Association of Opposition Political Parties Youth League in Support of Weah (AOPPYL)

        17. Concerned Liberians in the Diaspora (CLD)

        18. Citizen Action for the Establishment of a War and Economic Crimes Courts (CAEWECC)

        19. Zorzor and Salayea Muslim Development Association (ZSMDA)

        20. Forum for Democracy and Civic Education (FODCE)

        21. Liberia National Student Union (LINSU)

        22. TAG – Liberia

        23. Concerned University and College Students (CUCS)

        24. Conscious High School Students of Liberia (CHSL)

        25. S. K. Doe Community Youth Association (SAKDOCYA)

        26. Masses Against Poverty (MAP)

        27. Federation of Sinkor Youth Association (FESYA)

        28. Liberian Youth for Democracy

        29. Agenda for Peace and Democracy

        30. National Youth Against Violence (NYAV)

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