The Governing Council Chair of the National Patriotic Party, Chief Cyril Allen, has termed as toothless bulldog the recent successive sanctions imposed on key government officials of the CDC government by the United States Department of State.
Just in the month of December 2023, Monrovia City Mayor and Secretary General of CDC, Jefferson Koijee, was sanctioned by the Unity States Treasury Department for his involvement in corruption, bribery and masterminding violence, among others, in the country.
A few days later, the US Department of State imposed other sanctions on Senate Pro-Tempore Albert Chie, Margibi County Senator Emmanuel Nuguay and Finance Minister Samuel Tweah for acts of bribery and inducing the National Legislature with cash or other means to influence the passing of legislative instruments.
But reacting to the US government’s allegations which triggered the sanctions, the NPP Governing Council Chair said the sanctions cannot hold water.
“Well, that is up to them to be fair or not be fair, but nothing is fair. They choose who to put sanctions on or who not to put sanctions on. They choose which government to stigmatize. They choose which individual they want, whether they went through the process or not,” he claimed.
Chief Allen told newsmen via mobile phone on Wednesday, December 13, 2023 that the move of the United States government lacks fundamental guidelines, but underscored that the Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC), which the NPP is party to, does not see any form of witch-hunt.
Chief Allen claimed that the US government has no further argument but only wants to exercise their power as the world’s only superpower.
He argued that the Legislature cannot pass a budget for a particular government ministry or agency and go back to solicit money from the very entity.
“But I want to conclude by saying that the sanction by the United States is a toothless bulldog. It is a basket, and you cannot hold water in it,” Chief Allen maintained.
The NPP stalwart noted that some of the officials who have been on the United States sanction list have not been into the United States for over 30 years, but they are living life much better than some of those in the US.