In the wake of controversies and arguments about the coming of a war and economics crimes court to Liberia, a lawmaker, Dr. George B. Samah, says he is in total support of such a decision, as “it will serve as a deterrent for people who may have committed and continue to commit tragedies, atrocities and other heinous crimes in society, that they will not be left to go with impunity, as many Liberians have cried over the years”.
Dr. Samah, Representative for electoral district #12, Montserrado County, speaking in an exclusive interview with journalists at the National Legislature on Thursday, May 27, 2021 maintained that experiences in Liberia’s past and present history certainly proved that Liberia and Liberians have gone through tough times, tragedies, destruction of lives and properties as well as rampant corruption, which have plundered this nation into poverty and hardships. “And if these evil societal vices are left to continue, we will not attain any just level of development as a nation-state, which is also considered as Africa’s oldest independent state,” Representative Samah stated.
The Montserrado County lawmaker averred, “Rwanda, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and even Sierra Leone, which is next door to Liberia, have had these situations, and if these nations’ peoples were left to go with impunity events of war and economic crimes would continue today.”
He observed that Liberia’s example will also serve as a COVID-19 to prevent others from following suit. He opined that the court, if established in the country, would also bring into the minds of the public in general that human rights abuses, corruption and other social abuses should be minimized.
Secondly, Representative Samah observed that the proposed war and economic crimes court for Liberia itself is a major challenge, as it relates to the current financial and security situation in Liberia, “but even our former and current government officials will begin to be very careful with lives and properties of the state, wherever they’ve worked or are presently assigned, not only in government but the private sector as well”.