MONROVIA –On the heel of continued rising public perceptions that attribute the poor state of Liberia and its individuals to uncontrolled corruption, particularly throughout the public cycle, Sinoe County Senator Crayton O. Duncan, has widened the controversy to a different account.
By Emmanuel Weedee-Conway
Whereas many consider that corruption is accountable for the nation’s underdevelopment, Senator Duncan sees it in a different way, averring that the menace is simply accountable for a minute portion.
Talking on the in style ‘Palaver Hut’ of the state-run College of Liberia (UL) on the invitation of the Pupil Unification Get together (SUP) on Wednesday, January 28, 2026, the Sinoe County lawmaker attributed bulk of the nation’s failure to the very Legislature, of which he’s a member.
He claims that the Legislature is accountable for 80 % of Liberia’s issues, whereas corruption accounts for the rest 20 %.
In line with him, members of each the Home of Representatives and the Liberian Senate have inherently reneged their responsibility to correctly maintain the Govt into verify as enshrined of their tasks.
“Corruption introduced us all the way down to the place we’re at this time, sure, we agree. However don’t ever suppose that corruption is the primary motive for our undergrowth. I by no means had peace on the Home of Representatives and so I made a decision to ascend to the Senate. However issues have remained the identical. The so-called democracy we talked about is practiced on the ground,” he informed the scholar group amid chanting of battle cries.
“On the Legislature, elected officers need to be pleasant with the President and his cupboard to get favors to be re-elected. They consider that by being pleasant with the President and his cupboard they’ll have paved roads of their districts of counties. And they also attempt to appease the Govt. Our nation will not be struggling solely due to corruption, however the exploitation of our sources with out demand of accountability from the individuals who you elected.”
“Bea Mountain, as an example, makes billions whereas we haven’t bought a billion over time in our funds. We’ve individuals on the Legislature who don’t have the backbone to inform the President the reality. About 80 % of our struggling is predicated on concern of our representatives and Senators to interact in altering our dangerous concession legal guidelines.”
Accordingly, Senator intones that the shortcoming of elected officers, notably members of the Legislature to face and combat for the Liberian individuals.
The Sinoe County Senator, who’s reportedly endeavoring to grow to be a president additionally, factors out that like former President Weah, President Boakai too has made no new adjustments to the outdated order because it pertains to eradicating corruption.
“The individuals noticed Weah as a part of them, a person from a poverty background who performed soccer to raised up his life, though he mismanaged his soccer wealth. He bought elected by the individuals, however the very first thing was to construct a condominium of 40 flats. Boakai too, the identical. Inside simply two years, we’re witnessing the development of a US$10M palace in his dwelling.”
