Monrovia – The Motion for Financial Empowerment (MOVEE) strongly condemns the arbitrary arrest and unlawful detention of its Political Chief and Commonplace Bearer, Ambassador Dee-Maxwell Saah Kemayah, Sr.
In keeping with a launch, within the early morning hours of Thursday, June 26, at roughly 3:00 AM, officers of the Liberia Nationwide Police (LNP) stormed Ambassador Kemayah’s residence in a way described as intimidating and panic-inducing, solely to impact his arrest.
MOVEE views this act as a transparent case of political witch-hunt, pushed by frivolous costs and baseless allegations—an alarming assault on our democratic values.
“The costs, which allege the mismanagement and diversion of 29,412 luggage of 25kg rice donated by the Saudi Arabian Authorities, usually are not solely false and deceptive, but additionally expose the Unity Social gathering (UP)-led authorities’s ongoing marketing campaign to silence opposition leaders by way of intimidation and abuse of state energy,” the celebration mentioned in a press release launched by Jeremiah Edison Paye, Nationwide Secretary-Common.
The Motion mentioned it’s conscious of the UP Authorities’s sample of utilizing unsubstantiated allegations of corruption as instruments to tarnish the reputations of opposition figures. It warned that the real struggle in opposition to corruption have to be rooted in equity and impartiality—not wielded as a weapon in opposition to dissenting voices; including President Boakai’s resort to tyranny and using state establishments to suppress opposition is undemocratic, harmful, and a recipe for chaos.
MOVEE additionally condemns the alleged motion as an try and undermine Ambassador Kemayah’s ongoing efforts to empower Liberian ladies and women. Simply days in the past, 41 ladies and women graduated from the Ambassador Dee-Maxwell Saah Kemayah, Sr. Ladies Empowerment and Vocational Abilities Coaching Program, a free six-month initiative geared toward offering life-changing expertise and financial empowerment. “The federal government’s vindictive and reckless habits seeks to derail such optimistic initiatives,” it mentioned.
The celebration additional questions the credibility of Cllr. Edwin Klah Martin, Chairperson of the Belongings Restoration Workforce, to guide any credible anti-corruption effort. In keeping with MOVEE, a number of members of the group who resigned have accused Cllr. Martin of corruption, alleging that the funds allotted within the 2024 nationwide finances for the Belongings Restoration Workforce had been misappropriated, leading to unpaid workers and operational failure.
In gentle of those developments, MOVEE welcomes the discharge of Ambassador Kemayah and reiterates its name for a free, truthful, clear, and speedy trial in accordance with the rule of legislation.
The Motion extends profound gratitude to former President George Manneh Weah, executives and members of the Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC), the devoted group of legal professionals, executives, Partisans, and Supporters of MOVEE, well-wishers, buddies, and relations and the clergy and distinguished residents who stood as sureties for Ambassador Kemayah’s launch.
It additionally thanked Rev. Mrs. Dialokai Golanyon-Kemayah, the spouse of its Political Chief and Commonplace Bearer, for her “unwavering” help and power all through this ordeal.
It added: “To the Unity Social gathering Authorities, we are saying this: whereas MOVEE respects the rule of legislation, we won’t stand by silently whereas frivolous and politically motivated costs are used to undermine our leaders. We stay dedicated to defending the reality, upholding democratic rules, and standing by our Political Chief, a person of confirmed honesty, integrity, and dedication to nationwide growth.”
