Nimba County Electoral District #7 Consultant, Musa Hassan Bility has thrown a full weight behind transparency and accountability and has challenged President Joseph Nyuma Boakai to muster the braveness to order the audit of the Legislature, which he mentioned is on the peak of corruption.
By Emmanuel Weedee-Conway
In an open letter to President Boakai, the Nimba County lawmaker revealed that there’s systemic theft of public funds inside the Legislature, which the President shouldn’t flip a blind eye as the federal government goes on to prosecute lawmakers over the hearth incident.
“You will have the authority. You will have the duty. Now, summon the braveness.
Audit the Home. Audit the Legislature. Historical past is watching,” acknowledged Rep. Bility as he goes on to focus on varied ranges of corruption and ills which have gone unnoticed in authorities and on the Legislature.
He intoned that tens of millions, maybe lots of of tens of millions, have misplaced by way of abuse and misappropriation inside the Legislature itself, stressing that for months, whereas this investigation into the hearth incident was pursued, the nationwide funds was misused.
Rep. Bility asserted that funds meant for improvement had been repurposed for political expediency and that tens of millions of {dollars}, beneath the 2024 funds, had been diverted, excess of the injury from the hearth. However regardless of all this, he observed no comparable urgency has been proven in investigating that crime.
The Nimba County District #7 Consultant disclosed how numerous motions proffered by him for the audit of the Home of Representatives have failed.
“We’ve tried to deliver a movement for the audit of the Home of Representatives. We’ve failed. We’ve raised it a number of occasions. We’ve failed. Clearly, the Legislature won’t ever muster the braveness to audit itself. However you, Mr. President, are empowered beneath the regulation.”
He urged the Liberian chief to make use of his constitutional and ethical duty to order a complete audit of the Home of Representatives and the Senate, notably from 2011 to the current in order that Liberians would have a chance to see how their cash has been used, misused, and abused.
With the Revised Act establishing the Basic Auditing Fee giving the President the authority to mandate the audit of any public establishment, together with the Legislature, Rep. Bility challenged the federal government to start making certain transparency and accountability on the very coronary heart of our democracy, if the federal government is certainly, is dedicated to ending corruption and abuse.
“This needs to be your legacy, Mr. President. Not simply the prosecution of some alleged arsonists, however the daring determination to scrub the system from inside. Sure, it’ll damage. Sure, it could expose allies and discomfort pals. However Liberia deserves it. Our folks deserve it. Historical past will honor you not to your silence, however to your braveness.”
He mentioned Liberia can’t proceed to beg the world for support whereas squandering its personal assets by way of unchecked legislative corruption, stressing that the worldwide companions won’t ever really respect the nation till it exhibits respect for itself.
This, Rep. Bility famous, was President Boakai’s likelihood to revive the bleeding dignity of the folks’s Home.
“Do it for the homeless mom, the out-of-school little one, the hungry elder, and the numerous residents watching a trial whereas their authorities refuses to account for a lot larger crimes,” he added.
