Monrovia – Sinoe County Senator Crayton Duncan has admitted that Liberian public officers, together with members of the Legislature, are corrupt—however claims the nation’s worldwide companions are way more corrupt and accountable for almost all of poverty and struggling amongst Liberians.
By Obediah Johnson
Talking Wednesday, September 3, on the Heart for the Alternate of Mental Opinions (CEIO) in Monrovia, Sen. Duncan argued that Liberian officers contribute solely 20% to the nation’s hardships, whereas worldwide companions account for the remaining 80%.
“We’re corrupt, however the corruption that makes you endure is about 20%,” he stated. “Eighty % of your struggling comes from the so-called ones we name worldwide companions. Why we’re preventing each other, they’re stealing from us.”
The lawmaker, nevertheless, stopped wanting naming any particular worldwide companion he accused of exploiting Liberia.
In response to him, Liberia’s continued dependence on international companions has left the nation stagnant, whereas these companions “fake to like us” however as a substitute “exploit our survival.” He dismissed as “fallacy” the idea that exterior actors will enhance the residing situations of Liberians.
Sen. Duncan additionally accused multinational corporations of exploiting Liberia’s assets whereas leaders, together with previous and current administrations, stay complicit. He criticized the Boakai, Weah, and Sirleaf governments for what he described as their unwillingness to handle the actual causes of Liberia’s struggling regardless of figuring out them.
The senator additional expressed frustration that Liberian legal guidelines, influenced by Western companions, stop public officers from investing in companies or proudly owning shares in corporations. He argued that this restriction forces lawmakers to rely solely on their salaries, which he described as insufficient given the calls for from their constituents.
“A few of us who could have the flexibility to put money into our nation are stopped by Westerners who name it battle of curiosity,” Duncan stated. “They are saying the US$7,000 I make is simply too loads, however in lower than every week, it’s gone. All of us develop into poor the identical method.”
Sen. Duncan insisted that Liberia’s poverty persists as a result of Western companions intentionally maintain Liberians economically weak.
“We’re joyful to be poor as a result of they don’t need any Liberian to have cash in their very own nation,” he added.
