Monroviaโ In a uncommon and daring public assertion that has sparked fast political ripples, Consultant Musa Hassan Bility of NimbaCounty District #7 has issued a strong open letter to President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr., calling for an unprecedented audit of the Liberian Legislature. His message, although respectful, is an unflinching indictment of what he describes as selective justice and entrenched corruption inside Liberiaโs highest lawmaking physique.
Rep. Bilityโs letter comes on the heels of the much-publicized trial of a number of lawmakers implicated within the alleged arson assault on the Capitol. Whereas he welcomes the prosecution and requires a good and clear judicial course of, Bility argues that this trial is only one piece of a a lot biggerโand extra harmfulโdrawback.
โThe alleged arson could price this nation one or two million {dollars} to restore,โ he writes, โhowever what of the hundreds of thousands, maybe a whole bunch of hundreds of thousands, misplaced by way of abuse and misappropriation inside the Legislature itself?โ
In what reads as each a political wake-up name and a public problem, Bility accuses the federal government of pursuing the arson case with vigor whereas displaying little curiosity in investigating monetary crimes that will have price the nation much more.
He cites repeated failed makes an attempt by some lawmakers to set off an inside audit of the Home of Representatives. These motions, in response to Bility, had been systematically blocked, proving that the Legislature โwon’t ever muster the braveness to audit itself.โ
Now, he turns to President Boakai, reminding him of the powers vested in him by the Revised Act that established the Basic Auditing Fee (GAC). In line with Bility, the President has each the authorized authority and ethical responsibility to order a full forensic audit of the Home and Senateโnotably masking the interval from 2011 to the current.
โThat is your second,โ Bility declares. โShould you actually imagine in accountabilityโฆ let it start on the very coronary heart of our democracy.โ
He means that the Presidentโs credibility and legacy now hinge not solely on his administrationโs pursuit of arson suspects, however on his willingness to confront deep-rooted legislative corruptionโeven on the danger of exposing political allies.
The letter appeals emotionally and politically to the Presidentโs sense of legacy. Bility frames the audit as an ethical crucial, not only a governance situation.
โHistorical past will honor you not on your silence, however on your braveness,โ he writes. โAudit the Home. Audit the Legislature. Historical past is watching.โ
Bilityโs name is resonating with many peculiar Liberians who really feel alienated from a political class lengthy accused of enriching itself whereas the nation stays mired in poverty and underdevelopment.
This letter is greater than a political opinionโitโs a direct problem to Liberiaโs govt management to stay as much as its rhetoric on anti-corruption. It strikes on the coronary heart of public cynicism, the place residents have typically watched selective prosecutions serve political ends, whereas systemic monetary crimes go unchecked.
By placing his title and place behind this letter, Rep. Bilityhas doubtlessly opened a brand new chapter in Liberiaโs accountability discourse, one that might both immediate motion or deepen mistrust relying on the response it receives.
Nicely, because it stands now, all eyes are on President Boakaiโwill he rise to the event, or retreat behind the consolation of political warning?
