By Jamesetta D. Williams
MONROVIA–The Government Mansion, in collaboration with the Ministry of State, has launched an investigation into the unauthorized leakage of President Joseph Nyuma Boakai’s State of the Nation Tackle (SONA), Info Minister Jerolinmek Piah has introduced.
Minister Piah disclosed that parts of the President’s deal with have been revealed by some media shops minutes earlier than President Boakai concluded his constitutionally mandated speech, elevating critical issues about inside safety and protocol on the highest degree of presidency.
Describing the incident as “extremely unprofessional and unethical,” Minister Piah mentioned the federal government views the leak as a breach of belief that undermines the integrity of nationwide establishments and official state processes.
“People working within the public area are anticipated to uphold the best requirements of professionalism and moral conduct,” Piah careworn. He added that the untimely launch of such a crucial nationwide doc violates established norms governing official communications.
He added that the continuing investigation goals to establish the supply of the leak and guarantee accountability, whereas measures are being thought of to stop comparable incidents sooner or later.
Minister Piah made the disclosure throughout a press convention on the Ministry of Info, Cultural Affairs and Tourism (MICAT), the place he reaffirmed the federal government’s dedication to transparency, duty, and respect for institutional procedures.
He famous that each the Government Mansion and the Ministry of State are working to find out how the speech was leaked and to establish these accountable.
The incident has sparked public debate over info safety inside state establishments, particularly throughout high-profile nationwide occasions such because the State of the Nation Tackle.
Alphonso Toweh
Has been within the occupation for over twenty years. He has labored for a lot of worldwide media shops together with: West Africa Journal, Africa Week Journal, African Observer and did occasional reporting for CNN, BBC World Service, Sunday Occasions, NPR, Radio Deutchewells, Radio Netherlands. He’s the present correspondent for Reuters
He holds first MA with honors in Worldwide Relations and a candidate for second grasp in Worldwide Peace research and Battle Decision from the College of Liberia.
