Senators Albert News Today

Barley a week after the United States Government sanctioned additional three top officials of the Government of Liberia for their alleged involvement in corruption, defeated Montserrado County electoral district#8 Representative Acarous Moses Gray has come in strong defense of the sanctioned officials, calling for thorough investigation.

National Patriotic Party (NPP) Chairman emeritus Chief Cyril Allen has described the U.S. government’s sanctions against top Liberian officials as a basket that can't hold water.

Liberia’s Finance Minister Samuel D. Tweah, Jr., says he believes that he has been sanctioned by the United States Department of State because he supposedly favored ArcelorMittal Limited (AML) over an American Company, High Power Explorations Inc. (HPX).

Former Liberian presidential candidate Cllr. Tiawan Saye Gongloe has lauded the United States government through its Treasury Department for sanctioning Liberian officials, saying it’s Liberia’s best Christmas gift.

This paper has been speaking to a lot of Margibians following the United States’ latest visa restrictions that also affected Senator James Emmanuel Nuquay from Margibi, about their reaction to the latest American Government decision.

One of Liberia’s political parties, Economic Freedom Fighter of Liberia (EFFL) notes here that Liberia continues to lose almost 30% of its national budget to corruption thus, urging the incoming administration of President-elect, Joseph Nyumah Boakai to prosecute officials sanctioned by the United States government for corruption.

The United States Government says officials designated in Liberia and their families are banned for life, from entering the United States.

A day after his designation by the U.S. State Department along with two other top officials, Senate President Pro-Tempore Albert Tugbe Chie, is fighting back, vowing to take advantage of U.S. legal system to remove their names and those of their targeted family members from visa restrictions.

The United States government has widened its sanctions against Liberian officials issuing visa restrictions against Finance Minister Samuel Tweah, and Senators Albert T. Chie and Emmanuel Nuquay.