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Liberia: A Former US Ambassador Weighs in on Governance Lapses Liberia: A Former US Ambassador Weighs in on Governance Lapses John Blaney: “In my view, Liberia needs clean government, rule of law with justice and respect, and stronger national identity with less tribalism and more equal opportunity. Do better on that and development with accelerate, given that Liberia is actually a richly resourced country and not overpopulated.” Monrovia – Ambassador John Blaney, regarded as one of the toughest United States Ambassador to Liberia ever to serve in Liberia, remembered as playing a key role in stabilizing the country’s post-war transition, is rattling nerves over a recent Facebook post weighing in on governance lapses in Liberia. ....
Liberian Senate Split over Having Sen. Sherman Removed from Judiciary Committee Following U.S. Economic Sanction Liberian Senate Split over Having Sen. Sherman Removed from Judiciary Committee Following U.S. Economic Sanction Share MONROVIA – The Liberian Senate is carefully handling matters relating to economic sanction placed on one of their colleagues, Senator Varney Sherman of Grand Cape Mount County by the United States Department of Treasury on allegations of corruption and bribery. Cllr. Sherman stands accused by the Treasury Department of facilitating bribery within the Judiciary for judges to grant ruling in his clients’ favor and in some instance paid bribe to facilitate the removal of an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court – Justice Kabineh Ja’neh – who had ruled against him. ....
Share MONROVIA – Senator Varney Sherman has told journalists that the recent sanction placed on him by the U.S. government has devastated his character as a lawyer and it’s going to take him years to redeem his character. Senator Sherman, in interview with reporters said, as a result of the sanction, he has lost most of his clients most of whom he has worked for since the establishment of his Sherman & Sherman Law Firm in the late ’80s. “My reputation is devastated and it’s going to take me years to repair after I have provided evidence to remove my name from sanction. I believe that someone for some reason dropped my name at OFAC because of some reason and without OFAC reviewing, they placed my name on sanction list,” he lamented. ....
Sen (Cllr) Sherman: Sanctions have devastated my reputation. Senator Varney Sherman has opined that the US government’s imposed sanctions against him based on allegation and “unfounded theory,” has damaged his livelihood and business. Sen. Sherman, whose reaction comes amid a report of the Financial Intelligence Unit requesting banks to temporarily freeze his financial assets, lamented that said financial and economic sanctions against him have virtually destroyed his law practice; as most of his clients now have terminated attorney-client relationships. “Some of the clients started with me when I established the law firm in July 1989, and have continued with me through thick and thin until the imposition of these sanctions,” Sen. Sherman said. “Accordingly, I have relieved my partners, staff lawyers and ordinary staffers from their obligations to Sherman and Sherman, and to me personally.” ....