Liberia: Representative George Boley Sues Fellow Lawmaker Dixon Sebo for Damages for Wrong
Liberia: Representative George Boley Sues Fellow Lawmaker Dixon Sebo for Damages for Wrong
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Although the court did not mention detailed allegation made by the plaintiff- Rep. George Boley (left) in the writ of summons,, it is believed the lawsuit filed against Rep. Sebo is due to his blatant accusation levied against Rep. Boley at the end of March 2021 that the warlord-cum-politician killed members of his family during Liberia’s bloody civil war.
Monrovia – Rep. George E. S. Boley (District #2, Grand Gedeh County) has filed a lawsuit against one of his colleagues, Rep. Dixon Wlawlee Sebo (District #16, Montserrado County) in the Sixth Judicial Circuit Court in Monrovia for “damages for wrong.”
Before a thousand gods working together could skin a flea, the Senate had somersaulted on its decision voting disgraced Grand Cape Mount County Senator Varney Sherman and notorious ex-warlord now Reverend and Senator, Prince Yormie Johnson, to head two (2) very important Senate Committees, Defense and Intelligence, and Judiciary, respectively.
They have just succeeded in selling to the world a very negative impression of themselves as people who stand for nothing. How could they not have known that their vote to place these two individuals at the helm of those important Senate committees would have constituted an act of betrayal of the Liberian people?
By Lekpele M. Nyamalon
Monrovia- Each time we remember the atrocities of war, we prick the conscience of the perpetrators, thereby ensuring that it does not happen again. To ignore or forget is to set them loose, thereby cultivating a cycle of impunity.
I witnessed the Liberian Civil war not as a passive and privileged commentator, but as a child who lived through the burnt and ashes of war, endured the nightmares and have a scar of honor as a war survivor. In 1990, we were enroute to the St. Peter’s Lutheran Church (our family parish) for refuge, but stayed one night short of our journey when soldiers of the Armed Forces of Liberia stormed the edifice under the cover of darkness and committed one of the most heinous atrocities recorded in our nation’s history.
The current makeup of the Liberian legislature counts amongst its ranks, two leaders of now defunct warring factions. They are Senator Prince Johnson and Representative George Boley of the Independent National Patriotic Front of Liberia (INPFL) and the Liberia Peace Council (LPC) respectively.
Both individuals are listed in the TRC report as individuals accused of committing egregious domestic crimes and crimes against humanity and they were recommended for prosecution.
The TRC Report identifies 23 different types of violations committed by the various groups during the civil war. The violations range from Forced Displacement, which accounts for the largest percentage (36%) of violations.
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27 April 2021By Thierry Cruvellier, JusticeInfo.net
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