LATE PRESIDENT’S SON QUESTIONS NTGL OVER FIRESTONE CONTRACTS, DECRIES RAMPANT CORRUPTION
Apr 27, 2005
Author: J. Cholo Brooks / Liberia
Son of the late Liberian President, William V. S. Tubman, William V.S. Tubman, Jr., says he question the authority of the Charles Gyude Bryant’s Government to commit future government to long term contractual agreements especially the Firestone Contract and other contractual agreements that are being awarded to individuals and companies in the Freeport of Monrovia.
“The Firestone management must understand that its recent agreement that was ratified by the National Transitional Legislative Assembly (NTLA) is incomplete and has to be carefully reviewed by a future government after the elections to reflect the interest of the Liberian state. The NTGL does not have the power, it does not have the mandate or authority to commit a future government”, Mr. Tubman told our Monrovia Correspondent.
Mr. Tubman accused of the NTGL of signing long-term agreements with foreign companies at the Freeport of Monrovia without the input of the Liberian people, adding “If you visit the Freeport of Monrovia you will discover that this government which is rampantly corrupt is entering into long-term contracts with foreign companies without regards for the rights of Liberians to go into such agreements”.
Mr. Tubman who is affectionately known as ‘Baby Shad’ is one of the presidential aspirants in the coming October 11, 2005 general and presidential elections, noted that the rebirth of Liberia is here, and stressed that Liberians will not sit and watch the NTGL commits future government at will.
When our Correspondent contacted the spokesman of the NTGL regarding Mr. Tubman’s accusation leveled against the government, the Information Minister, C. William Allen, said Mr. Tubman is mistaken by such comments, adding, “The NTGL is the government of the day so as such it has the power and authority to enter into any agreements that will commit the future government”.
Dr. Allen cited as an example the first 99 years contract signed with Firestone in 1926 and noted that despite the cessation of the government which signed the agreement, succeeding administrations respected the terms and conditions of such contract throughout its life span. “The NTGL has the mandate to do just what a future government will do and its action is binding and enforceable”, he added.
Following the ratification of the Firestone agreement by the NTLA, several individuals, human rights groups and citizens of Margibi County where the company is located condemned the government’s action and called for stoppage against Firestone.
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Son of the late Liberian President, William V. S. Tubman, William V.S. Tubman, Jr., says he question the authority of the Charles Gyude Bryant’s Government to commit future government to long term contractual agreements especially the Firestone Contract and other contractual agreements that are being awarded to individuals and companies in the Freeport of Monrovia.