The All-Liberian Conference on Dual Citizenship (ALCOD) is commending President Joseph Boakai for issuing Executive Order # 131, which establishes the War and Economic Crimes Court (WECC) Office in Liberia.
ALCOD, through its Eminent Chairperson, Emmanuel Wettee, said the President’s action has driven the nation in the right direction toward holding individuals legally accountable for their direct and indirect actions during Liberia’s 15 years of civil conflict.
The President’s action, he said, is not only going to hold individuals accountable, but it is also going to bring to the law, institutions and groups that contributed to the wonton destruction of Liberia, including leading to the slaughter of about 250,000 Liberians and foreign nationals.
President Boakai moves came after the Legislature signed a Joint Resolution calling for the establishment of said Court in Liberia.
Chairman Wettee at the same time thanked WECC’s Advocates; the likes of Cllr. Jerome Verdier, Mr. Michael G. Mueller, Emmanuel Savice among others, saying their quest for justice and ensuring that those who participated in the country’s civil war face justice will never go unnoticed.
Meanwhile, ALCOD is appealing to President Boakai to establish a Presidential Commission on Out-of-Country Voting which will include the National Elections Commission (NEC), ALCOD, and other parties of interest set-up mechanisms that will make out-of-country voting possible for all national elections, including the 2029 Presidential and Legislative Elections.
He said, “We, too, want to directly participate in electing our leaders, because during national and constituency elections in the country, diaspora Liberians contribute immensely, but most times cannot vote because of their physical absence in Liberia.”
ettee further argued that Article 80 C of the Constitution of Liberia gives every Liberian citizen the right to be registered in a constituency, and to vote in public elections only in the constituency where registered, either in person or by absentee ballot; provided that such citizen shall have the right to change his voting constituency as may be prescribed by the Legislature.
He added, “This is our right; we in the diaspora want to exercise it.”
He promised that ALCOD is prepared to work with the Presidential Commission on Out-of-Country Voting when established.”
