Journalist Moses D. Sandy says Dr. Daniel Cassell has lost the moral integrity for championing the cause of social justice and issues of morality in Liberia.
He said the Liberian presidency is a very important position and Liberians are not prepared to support any politician that has a reported shady past for such office.
His condemnation comes as backlash to the People’s Liberation Party (PLP) leader who is charged for defrauding the US medicaid program of more than US$3.6 million for shady services they claimed to have provided clients in New Jersey.
The Agency allegedly billed clients multiple times for questionable services it claimed to have delivered to them.
Journalist Sandy said if Dr. Cassell is to be seen as a serious political contender for the Liberian presidency, then, he must muster the courage to speak to Liberians and the peoples of the world about the alleged crimes for which he and the management of Kwenyan Professional Health Services are being tried.
What is more appalling is Cassell’s recent call on the world’s Muslim community as they observe their Ramadan which Sandy termed as a calculated ploy to deflect Liberians’ attention from the felony charges he currently faces in the US for reported malfeasance.
Journalist Sandy said Dr. Cassell and the PLP are being illusive about the seriousness of the crimes he and his New Jersey based mental health, behavioral, and substance abuse agency, Kwenyan Professional Health Services allegedly committed.
In a press release issued on April 10, 2022, the National president emeritus of the Association of Liberian Journalists in the Americas (ALJA), said while the PLP political leader’s message to the Muslim community seems plausible, he and the PLP’s foremost intent is to deceive Liberians and minimize the veracity of the crimes he and the management of Kwenyan Professional Health Services are accused of committing.
He said it is hypocritical for Dr. Cassell to publicly censure the ruling Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) for reported misrule in Liberia while at the same time concealing the alleged fraud.
He said until the US government exonerates Dr. Cassell and his agency of the felony charges levied against them for malfeasance, he, for now, remains unqualified to attack the CDC for any act of bad governance in Liberia.
On April 3, 2022, Dr. Cassell in a social media podcast targeted at Muslims, claimed that the Liberian people need prayers because, “The safety, economic, and living conditions of Liberians are worsening day by day; and majority of Liberians have given up hope due to the reality of the appalling leadership situation in Liberia.”
The PLP leader who is the founder of Kwenyan Professional Health Services, was on March 17, 2022, arrested by authorities of the Clayton County Sheriff office located in Jonesboro, Georgia and detained for reported acts of dishonesty.
He stated further that Liberians and the peoples of the world are eager to know about the status of the reported malfeasance case, because the people want to hear from him and the PLP about the role he reportedly played in the alleged dupping of the US taxpayers.
He said while he is not prejudging Dr. Cassell and the others accused, but he strongly believes that the PLP Political leader now has a lot of explanations to do in clearing his name and that of his agency than dwelling on the lapses of President Weah and the ruling CDC.
Mr. Sandy noted, “Unless otherwise proven, Dr. Cassell has crumbled; and his political career seems to have come to an abrupt end.” Before his recent arrest and public humiliation for reported fraud, the PLP leader was in contemporary Liberia and one of the notable humanitarians and biggest donors to community organizations and the poor.”