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Constructed Konola
Bridge In Bong County
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FROM PAGE 1
Monrovia
ong before the emergence of social media and the art
of selfies, rebels bearing catch-phrase names were fond
of posing in front of human trophies which sometimes
included dead bodies, skeletons, or some body parts of a
victim which had just fallen prey to an M-16, AK-47 rifle or sharp
object used to slaughter those in their capture.
More than a decade later, those images are said to be coming
back to haunt some prominent figures of the Liberian civil war
and, according to various war crimes investigators speaking to
FrontPageAfrica on condition of anonymity, which could now be
among key pieces of evidences being lined up as international
stakeholders embark on a pursuit of those responsible for
committing atrocities during the war.
PHOTOS TELL TRUE PICTURE
Lt. Col. Marcus Tailey(In bullet proof vest), and his principal deputy, Bobby Kpoto pictured here at the St. Peters Lutheran Church on Tubman Blvd,
Sinkor during the early days of the war. This team reportedly led the massacre at the church and other massacres in Sinkor, Congotown, YWCA, UN Drive
Compound, J.J. Roberts School on 12th Street. Tailey is reportedly dead but two of deputies, Kpoto and Nezee are still alive. Kpoto is said to be in the UK.
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GEORGE BOLEY
George Boley, 64, the former leader of the Liberian
Peace Council (LPC) who committed human rights
abuses during the civil war in the 1990s, was
deported to Liberia from the U.S. in March 2012,
capping an effort by U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement (ICE) to investigate the case and win
the former warlord's removal from the United
States.
MARTINA JOHNSON,
Martina Johnson, the NPFL frontline Commander
was picked up in Belgium for her alleged role in
wartime atrocities.
ALIEU KOSIAH,
A former commander of the United Liberation
Movement of Liberia for Democracy (ULIMO), a
rebel group that fought against Charles Taylors
National Patriotic Front for Liberia (NPFL) in
Liberia's first civil war was arrested November
2014 for his alleged implication in war crimes
committed between 1993 and 1995 in Lofa County,
Liberia.
A Swiss judge decided on 13 November 2014
that Mr. Kosiah will remain in detention for at
least three months. It marked the very first time
a former ULIMO member has been charged with
international crimes committed during Liberias
civil.
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DITORIAL
NEW YORK LAB MUST
v
COMMENTARY
in bullying and threatening auditors that we could lose our jobs if we did
not have professional certifications. When a team of auditors with CFE
designations argued that they too were professionally certified, she and
her deputies insisted that they were referring to GAC auditors obtaining
ACCAs and CPAs, certification that only three of them already possess.
Another design by the old lady was her public proclamation of
professionalizing the GAC on one hand, and failing to support her
statement with material actions on the other. Realizing this, auditors
decided to make efforts on their own. When some of us insisted on seeking
scholarships, take leave from job to travel abroad for advance studies and
professional certifications, Madam Gaye and her deputies again employed
a policy that there will be no further long term international trainings for
auditors, or we should resign and leave the GAC.
With motive to thwart their promoting, Yousador embarked on a
campaign to trash Masters degree as being non-essential to GAC under
her administration. This argument was amplified by Foday Kiazolu who
highest academic qualification is a BBA from United Methodist University
on Ashmun Street in Liberia. Madam Gayes criticism of Masters degree
was yet, another scam to discourage some auditors who had returned to
the GAC after obtaining Masters from the USA, Kenya, Ghana, China and
Zimbabwe.
For me, its improper and reeks intellectual honesty and maturity for an
Auditor General with an advance degree to endeavor to run a supreme
integrity institution like the GAC on the basis of peer fear, and choose
to reward chatter haulers while trying to please half-baked deputies of
immense inferiority complex.
As if Madam Gayes ignorance and swindle havent been well marketed,
she went on to dissolve all departments and positions within the GAC, and
fib again, that reclassification was underway in 6 months. Her apparent
reason for taking this action was to deny heads of the various dissolved
departments from receiving their benefits in GAS and Scratch Cards even
though these benefits continued to be budgeted by the GAC. You will be
stung to know that as a consequence of her missteps, Audit Reports issued
under the signature of Madam Gaye do not undergo Quality Assurance
review, a fundamental requirement in auditing.
But recently, as if there was brain-drain at the GAC, she hired a Director for
Administration and a Manager for Fleet and Assets Management, both of
whom do not possess professional qualifications, her so called benchmark
for promotion.
Another flop on the part of Madam Gaye which whips my imagination is
her lending of continues support to the unprovoked arrogance of gossip
transferor - Joseph King - the self-appointed lackey and wannabe parrot of
the Auditor General. This clown claims to hold a BBA degree in Accounting
from the prestigious University of Liberia, but his incompetence has
cornered him to low chores like being an errand boy, a driver, a secretary
and a special assistant, doing everything special - day and night - for his
boss lady. His trading of blather about the auditors to the Auditor General
has gone way too far to go unnoticed. And he makes a little over US$ 2000
for doing that courtesy to Yousador Gayes bias salary increment early
this year which saw her cronies received 110% increase.
In a conversation with a Deputy Minister at the Ministry of Finance during
our recent audit of that Ministry, I was asked whether Yousador was up to
the task for the sort of economic reforms and fiscal discipline that Liberia
so fervently desire. My simple answer to him then, which I will state now,
is that she is too unsophisticated for the job. Weak is an understatement or
no better choice of description for this Auditor General who is a personal
friend to all heads of public institutions.
The gaffes on the part of the first female Auditor General of Liberia makes
her seem like a gun for hire from imperialists the Robert Kilby replay. A
successful end cannot be promised. Perhaps not now!
The Role of the Media and Civil Society to GAC
Some of us may have rented our mouths under this circumstance, but our
pens cannot permit us to sit supine and watch GAC fall into another gutter.
We have account to give to posterity, not just as employees of the GAC
but also as tax paying Liberians. And because my taxes pay the likes of
Yousador, Nanka and Kiazolu of this world, I am obliged to document their
leisurely and noiseless misdemeanors.
That all these events are happening at the GAC under the noses of
the Liberian media and civil society, yet they are so silent, shows the
paradoxical relationship between the spectacles they viewed Kilby
before and the ones they are using to view Yousador now. This raises
more questions than answers. Perhaps I should definitely lookup GAC
communication budget for 2013/2014 2014/2015 and match them
against its expenditure reports submitted to the Ministry of Finance.
As watchdogs of the society the media and civil society have crucial roles
to play in the affairs of the GAC. This is a challenge for them to make a
difference. Publish this article and start asking questions at the GAC. The
sort of answers you will obtain will interest you. I will be waiting to see!
My Final Comments
As I indicated earlier, this is a caution to Madam Gaye. Some of us believe
in the doctrine of redemption. If the Auditor General takes keen note of
the assertions made here, begin to consider and take actions to correct
them, she may end up well and Robert Kilby story will be his own. I am old
enough to know how Liberia politics works. Today you can be the darling
of the President and tomorrow you are her serious enemy. Robert Kilby
understands this too well. His lesson was taught at the GAC.
I am therefore recommending that the Auditor General subordinates her
pride and begin to respect the experiences and qualifications of auditors
she met at the GAC. We are there to help her. She must as well begin to
understand that Foday Kiazolus inferiority complex is his own making. It
has nothing to do with the auditors, as such; it should not adversely affect
us. Madam Gaye should advise him to therefore begin threating us with
courtesy, not bully. And the Auditor General should beware that Winsley
Nanka is an angry man who is bitter from serving as Deputy Auditor
General forever. His laisse fare attitude towards the auditors and their
welfare is well calculated.
Finally, that the office of the auditor General is a serious place and people
working there should act accordingly. Hence, Joseph King must stop
whispering gossips about auditors. Or you should let him talk but NEVER
act on it.
A hint to the wise is sufficient!
Thank you.
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We who are familiar with these agreements and their implementations know very well that iron ore price is down
by 50 to 60% as compared to 2010 or even before then. Similarly rubber price is down. Now for me, our position is
weak. If we were to go to ask for review, because the prices of these commodities are down, the concessionaires are
in a stronger position to for example negotiate so that the social benefits that they are paying today will be reduced
because they are getting much less from operating than they were getting before and also the fact that they did not
operate the whole of 2014 due to Ebola, Cllr. Varney G. Sherman, Senator, Grand Cape Mount County.
While
Senator
Gueh
communication has been sent
to committee room for further
review
FrontPageAfrica
reported Wednesday that
Senator
Varney
Sherman
(Unity Party, Grand Cape
Mount County) is against a
review of the concessions.
Following the publication,
THERES
ADDING
Monroviahe
Plenary
of
the
House
of
Representatives
has
instructed
its Committees on Justice,
Foreign Affairs, Labor and
Gender, Children and Social
Protection to make a follow up
with the relevant ministries
and agencies of the Executive
Branch of government to
ascertain the status of some
14 Liberian ladies brought
from Lebanon with a report to
plenary within one week.
The decision was reached
as a consequence of a
communication
from
Representative
Bhofal
Chambers
(CDC-District#2,
Maryland
County)
who
is Chairman of the House
Standing
Committee
on
National Defense.
Representative
Chambers
requested that body to invite
some senior officials of the
executive to update the body
on the current status of the
Liberian ladies brought back
home from Lebanon.
The
Lawmaker
in
his
communication requested that
the Ministers of Justice, Foreign
Affairs, Labor and Gender,
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EVD.
The way your here your will
join us to tell Mama Ellen
thank you for her hard work,
now she is still working for this
bad virus to leave this country,
Chief Kawor said
Health
Authorities
have
warned people to stay away
from dead bodies as one of the
precautions against further
spread of the deadly virus.
Liberia, Sierra Leone, and
Guinea relatively share similar
tribes that engage in the same
traditional practices including
the washing of dead bodies.
The three countries are greatly
affected by the virus which is
hindering economies, health
system, education among
others.
According to the World Health
Organization, statistical report
July 8, 2015 there are 30
confirmed cases of Ebola virus
disease (EVD) reported in
the week to 5 July in all three
countries with 18 in Guinea,
3 in Liberia, and 9 in Sierra
Leone.
Although the WHO has said that
this is the highest weekly total
since mid-May, improvements
to case investigation and
contact
tracing,
together
with enhanced incentives to
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INVITATION TO BID
The Liberia Airport Authority applies portion of its approved Internal Revenue Budget, Fiscal Year 2015/2016 to the
INVITATION TO BID
The Liberia Airport Authority applies portion of its approved Internal Revenue Budget, Fiscal Year
2015/2016 to FUMIGATION at RIA.
As prescribed by the new SBA (SMAL BUSINESS ACT) through PPCC, this invite is limited to ONLY
LIBERIAN OWNED BUSINESSES.
REQUIREMENTS:
1. Liberian Owned Business
2. Current Business Registration
3. Current Tax Clarence
REQUIREMENTS:
1. Liberian Owned Business
2. Current Business Registration
3. Current Tax Clarence
4. Must be in the process of completing registration with PPCC.
Minimum Specification
1.
2.
Slate Gray
Schedule of Requirements
Objective:
The RIA is the only standard Airport in Liberia, thus on a daily basis traveler enter and leave the country
through this facility. To this end, keeping the Airport clean everyday is a top priority of the Management
of the Airport.
3.
Slate Gray
4.
Officers Shirt
White
5.
Yellow
6.
Uniform Trouser Navy Blue
7.
Security Boot
8.
Officers Shoes
Scope of Work
The Contractor shall be responsible to collect and dispose all garbage within the Airport and its
Managers Quarter for the Fiscal Year 2015/2016.
9.
10
Belt Brown
11.
Officers Belt
12.
A. Manpower Requirement
1. Manpower
a. The Contractor shall provide appropriate number of workers, as follows:
13.
Security Badge
14.
Shoulder Cord
15.
Gold Color
16.
Silver Color
17.
Liberia Flag
Cotton Clothe
18.
RIA LOGO
19.
Hand Cuff
Silver Color
20.
Baton Expandable Black
(Weekends Preferably)
(Weekends Preferably)
(Weekends Preferably)
Black
Gold Color Pair
Quantity
Delivery Date
1.
2.
150
3.
150
15
15
4.
Officers Shirt
5.
6.
Uniform Trouser
300
7.
Security Boot
150
8.
Officers Shoes
b. The Contractor shall ensure that each worker assigned to render work shall be proper uniform (Plastic Suit and
9.
150
Boot)
10
Belt
150
c. The Contractor shall ensure that each worker is equipped with appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), as
11.
Officers Belt
15
12.
15 pairs
1. Dusk Mask
13.
Security Badge
135 pairs
2. Glove
14.
Shoulder Cord
20
15.
15
16.
135
17.
Liberia Flag
315
1. Contractor
18.
RIA LOGO
315
19.
Hand Cuff
150
20.
Expandable Baton
150
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BID SUBMISSION:
Procurement Unit
Liberia Airport Authority/RIA
Robertsfield Liberia
CONTACT PERRSON:
EGON MARK KUIAH
Head of Procurement
Liberia Airport Authority /RIA
Cell: 0770555069
Email: egon.kuiah@robairport.com
Deadline for submission is August 11, 2015 at 1PM. NO LATE SUBMISSION WILL BE ACCEPTED!
Interested bidders may obtain bidding documents from the Procurement Unit of the Liberia Airport
Authority at RIA beginning Thursday July 16, 2015 from 8am to 4pm for a fee of USD75.00
Bid opening will be held at the conference room of the Liberia Airport Authority /RIA in the presence of
bidders or their representatives who choose to attend on August 10, 2015 at 12:00 noon.
Liberia Women Owned businesses are encouraged to participate and will have an added advantage!
Signed: EGON MARK KUIAH
Head of Procurement
Liberia Airport Authority/Roberts International Airport
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INVITATION TO BID
The Liberia Airport Authority applies portion of its approved Internal Revenue Budget, Fiscal Year
2015/2016 to GARBAGE COLLECTIONS at RIA.
As prescribed by the new SBA (SMAAL BUSINESS ACT) through PPCC, this invite is limited to
ONLY LIBERIAN OWNED BUSINESSES.
REQUIREMENTS:
1. Liberian Owned Business
2. Current Business Registration
3. Current Tax Clarence
4. Must be in the process of completing registration with PPCC.
A. Objective
Schedule of Requirements
Garbage/Refuge Collection Services Scope of Work
The RIA is the only standard Airport in Liberia, thus on a daily basis traveler enter and leave the country
through this facility. To this end, keeping the Airport free of pests and insects everyday is a top priority
of the Management of the Airport
B. SCOPE OF WORK
The Contractor shall be responsible to collect and dispose all garbage within the Airport and its
Managers Quarter for the Fiscal Year 2015/2016.
C. Area of Coverage
The contract shall provide and implement services comprised of activities enumerated under t5ghe
Delivery Schedule Section of the Bidding Document, as follows:
a. RIAs Airside
b. RIAs Landside
c. RIAs Managers Quarter
d. Clipper Camp
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INVITATION TO BID
1.
Parboiled Rice
25 kg 910
Monthly after
signing of contract
D. Manpower Requirement
1. Manpower
BID SUBMISSION:
No. of
Workers
Schedule
Procurement Unit
Equipment/Tools/Accessories
A. Coco brooms or
equivalent
B. Shovel/Spade
C. Dirt Bags
Robertsfield Liberia
Cleaning/clearing, collection
and disposal of garbage/waste
RIAs Landside
CONTACT PERRSON:
Cleaning/clearing, collection
and disposal of garbage/waste
RIAs Managers Quarter and
Clipper Camp
D. Coco brooms or
equivalent
E. Shovel/Spade
F. Dirt Bags
G. Coco brooms or
equivalent
H. Shovel/Spade
I. Dirt Bags
Cleaning/clearing, collection
and disposal of garbage/waste
RIAs Airside
b. The Contractor shall ensure that each worker assigned to render work shall be proper fumigator attire
(Plastic Suit and Boot)
c. The Contractor shall ensure that each fumigator is equipped with appropriate Personal Protective
Equipment (PPE), as described below, when working:
1. Nose Mask
2. Glove
d. Obligation and Responsibilities
1. Contractor
a. Undertake the service required on time;
b. Obey port rules and regulations;
c. Perform other attendant works that Authority may require
BID SUBMISSION:
Procurement Unit
Liberia Airport Authority/RIA
Robertsfield Liberia
CONTACT PERRSON:
EGON MARK KUIAH
Head of Procurement
Liberia Airport Authority /RIA
Cell: 0770555069
Email: egon.kuiah@robairport.com
Deadline for submission is August 11, 2015 at 1PM. NO LATE SUBMISSION WILL BE ACCEPTED!
Interested bidders may obtain bidding documents from the Procurement Unit of the Liberia Airport
Authority at RIA beginning Thursday July 16, 2015 from 8am to 4pm for a fee of USD75.00
Bid opening will be held at the conference room of the Liberia Airport Authority /RIA in the presence of
bidders or their representatives who choose to attend on August 10, 2015 at 12:00 noon.
Liberia Women Owned businesses are encouraged to participate and will have an added advantage!
Signed: EGON MARK KUIAH
Head of Procurement
Liberia Airport Authority/Roberts International Airport
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PRESS STATEMENT
NO PLANS TO DISMISS EMPLOYEES
...GAC Clarifies Placement Exams
The General Auditing Commission (GAC)
wishes to clarify that it has no plan to
dismiss or redundant any of its employees
as a result of the recent Placement Exam
administered.
The GAC wants to make it clear that the
placement examadministered is part of a
comprehensive review program involving
both administration and audit service and
serves two purposes: to categorize staff in
the new GAC organizational chart in line
with the African Organization of Supreme
Audit Institutions of English-Speaking
Countries (AFROSAI-E) Institutional
Capacity Building Framework-ICBF and
to identify training gaps.
INCOMPLETE PROJECTS
The
one
day
function
climaxed with the election of
the new PMC members which
reportedly went without
hitches or grievances. T.Y
Bedell, manager of the
Evening Rest Funeral Service
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As you can see my leg is getting rotten and from the time I was attacked up to now I continue to
experience severe pain all over my body. - Madam Mary Walker, 48, Victim of chimps attack
M
Monrovia-
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Monroviamonth
long
awareness
mock
football tournament
organized by the
Balawala
International
Foundation (BIF) in order to
sensitize citizens about the
danger of the Ebola virus
kicked off over the weekend
at the Balawala football pitch
in the GSA Road community.
Mr. Kekula Kamara, the
President of BIF said the
aim of the tournament is to
sensitize the public about the
danger of the deadly Ebola
virus.
He said they believe football
is one of the key sports that
can bring people from diverse
disseminate
the
danger
of this inhuman disease
among their people and the
preventive measure they are
to take so that we all could
be saved from the disease
because the disease is still
around and I hope we all will
listen and take the preventive
measures against the virus,
Kamara said.
Mr. Kamara emphasized that
good conduct is the hallmark
of the tournament and that
players and officials of the
participating teams need
to be very polite in dealing
with one another in case of
any problem and not through
violence and that every
yellow card awarded will cost
125 LD and a red card would
cost 250 LD.
Thirteen (13) teams are
taking part in the tournament
which started on Sunday July
12, 2015 and that the teams
are divided into two zones.
Zone one consists of Nimba,
Grand Bassa, Grand Gedeh,
Rivercess, Maryland and
Gbarpolu counties.
CRACKS DETECTED
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LIBERIA COMMITTED
IN CREATING NEW
INTERNATIONAL
CLIMATE AGREEMENT
By Edwin G. Genoway, Jr
(231886458910)-genowayedwin@gmail.com
Monrovia-Ganta Highway
ess than one year
after
construction
works
had
been
completed
on
the Konola bridge on the
Monrovia-Ganta highway, the
bridge has developed fresh
cracks.
A section of the concrete
that the steel beams are
supporting has developed
new cracks that could
deteriorate
if
prompt
attention is not paid to the
current condition.
The cracks mostly confined
to the area that developed
the deep cracks that were
constructed a few months ago
have exposed some of the
iron rods in the concrete.
A visit to the facility on
Wednesday, July 15, 2015 by
FrontPage Africa revealed
that although some attempts
had been made to seal some
of the cracks, further cracks
kept occurring causing some
of the concrete to peel off into
the water beneath.
Sources close to the Chinese
construction firm CICO the
company that renovated
the bridge told FrontPage
Africa that the cracks were
first detected in early May,
this year.
According to the sources, the
continued use of the bridge
by heavy trucks with loads
exceeding the stipulated
30 tones had adversely
compromised the safety and
stability of the 26-year-old
bridge.
The sources said the danger
being posed by the overloaded
trucks had persisted due to
the reported extortion of
money from drivers by some
policemen.
To escape the attention of
those who are concerned
about the safety of the 805feet bridge, most drivers of
the overloaded heavy trucks
often park their trucks during
the day and cross it either late
in the evening or at dawn.
We do not blame these
recalcitrant drivers who flout
the safety measures on the
bridge, since those who are
responsible to check their
illegal act have turned a
blind eye to the safety of the
bridge, the sources added.
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RONT
WORLD NEWS
AVERT
ARMS
RACE
Obama defends Iran deal as only option
IN BRIEF
he rising chorus of voices rising up against scandalplagued comedian Bill Cosby has increased by one.
Former The Cosby Show actor Joseph C. Phillips,
who played Denise Huxtables husband Lt. Martin
Kendall on the NBC sitcom, has pointed a finger at his former
TV father-in-law in a column on his website titled, Of Course
Bill Cosby Is Guilty!
In the lengthy blog post, Phillips recalls that, during his Cosby
Show tenure, my attitude was that if Bill was cheating on
[his wife] Camille, I am fairly certain Camille knew. Hey, if
everyone who claimed to know actually knew, then certainly
Camille knew, and had long ago made her peace with it.
He added, I never saw Bill engage in any inappropriate
behavior. I certainly never saw him drug anyone. So, all I have
is the same gossip as everyone else.
together.
"Without a deal, we risk even more war
in the Middle East, and other countries
in the Middle East would feel compelled
to develop their own nuclear weapons,"
Obama said, adding that such a chain of
events would risk a nuclear arms race "in
the most dangerous region in the world."
As Obama defended the deal, his allies
were mounting a concerted push to sell
the agreement to skeptics, while the deal's
critics warned of dire consequences.
Vice President Joe Biden spent the morning
on Capitol Hill briefing House Democrats,
and told reporters he was confident that
lawmakers would get behind the deal. Yet
in Jerusalem, Israeli leaders were planning
what is expected to be a lobbying effort
in the U.S. Congress ahead of a review of
the deal, starting with a visit to the U.S. by
Netanyahu's political rival, Isaac Herzog.
In Tehran, Iranians took to the streets to
celebrate the accord, and even Iran's hardliners offered only mild criticism a far
cry from the outspoken opposition that
the White House had feared.
President Barack Obama walks with
Vice President Joe Biden, after delivering
remarks in the East Roo
Opponents of the deal, including Israel,
have lambasted the Obama administration
for granting sanctions relief to Iran while it
continues to fund terrorist groups in places
like Syria, Yemen and Lebanon. Obama said
the U.S. would keep trying to gain Tehran's
cooperation on other security issues, but
acknowledged the Islamic republic might
not change its behavior.
"We're not betting on it," he said.
Aiming to frame the parameters for the
growing debate, Obama bemoaned that
his political opponents have wielded
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Sports
FIFA PRESIDENT IN WAITING?
L
Bility still harbors dreams of succeeding Sepp Blatter; is he looking for another Bin Hammam?
iberia
Football
Association
(LFA)
president Musa Bility
says not only will he
be a formidable candidate in
the ensuing Fifa elections but
is poised to succeed Joseph
Sepp Blatter.
Blatter, 79, quit as president
of world football's governing
body on June 2, having been
elected on May 29 in a vote
overshadowed by arrests
and corruption allegations in
Zurich, Switzerland.
A final decision on the
date for a presidential
election is expected to be
announced when Fifa holds an
extraordinary meeting of its
executive committee later this
month.
Fifa audit and compliance
committee
chairman
Domenico Scala, who will
oversee the election and
attended Blatters resignation
announcement, said it could
take place between December
2015 and March 2016.
"It requires an extraordinary
executive committee that
needs to confirm a date and
agenda for the extraordinary
elective
congress.
This
extraordinary
executive
committee will convene in July.
For this extraordinary elective
congress [to elect Blatter's
successor] there are currently
various date options for
discussion," he explained.
Scala said that at least four
months' notice was required
for a presidential election to be
held.
"Fifa must also consider
appropriate time to vet
candidates and allow them
to present their ideas for the
organization that set forth
their vision," he said on June 2.
Jordan's Prince Ali bin alHussein, who lost to Blatter, is
tipped as a possible candidate
economic
sabotage,
theft
of property and criminal
conspiracy among others in
August 2013 by the grand
jury of Montserrado County
for transferring more than
US$200,000 from the Liberia
Bank for Development and
Investment (LBDI) to a bogus
company, Diaspora Consulting
Firm.
Others indicted were Melvin
Johnson, Corkrums fianc,
Senegalese Momar Dieng
of the Diaspora Company,
Jeremi Tegle, former head
of operations for First
International Bank and Justine
Ogugua, a Nigerian also of the
bank.
The case is yet to be completely
adjudicated as the government
supinely awaits the extradition
of Corkrum and Johnson, who
fled to the United States of
America with the help of Police
Director Chris Massaquoi.
With Scala having underscored
the need for candidates to
undergo an integrity check,
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emphis
Depay
has
revealed how
he
snubbed
Bayern Munich for a chance
to work with Louis van Gaal
atManchester United.
The 21-year-old left PSV
this summer to join the Red
Devils on a four-year deal for
a fee in believed to be in the
region of 30 million.
Paris Saint-Germain have
previously
claimed
that
Manchester United hijacked
their deal for the Netherlands
international and Depay has
revealed that there was plenty
of interest in his signature.
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