A pro-democracy group, Solidarity & Trust for a New Day (STAND) has commended President Joseph Nyuma Boakai for issuing Executive Order #131 for the establishment of the Office of War and Economic Crimes Court but wants further actions to be taken.
On Thursday, May 2, 2024, the President signed and issued Executive Order 131 establishing an office for War and Economic Crimes Court for Liberia.
This office, according to the Executive order, will work with “The international community in the formulation of mechanisms, procedures, and processes attending the establishment of a war crimes court and an anti-corruption court for Liberia’.
As an unflinching supporter of this effort, STAND has been relentlessly vocal in advocating for President Boakai to issue this executive order favoring the setting up of such an office.
In this regard, STAND commends President Boakai and the Liberia National Legislature under the leadership of Speaker J. Fonati Koffa for fulfilling this key and crucial premise of justice, in part, to pursue and hold accountable those bearing the greatest responsibility for the bloodletting and destruction visited upon Liberia for nearly two decades.
STAND urges President Boakai to take the next step to write the Secretary General of the United Nations.
According to the group, this important step forward will ensure the provision of all necessary technical, diplomatic, and logistical support needed to bring an end to impunity in Liberia.
