Is Rep. Zay Zay the only one who knows of this corruption?? If He is soo Media shy and compelled to ""blow the trumpet, what about the BIG mouth politicians who are always in the media.. Why won't they join him !! ..Furthermore these Americo/Americans who have come to Liberia's shores need to be done away with.. Why don't they try that on the shores of the USA.. Not only would The Woman of the house go to jail.. She would take turns sharing that SENTENCE with her husband.. Is there something about taking the AFrican out of AFRICA, but not Africa out of the AFRICAn Or maybe African politics is just Downright.. DIRTY....

The Honorable got a point there but he need to be objective then subjective. As a indigenious Liberian, I think the problem of corruption goes beyond group or ethnicity. I will advocate that the Justice Ministry prosecute any Liberian accuse of corruption and if they are found guilty should goes to jail and repay the Liberian people money.

Here we go again. Liberian blood sucking politicians have not learn from the lessons of the past 15 years. They continue to do business as usual. We are talking about the same things Samuel Doe said he would change, Taylor promised to change, and now Ellen is failing to change. People are watching the Unity Party led government. I am all for pointing out the problem, but much more concern about those who pointing finger. What solution do we have besides jailing those who continue to steal from the people? Do we really think Ellen will punish her buddies? Can we come up with something smarter than jailing a politicians? My solution is simple. Lets deal with the mindset that elected those politicians into office first before we start dealing with the individuals who were elected or selected. The reason is simple. If we don't address ignorance and promote education to equip our people, I promise you, there will always be another politician doing the same thing. It is a systemic problem. It must be uprooted by educating our people. This does not mean, that we should not address the immediate problem. But that we should look at the bigger picture, which is ignorance.

My Dear Fellow Liberians:

The problem of corruption will never go away. Reason, it is part of human nature. From the beginning of time till now, and even in time to come, we shall face this problem of stealing. It is not a one person fight but rather, the fight for every Liberian.

Back in the 80's I was debating with some friends about how to help curb corruption in our system. I proposed that every political criminal be sent to Belayah (excuse me if I mispelled the name)to do hard labor. Every cent earn in prison should go to repaying what was stolen. Furthermore, these crocks must never, ever, hold another government position. And, their names must be entered into every database that will expose them where ever go. Let one of you rightly stated, they must pay back the people with interest and the property and belonging be seized!

On the issue of the president not doing much or enough on the matter of corruption, we need to follow the pattern and observe her action so far. I believe with all sincerety that the president is doing her utmost best to contain corruption. But, her effort is like a drop in the bucket or, wasting a bucket of fresh water into the ocean. It will take more three to ten years to see any positive result. Infact, this is a continous process that will take and or require collective efforts. This practice of corruption is well rooted into our culture, and it has never being dealt with in the past. On this note, we need to give Sirleaf some credit for taking a positve step to combat the distructive element. And those of you are saying that she is not doing enough, I believe your positive input and solution would be welcome by the administration. I record one time the president asking for the help of every citizen to report any form of corruption. I think is one of best ways to keep those crocks on the radar. We need to fight this fight together. We can win by doing something and not merely just talking and complaining. This fight is not for the president alone but every one who opposes corruption.

I think that one clarification needs to made. However, I stand corrected. When this fellow talks about American-Liberian, he is not referring to the Americo-Liberian as in the Conqor ethnicity. He seems to refer to those Liberians of any ethnic grouping who have been in the US - most probably for many years gaining the so called Western education and orientation (American values and training). Some of them have claimed to be returning to Liberia to assist the country. Such folks who are caught in corruption should face the brunt for deception and exploitation of their heritage for financial gain. They are taking advantage of the vulnerbility of the country's need to attract trained and competent citizens globally. I agree that if you as a Liberian-American can not assist Liberia then stay out of Liberia. The country needs competent but patriotic citizens not exploiters. But this also leads to another twist about the dual citizenship debate since not all Liberian-Americans want to work for governmnent. Some only want to return and do business or invest.

I disagree with you. If you know the Liberian political culture, or elitism, you will know that he was referring to the congo people that are returing from abroad and also living in Liberia that are friends to the President and working in her administration.

It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power. Corruption will never be eradicated from the society but it can be mininmize.

We have to acknowledge that Madam Sirleaf is not corrupt and she is putting her stamp on corruption. For the first time in Liberia we have measures such as auditing and anti-corruption commission, good governance commission, land reform commision etc in tackling corrution, accountability, citizen participation, etc. Liberia is post conflict society, our state capacity is very weak and it will take time to build a strong state capacity for service delivery to the people.

I met the President two days ago in stockholm, Sweden. She was attending the European day development conference and I was interning at conference and doing her join communique with Sierra Leone Pressure, I asked her the same question. She made a interesting point which I has been advoacating for a long time. It is naive and stupid to pay a Liberian experts that study abroad or at home low wages and you want she/he to manage 1million or more budget. The issue of increase wages and benefits for people in high position in the government need to be address. It might help in minimizing corruption. It happen all over the developed world.