For more than a century, those who assumed power in this country chose to rule in total secrecy. For reasons best known to them, but which many say have kept this nation underdeveloped despite its vast mineral resources, they thwarted democratic governance by applying the Masonic tactics of strictly inner circle privity. Today, not many Liberians know the treaties they signed and the silent concessions they made that shrank Liberia by several thousand miles to a mere 43,000 sq. miles and reduced its mineral wealth. Now, the Sirleaf Administration has mustered the courage to open a document cache previous government administrations had discovered at the old Executive Mansion but had left untouched. Liberians are holding their breaths in fear of what bad omen the cache might contain, besides the good tidings President Sirleaf announced thus far. The Analyst, reports.
"A couple of days ago, after months of fear of the unknown, we finally decided to open a safe that had been stuck away in the Old Executive Mansion, since the passing of President Tubman. It had been stored there, at what is now the headquarters of the General Auditing Commission. We were reluctant to open it because we did not know what we would find in it. Once opened, we found that it contains documents of historical importance to our nation, such as the original Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, as well as very important memorabilia."
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