• Focus On: Liberia Nobel Laureate 'Disappointed' in Sirleaf's Leadership

    , Thu 13 Dec, 05:12 am

    Nobel Laureate Laymah Gbowee, who resigned her post in October as head of the nation's reconciliation commission while accusing President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's administration of nepotism, vents her disappointment on a local radio station in Monrovia.

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    • Liberia: 'I'm Disappointed' - Laymah Gbowee Vents Frustrations

      The New Dawn (Monrovia), 13 December 2012

      Liberia's Nobel Peace Laureate, Laymah Gbowee, has expressed disappointment in the manner and form President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is steering the affairs of State.

  • Liberian People
    Dec 14 2012, 17:37

    Laymah, I 100% agree with you. Do you have the political will, the gut to fight corruption in Liberia, stop nepotism, invest in the Liberian people, build strong institutions instead of strong men and women, allocate our resources so that it benefit the Liberian People, invest in the rule of law and strengthen the judiciary by prosecuting corrupt Liberian Government officials from Ellen's Administration if the Liberian People give you the opportunity to serve as President of Liberia? President Sirleaf has certainly burned the bridge for women like you who may want to be president, but with the corruption and stealing with impunity that the current woman president has promoted, Liberian Women must convene the Liberian People why they can become a better leader than president Sirleaf.

  • Ernest
    Dec 15 2012, 06:44

    I knew the Nobel Peace Prize waswrong to give our president the prize. SHe did noting to bring peace to lLIberia and under her rule the level of nepotism and cronyism has reached unprecedented levels. Leymah, we support you. Let those sycophantic women in liberia read position statement and continue to support Ellen just because she isa woman, but we know better. We are all very disappointed and yet the international community continues to force this charlatan on us.

  • TalkingAboutChange
    Dec 17 2012, 01:38

    This is a call to All LIBERIAN WOMEN. If you don't speak out now, the rest of the world will not realize that there are many more smart and capable Liberian women in this world--- besides Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf. This is your moment!!!! Please speak out, whether you support Ellen or not; you need to be heard and Liberia really needs you all.

  • wena2gee
    Dec 18 2012, 07:55

    thanks Laymah for all of the issues raise with President Sirleaf and her Government. mind u those who point finger are also point at, this is what is happening to President Sirleaf according to your deliberation. instead of we as liberian people pointing fingers always let find a common ground and find a way forward. " A GOOD PATROIT IS SOMEONE WHO IS PREPARE TO ACCEPT THE PAST OF HIS/HER LEADERS, SUPPORT THEM TO MEET THE PRESENT REALITY AND ENCOURAGES THEM TO FORFEIT THE FUTURE" WE AS LIBERIANS NEED TO LEARN HOW TO WORK WITH OUR LEADERS AND NOT TO LEAVE THEM IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WATER TO GET DROWN. THIS WILL NEVER HELP US AS A NATION. A SUCCESSFUL NATION IS A NATION THAT PROTECT ITS CITIZENS AND CITIZENS IN TO PROTECT THEIR LEADER. MY PARTING WORD WILL BE, SINCE YOU HAVE SEEN AND RAISE ALL THESE ISSUES WHAT IS YOUR WAY FORWORD?

  • Ansu
    Feb 20 2013, 11:01

    Leymah you are not disappointed like I do; since you were appointed head for the Nations Reconciliation Commission, there is nothing you can tip finger at by saying you transform it…not even a group of two that you ever transform after a lots of post election dissatisfaction amongst youths. Lastly, would you please come back home and tell us how the fund was used? After that you can continue with your campaign or else stop talking about others when you more or less the same fooling the Liberians.

    • Liberia: 'Hope Gbowee Will Change Her Mind' - Pres. Sirleaf's First Reaction to Leymah Gbowee

      The Analyst (Monrovia), 2 November 2012

      Since her fellow Nobel Laureate, Leymah Gbowee, tuned up the pitch of dissenting rhetoric against her administration, President Sirleaf has uncharacteristically remained taciturn on what others believe was an unsolicited provocation. It was not until the President left the country midweek for Great Britain to co-chair, along with other world personalities, a forum to pre-vet the Millennium ...

    • Liberia: Gbowee Ruffles Golden Feathers - As She Breathes Political Gravity

      The New Republic Liberia (Monrovia), 22 October 2012

      There is an adage which states that if one wants to know and hear about her or himself, it pays to just stir up some issue and soon one will realize exactly what has been in stock for the latter including so much more that one least expects. And so a case in point is the current hurricane Nobel Laureate Leymah Gbowee has unleashed which has ruffled some golden feathers when she breathes a ...

    • Liberia: Liberty Party Backs Leymah Gbowee

      The NEWS (Monrovia), 19 October 2012

      Opposition Liberty Party Political Leader, former Bong County Senator Franklin Siakor has hailed Leymah Gbowee's courage to resign as head of the Peace and Reconciliation Commission.

  • wparrbranch
    Oct 20 2012, 09:51

    COMRADES WUO TAPPIA, LAVELA SUPUWOOD, EDWARD GBERI, AND ALL THE BRAVES COMRADES PAST, I'M SORRY FOR Y'ALL. Y'ALL DIED FOR NOTHING. YOUR COMRADE THEM STEALING GOVERNMENT MONEY LIKE KITTY.

  • GAME CHANGER
    Oct 20 2012, 19:28

    "This in no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drugs of gradualism"(Dr.King).We as Liberian, must refused to sit down by the rivers of Babylon and reminisce about sweet Liberia.When those who contributed to spoiled our nation asked us to sign a song, we must sign like madam Gbowee. The uplifting of Liberia is better then the seat of silence that has been awarded to so many ministry in Liberia.It don't matter how long you have sat in those seats, but when u rise, Liberia will rise with you. even dry bones rose from the valley when they were asked by the man of god. I salute you Madam gbowee, for standing up for Liberia. You are indeed, a true leader and i pray others follow your foot step. Liberia must rises again only then, will the sweet be restore in Sweet Liberia.

    • Liberia: Leymah Gbowee's Outburst 'Unfortunate'

      The NEWS (Monrovia), 19 October 2012

      A conglomeration of women from the 15 political sub-divisions under the banner: "Women of Liberia" have sharply reacted to recent statement made by Nobel peace prize winner Laureate Leymah Gbowee's criticism of President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf that she lacks the political will to fight corruption.

  • wparrbranch
    Oct 20 2012, 09:27

    ARE YOU SURE 'WOMEN OF LIBERIA' REPRESENTS WOMEN IN THE 15 POLITICAL SUB-DIVISIONS OF LIBERIA? WILL WOMEN IN THE HEART OF LIBERIA AS WELL AS WEST POINT, SLIPWAY, DOE COMMUNTIY, ETC, WHO ARE COOKING ON FIREWOOD AND COCONUT HUSK SUBSTANTIATE YO0UR CLAIM? THE DAYS OF PRESIDENT TUBMAN-STYLED 'RESOLUTIONS' ARE OVER. IF YOU SPEAK FOR A GROUP OF SELF-SEEKING WOMEN, SAY IT; DO NOT COLLECTIVELY INDICT THE MASSES OF LIBERIAN WOMEN IN YOUR GRAVY-SEEKING SCHEME. ARE YOU SO DEPRAVFED TO SEE THE GAP BETWEEN THE POVERTY-STRICKENED PEOPLE AND THE FEW PRIVILEGED AND NEWLY RICH. GBOWEE MUST BE A TRUE NOBEL LAUREATE, NOT CARICATURE NOBEL PEACE WINNER.

    • Liberia: Did Leymah Gbowee Receive U.S.$500,000?

      The NEWS (Monrovia), 5 October 2012

      When Nobel Peace Laureate Madam Leymah Gbowee announced her resignation as head of the Peace and Reconciliation Initiative, she criticized the government of President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf of corruption and nepotism.

  • gorglatom
    Oct 16 2012, 06:47

    This is another example of a puerile piece of useless propaganda by the Sirleaf administration, a wierd attempt to bismear the pristine reputation of Madam Gbowee. Why did Cllr. Leroy Urey wait for Madam Gbowee's resignation before making this absurd 'revelation'. It seem to me this administration has firmly pressed tha panic button.

    • Liberia: Leymah: Chickened Out or Resigned -Critics Choose the Former, Suspecting Inadequacy

      The Analyst (Monrovia), 12 October 2012

      Peacebuilding and reconciliation, mainly after a senseless, devastating civil war of the kind Liberia went through for 14 years, is no child's play. It is for men and women of uncommon resolve who are willing to scale the mountains, walk the plains, and go down steep inclines into the valleys in search of peace and reconciliation. President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf and peace advocate Leymah Gbowee ...

  • gayen
    Oct 12 2012, 06:43

    Leymah resigned based on her conviction that the nation is heading for a show down betwen the poor and the rich. Ellen and her cronies are depleting the natural resources and enriching themselves while 98% of the polpulation lives in abject poverty. It is sad that people like Rufus Neufville are criticing Ms. Gbowee for what she believes is that right thing to do, bit farewell to a corrupt and reckless government.

  • go_figure
    Oct 12 2012, 11:02

    Stop defending Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf and her sons! Liberia is a republic, NOT a monarchy .... They are ruining the cuontry and our image, AGAIN. How many times do we, as a people, have to repeat these mistakes???

  • mpforsther
    Oct 13 2012, 15:27

    Rufus Neufville is just Like any other politician in Liberia; even like you, everybody is entitled to their view. Having said that, this is my take, we all take political decision based on our interest and direct/indirect benefits. So one may say that they like Ellen or Leymah’s position on the reconstruction of Liberia, but what is really driving them to give their diehard support is the expectation of return benefits, be it direct or indirect. Everybody in Liberia today knows including the illiterates, that corruption undermines national development progress, and is the main factor that led our country into civil war. Remember that reconciliation is the leading factor in general development, especially in the aftermath of violent conflict characterized with gruesome acts against unarmed civilians in the case of Liberia. I am not in favor of retribution but a kind of settlement in the form of compensation to the direct-victims of the Liberian war. This may sound to be an unrealistic point but without any kind of compensation to be given to the individuals, institutions and communities affected as the results of the Liberian civil conflict, true reconciliation is a dead end. Leymah needed something (more money) to bargain with. Look how the DDR in Liberia was overwhelmed by ex-fighters because of the benefits. So why the government could not commit at least US 50 million to Leymah for both short and long term reconciliation initiatives? The government of Liberia should by now know that peace is very expensive and should not be carried away that since they (Ellen and others) who are the spoilers and not fixers are in power now then new spoilers cannot emerge. I am not concern who Leymah wants to become but what Liberia will become. Ellen should fight corruption and nepotism even if it causes her to remove her sons from all public offices. We know that her sons are qualified Liberians, but the fact is that was the platform used by her and other for the introduction of violence into our society today. So to see her doing even more than W.R. Tolbert, Doe and Taylor, is sadden.

    • Liberia: Ellen - We Have Fallen Short of Punishing Corruption

      Heritage (Monrovia), 2 November 2012

      Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has admitted at a forum in London the UK, that her administration in Liberia has fallen short of instituting punitive measures to address rampant corruption in the country. Speaking Thursday, 1 November 2012 at a meeting at Simson's-in-the-Strand, London, to promote investment in her country, the Liberian leader asserted that although her administration has ...

  • Semba
    Nov 5 2012, 13:30

    @truthteller74+6=ACTUAL....After providing you with all this detail information is that the best you can come up with? What do you gain by falsely accusing me of lying and not backing it up or discussing any of the issues that I addressed? You ought to be ashamed of yourself. Are you one of the cynical and negative folks who when they can’t discuss issues objectively, they resort to personal attacks? If you had read clearly what I wrote, you would know that there is no way I could be paid to write---to exercise my God given right of free expression. Nobody should need to be paid to exercise their right of free expression. I also don’t think that anyone should pay me or anyone else to place a “comment” on the internet. Billions of comments are made on the internet everyday under the mantra that people should have their right to free expression. I just happen to be one well informed Liberian who believes in finding out the facts if I’m going to discuss an issue. This is better than only relying on my personal beliefs alone and expecting everyone to side with them. And when they don’t, then I attack like what you’re doing. So I rather discuss the facts before drawing a conclusion. Therefore, please discuss the issue if you are even capable of doing so.

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