Senator Varney Sherman of Grand Cape Mount County on Monday, July 1, told Criminal Court 'C' that he and others accused (present and past public officials) being tried for economic sabotage based on the Global Witness' US$950,000 bribery report were wrongfully and illegally charged'
Sherman's (himself a lawyer,) statement was in response to charges that he allegedly received over US$900,000 to bribe government officials including former Speaker Alex Tyler to insert section 75 in the Amendment and Reinstatement of the Public Procurement Concession Commission (PPCC) Act of 2005 for the purpose of allowing non-bidding for Liberia Mineral Resources, instead of competitive bidding and, this was to facilitate Sable Mining's acquisition of a concession for the exploitation of iron ore deposits of Wologizi mountain in Lofa County without a bidding process as claimed by the Global Witness.
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