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The Plenary of the House of Representatives has summoned former Liberia Anti Corruption Commission ( LACC) boss and Chairman of the Assets Recovery Team, Kla Martin and the current LACC commissioners to appear next week Tuesday to explain the actual story regarding former President George Weah asset declaration.
The Houseโs Plenary took the decision on Tuesday, April 9, 2024 during the 3rd Day sitting of the 1st extraordinary Session of the 55th Legislature of the Honorable House of Representatives following the reading of a communication from Montserrado County district#9 Representative Frank Saah Foko.
The Montserrado County lawmaker stressed that While it is true that the exercise is good, the LACC Act of 2022 is clearly guided by confidentiality while necessitating accuracy and compliance with legal standards.
He told his colleagues that Asset declaration in no way constraints individuals to publish their assets as such Pres. Weah opted not to publish, same with Pres. Joseph N. Boakai.
According to him, the law says one can declare but doesn’t force anyone to publish except doing so at your own volition.โHon. Speaker and fellow colleagues, it will interest you to note that Cllr. Kla Martin, the former LACC boss who was removed after a new Act came into force on March 21, 2021, told media outlets he had no record of former President George Weah filing for assets. This was fact-tracked to be false and misleading as GAC confirmed the President declared his Assetsโ.
Representative Foko revealed that Since this confirmation and Martin’s subsequent court appeals plus appointment to the Asset Recovery Team as Head, WEAH’s Asset declaration form is now all in the public space and on various platforms. โI seek this honorable body to invite Cllr. Martin and the entire Team at LACC currently to help furnish this body how the former President Asset Declaration form leaked to the public breaching the confidentiality clause of the LACCโ.
