- John Gboko Stewart, FPA STAFF WRITER
Source: FrontPage Africa
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| Dr. George S. Boley, Sr |
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| Dr. George S. Boley, Sr left |
George S. Boley, Jr (son of Dr. George S. Boley, Sr.) has purportedly written U.S. President Barack Obama a letter (which is in the possession of FPA) asking him (Obama) to launch an investigation and inquiry into his dad’s ‘illegal’ immigration arrest.
According to the TRC report, Dr. Boley headed a faction known as the Liberia Peace Council, or LPC, during the civil war, a struggle that stretched from 1989 to 2003 and claimed more than 200,000 lives. He has maintained that his sole intent was peace, and that he did not oversee or engage in violence against civilians.
Dr. Boley was arrested by US Immigration authorities for being responsible for atrocities in Liberia based on the TRC report, including the slaughter of civilian women and children, and that he led children into battle in the jungle. In a more bureaucratic-based and common immigration allegation, officials also charge that Boley has been returning to the U.S. on illegitimate documents and ‘can't live here legally’.
The letter reads thus:
Mr. President:
I am the son of George S Boley Sr., A#019-XXX-XXX on January 15th, 2010 my father Dr. Boley was placed into administrative hearings at the Batavia Federal Detention Fac. in Batavia NY. He has strategically been placed under the “Arriving Alien” status by ICE/ CBP in Buffalo so he is not eligible for bond and can only be “Paroled” by ICE themselves, which they have refused for their reasons. After learning of the new charges by ICE/ CBP Jan 15th 2010, on behalf of my Father and family we formally requested a criminal investigation be conducted into the handling of my Father’s case and conducted by the ICE/ CBP offices in Buffalo NY.
Mr. President we have exhausted every avenue this government has to offer with NO concern or help! Please review the supporting documents, you said Sir, you believed America was a place that held up the values of Civil Rights, Civil Liberties and Human Dignity, please help me believe! Because in this case I have not seen that, DHS has lied, fabricated documents, paid witnesses and done everything in its power to rob my father and family of its pride, civility and basic human dignity. By the time you get this letter this family would have been suffering under these circumstances for more than four and a half years with my Father suffering in this detention center for more than 250 days, 61 of those days in 18 hour a day solitary confinement and NO body can tell us why as a immigration detainee he was placed in A Block!
My father needs to see a doctor and DHS has refused him this option then though they said they would provide it. Mr. President, GUITLY PEOPLE don’t ask for investigations and inquiries, please as Americans help me and this family believe again in this country and this government! Please launch the investigation and inquiry we’ve been asking for so long!
Yours respectfully,
George Saigbe Boley, Jr
Everyone is a genius
Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish on its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid. – A Einstein
Drawing the line in Liberia
Crimes sponsored, committed, or masterminded by handful of individuals cannot be blamed upon an entire nationality. In this case, Liberians! The need for post-war justice is a step toward lasting peace, stability and prosperity for Liberia. Liberia needs a war crimes tribunal or some credible legal forum that is capable of dealing with atrocities perpetrated against defenseless men, women and children during the country's brutal war. Without justice, peace shall remain elusive and investment in Liberia will not produce the intended results. - Bernard Gbayee Goah
Men with unhealthy characters should not champion any noble cause
They pretend to advocate the cause of the people when their deeds in the dark mirror nothing else but EVIL!!
When evil and corrupt men try to champion a cause that is so noble … such cause, how noble it may be, becomes meaningless in the eyes of the people - Bernard Gbayee Goah.
If Liberia must move forward ...
If Liberia must move forward in order to claim its place as a civilized nation amongst world community of nations, come 2017 elections, Liberians must critically review the events of the past with honesty and objectivity. They must make a new commitment to seek lasting solutions. The track records of those who are presenting themselves as candidates for the position of "President of the Republic of Liberia" must be well examined. Liberians must be fair to themselves because results from the 2011 elections will determine the future of Liberia’s unborn generations to come - Bernard Gbayee Goah
What do I think should be done?
The situation in Liberia is Compound Complex and cannot be fixed unless the entire system of government is reinvented.
Liberia needs a workable but uncompromising system that will make the country an asylum free from abuse, and other forms of corruption.
Any attempt to institute the system mentioned above in the absence of rule of law is meaningless, and more detrimental to Liberia as a whole - Bernard Gbayee Goah
Liberia's Natural Resources
Besides land water and few other resources, most of Liberia’s dependable natural resources are not infinite, they are finite and therefore can be depleted.
Liberia’s gold, diamond, and other natural resources will not always be an available source of revenue generation for its people and its government. The need to invent a system in government that focuses on an alternative income generation method cannot be over emphasized at this point - Bernard Gbayee Goah
Liberia needs a proper system
If Liberians refuse to erect a proper system in place that promotes the minimization of corruption and mismanagement of public funds by government institutions, and individuals, there will come a time when the value of the entire country will be seen as a large valueless land suited on the west coast of Africa with some polluted bodies of waters and nothing else. To have no system in place in any country is to have no respect for rule of law. To have no respect for rule of law is to believe in lawlessness. And where there is lawlessness, there is always corruption - Bernard Gbayee Goah
Solving problems in the absence of war talks
As political instability continues to increase in Africa, it has become abundantly clear that military intervention as a primary remedy to peace is not a durable solution. Such intervention only increases insecurity and massive economic hardship. An existing example which could be a valuable lesson for Liberia is Great Britain, and the US war on terror for the purpose of global security. The use of arms whether in peace keeping, occupation, or invasion as a primary means of solving problem has yield only little results. Military intervention by any country as the only solution to problem solving will result into massive military spending, economic hardship, more fear, and animosity as well as increase insecurity. The alternative is learning how to solve problems in the absence of war talks. The objective of such alternative must be to provide real sustainable human security which cannot be achieved through military arm intervention, or aggression. In order to achieve results that will make the peaceful coexistence of all mankind possible, there must be a common ground for the stories of all sides to be heard. I believe there are always three sides to every story: Their side of the story, Our side of the story, and The truth – Bernard Gbayee Goah
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