Executive Mansion On TRC Report Issues

Source: The Inquirer News Liberia

TRC Former Chairman Cllr. Jerome Verdier

The Executive Mansion has provided some clarification on claims by the former Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) that it has failed to implement its assigned duties as enshrined in the act leading to the formation of the commission. Responding to claims by the commission that the Executive Mansion has reneged to make a report within a period of three months relative to the implementation of its duties to fully have the TRC report implemented as well as settle payments to members of the commission. The Executive Mansion said contrary to these claims, the Executive Mansion will do exactly what the law says regarding the TRC report when the time reaches.

Presidential Press Secretary Cyrus Wleh Badio says when the time reaches as it relates to the President exercising her share of the TRC report, she wIll go ahead to do that according to what the law says. He said the President is fully on course to meet the timing of fulfilling her duties to have the TRC reports implemented contrary to what is being said in some quarters. For some time now, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission through its Chairman Cllr. Jerome Verdier has repeatedly expressed fear over the sincerity of the Executive Mansion to implement the final report of the commission as required by law.

The commission claimed that even since it completed its work and submitted its final reports it is yet to receive a dime from the government alleging that its budget has been sliced by the government. It has even been alleged that the government is dragging its feet to have the final report of the commission implemented because the report has indicted senior officials of the government and has barred President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf from contesting political office for 30 years.