LETTER: MR. FORMER SPEAKER WHEN DID YOU COME TO REALIZE
October 28, 2003

Dear Mr. Editor:

Thanks for providing me this space to propound my views on issues affecting the Liberian nation. I was totally disappointed but not surprised when the former Speaker of the House of Representatives in the Taylor Government, Nyundueh Monokomna said on Radio Veritas here that during the last days of the NPP Government, the 51st Legislature repeal certain laws that were not in the interest of the Liberian People. Mr. Monokomna named some of these laws as the Act granting the Maritime Bureau 10% of the total revenues generated by the Bureau and the Act granting the Liberia International Ship and Corporate Registry (LISCR) the authority to manage the country's maritime program.

The former speaker also told reporters Monday that before that interview he did not Know the LISCR to be managing the Maritime Program. By these statements, the former Speaker exposed the rubber stamp nature of the House under the NPP Government and exposed his ignorance and sycophantic nature.

When did the former Speaker come to realize that the laws they enacted were not in the interest of the Liberian People but indeed in the interest of Mr. Taylor and few of his greedy cronies including Mr. Benoni W. Urey and his relatives who managed the maritime program? Let the former Speaker realize that the Liberian People know that he received monthly kickbacks from the former corrupt Maritime Commissioner Urey. Mr. Monokomna most often drove into the Maritime Bureau Compound in Sinkor and received huge sums of money from Mr. Urey. Mr. Speaker you cannot make no excuse because history will judge you guilty. You and others in that rubber stamp legislature did enact laws in the interest of your NPP Party. You gave Mr. Taylor the right to impose the State of Emergency with the sole aim of throwing his opponents into prison under the guise of being rebel collaborators. You and your colleagues were indeed counterparts of Taylor's suppressive regime and all was done by you to secure your economic interest.

Don't pretend, LISCR was the making of you, your counterparts in the legislature, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Urey and others. How can you tell the Liberian People that you don't know this company. You will be judged. Mr. former Speaker your action to repeal those laws were only an act to sabotage others in the Transitional Government that was succeeding you. That is even a criminal act and I hold it against you. When did you realize that the 10 % granted the Maritime Bureau was intended to enrich Mr. Taylor and his cronies, one of whom are you. Did you repeal it because you were no longer going to be Speaker and will not be a beneficiary so others can benefit from it in a Liberia of accountability that we all envisaged after the demise of your repressive regime? Mr. former Speaker you are indeed guilty of the crimes committed by Mr. Taylor.  When did you also realized that the partial monopoly granted certain businesses in the interest of Mr. Taylor were not in the interest of the Liberian People? Your monopolies did caused the Liberian People untold suffering and hardship and your mere absence from power is bringing some sigh of relief to them. You and Mr. Taylor imposed extra taxes on the prices of gasoline, our staple food rice and other essential commodities for nothing more but your selfish ego: womanizing, riding flashy cars and building mansions in the midst of abject poverty. You collaborated to kill the Liberian People.

Mr. former Speaker you and your colleagues in that rubber stamp legislature are as guilty of war and economic crimes as Mr. Taylor, his son Chucky, Benoni Urey and all the others I can't mention.

Thanks Mr. Editor for providing me this space on your widely read web page.

Sincerely,

Mambu James Kpargoi

Monrovia, Liberia