The Executive Order issued by President Joseph Nyuma Boakai has been welcomed by the executive director of the OWECC-L, who assured the public of working in line with its mandate to address impunity.
This is to ensure that the fight against impunity, human rights abuse, and violations of humanitarian law, and disregard for the rule of law has received a major boost.
The boost followed the insurance of Executive Order No. 148 by Pres. Boakai for establishing the Office of the War and Economic Crimes Court for Liberia (OWCC-L.)
The decision by the President which has been welcomed by the Executive Director of OWECC-L, Cllr. Jallah Barbu, now gives him and his team another opportunity to execute their mandate establishing the office.
According to him, the President’s latest decision is a demonstration that he has explicit confidence in him and that of the work of his office over the period.
“I respectfully avail myself of this opportunity to thank Pres. Boakai for his bold, decisive and unrelenting drive aimed at fighting impunity, abuse of human rights, and violations of the law,” Cllr. Barbu said.
He spoke at a press Conference over the weekend in Monrovia.
Barbu said the move will also address the atrocities committed and the enormous sufferings to which the Liberian people have been subjected on the one hand, and on the other, assured accountability and healing of the wounds growing of the war.
He then told reporters that the President’s action is a commitment to “ensuring the enforcement of justice for war crimes victims, as part of the government’s rule of law initiative.
”In our Country today, we still experience war mongering, threats of violence, and in reality, violence that reminds us of the atrocities and sufferings from our civil crises and unless, and until they are dealt with uncompromisingly, our country may never enjoy stable peace and justice for all,” he maintained.
Cllr. Barbu agreed with the President that the Executive Order is in the best interest of the Liberian people, because it is the implementation of the TRC Report, which calls for the establishment of an Extraordinary Criminal Tribunal for Liberia that will prosecute people who committed war crimes, and crimes against humanity of whatever nature during the course of the Liberian civil war.
Such person (s), the law says, must be pursued not only to address the impunities and atrocities that attended the Liberian civil war, but also serve as a deterrence for similar events in the future.
He reassured Pres. Boakai of his office fullest commitment to performing the services requested of him, and his team in fighting for Justice against impunity including upholding the rule of law across the country.
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