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Monrovia – President George Manneh Weah continues to remain conspicuously reticent over reports that he has allegedly entered into a deal with former dreaded warlord Prince Y. Johnson, to trash the establishment of a war crimes court for Liberia.
There has not been a word from the presidency since news broke that the former leader of the defunct Independent National Patriotic Front of Liberia, now senator of Nimba County, Prince Johnson disclosed that there was a pact between him, president Weah and other individuals whose identity he did not reveal, so that the Liberian leader shields them away from appearing before a war crimes court, and they in return support his second term bid to hold on to power.
A PUNCH investigation reveals that the reported deal was uncovered when Senator Johnson recently informed some lawmakers at the Legislature regarding what he called a set of proposals from the president, so that he gets their support in 2023 for the presidency and for the impeachment of embattled Supreme Court Associate Justice Kabineh Ja’neh, and for his part, he (President Weah) would squash anything that has to do with the establishment of a war crimes court for Liberia.
Infamously credited with the capturing, torturing, disfiguring and murdering of former president Samuel Doe, Senator Johnson is also accused of taking several Liberians including renowned Liberian musicians Robert Toe and Tecumsey Roberts, to their early graves during the brutal Liberian civil war.
Now a preacher said to have been converted to Christianity in Nigeria, Senator Johnson recently delivering his sermon at his Chapel of Faith Ministries, in Paynesville City, termed as a fiasco heightened calls for the establishment of a war crimes court for Liberia, saying no such court will be established in the country, and that those calling for same are “foolish.”
Senator Johnson bragged that he played a pivotal role in bringing President Weah to power, indicating that to apparently protect him and others who allegedly perpetrated mayhem during the war, the Liberian leader will not give in to the establishment of war crimes court.
In the Nimba county senator’s sermon that went viral on social media, he noted that regarding President Weah’s resolve to protect him and others, he stands ready to rally citizens of Nimba to massively support the president’s second term bid, adding that such support would be contingent upon how many citizens of Nimba President Weah would appoint to major governmental posts during his first term.
“… If you touch George Weah, you’ve touched us. He has got our backing and we, too, got his backing; so, your war crimes court is [a] fiasco,” Senator Johnson said.
