The ruling Unity Party’s National Youth League Chairman Togar Melvin Cephus has branded Liberia’s Justice Minister and Attorney General Oswald Tweh as a grave threat to President Joseph Boakai’s administration and the Liberian people after the government apparent defeat.
Cephus’s blistering statement comes in the amidst the acquittal of former Finance Minister Samuel Tweah in the $6.2 million corruption case, which the Joseph Boakai administration was hoping to win as part of its anti-graft success story.
The youth chair accused the Justice Minister of indifference, negligence, and outright betrayal of the government’s anticorruption covenant with the nation.
“A Minister of Justice who is careless about prosecuting corruption is not just ineffective; he is dangerous to our administration and to the Liberian people,” Cephus said.
The Youth League Chairman insisted that Liberians did not endure years of hardship, sacrifice, and mobilization only to be saddled with a Justice Minister who mirrors the silence and indifference of past regimes.
“The Liberian people did not vote for a government that will not prioritize corruption cases,” he declared.
“Let this be clearly stated: a Justice Minister who refuses to aggressively pursue corruption cases is not serving the President, not serving the government, and certainly not serving the Liberian people. He must go!”
Cephus’s demand for Tweh’s dismissal underscores the growing tension within the ruling party following the 15-man jury verdict that cleared their main target Tweah.
He reminded the nation that the Unity Party’s rise to power was built on a solemn promise — not a mere campaign slogan, but a covenant — to fight corruption and restore accountability. That promise, he warned, is now in jeopardy.
“The fight against corruption cannot be slow. It cannot be casual,” Cephus emphasized. “Every day that those who stole public funds are presented as saints is another day ordinary Liberians are denied hospitals, schools, and roads that their money should have built.”
“President Boakai’s legacy and our reelection depend on action, not silence,” Cephus warned. “The people are watching, and they will remember.”
The explosive statement Raises questions about internal fractures within the ruling party and the government’s commitment to its anticorruption crusade. For many Liberians, Cephus’s words echo their own frustrations over prosecutorial preparedness.
