It is brazenly flabbergasting and appalling to hear the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Liberia, Ambulai Johnson, state on an international media outlet that he has to do “some research” to determine whether Bridgestone/Firestone company is treating locals around its facility humanely! Yet still he asserts that his mandate is to “ensure that the people of Kpayan Town and Bridgestone/Firestone coexist.” What an irony! How in the world can this man be given such a responsibility when by every indication he is completely out of touch with reality and the well-being of the people whose “existence” he has a duty to? It is not surprising that Ambulai Johnson would need to take time to “research” how the people of this impoverished village lives are being destroyed as they battle against a giant whose pocket holds many officials of the Sirleaf government. It is clear that he benefits less from the people than he does with Bridgestone/Firestone. Oh yes, Johnson has to move gingerly to ensure that he does not wake up the giant that feeds the bunch and has turned them overnight into fat cats. This one time handler of Ellen in the US is now seated at the head table and his only concern is to fatten his pocket while the people wait for his “research” to determine if their lives are living hell or not! Liberians understand Ambulai that your assertion of “coexistence” is to ensure that the locals do not stand up to your cash cow, but if your “research” is delayed, they will and soon “the chickens shall come home to roost.”


 

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