Afrigather By Willie N. Tokpah
Monrovia — The Supreme Court docket of Liberia has ordered the Asset Restoration Taskforce to with quick impact launch all autos seized throughout its latest operation.
The court docket on Thursday, March 28, additionally instructed the duty power to not perform any additional pending seizure, till a pending convention in a Writ of Prohibition filed by the Administration of Gracious Trip Included.
This implies the Asset Restoration Taskforce will now have to attend till an end result from a listening to scheduled on Monday, April 1, is made in keeping with the legal guidelines of Liberia.
The Administration of Gracious Trip Transport, a service reportedly owned by an ally to former President George Weah, Finda Bundoo, haspleadeda with the Chambers Justice on the Supreme Court docket, to ban the Asset Restoration Group from seizingitss autos providing transport service within the nation.
The AssetRecovery Taskforcedset upp by President Joseph N. Boakai to go looking, seiz,e and examine authorities belongings,includinge autos and different valuables, deliberately or unknowingly taken away.
The workforce has since begun its work of looking, seizing, investigating and if confirmed, recovering authorities properties and valuables.
Nonetheless, Wednesday’s operation by the workforce was met with blended reactions from the general public, some hailing their work, whereas others, principally within the opposition, criticizing the process during which the duty power is performing.
Anger in opposition
What prompted anger amongst a number of members was the seizure of a car of former Police Inspector, Patrick Sudue, claiming to have been legitimately purchased for US$5,000 5 Thousand {Dollars} in addition to the seizure of the car being managed by Gracious Trip Included.
The paperwork of each autos had been being requested by members of the power who had been on the scene on Wednesday, March 27, led by, Emmanuel Gonquoi, a member of the duty power, in keeping with the duty power’s mandate to research paperwork of autos and properties.
Already, Sudue had since threatened to take authorized motion towards the duty power, till when Gracious Trip Transport Service took a authorized stance Thursday, March 28, in search of the Justice in Chamber choice to ban the Asset Restoration Taskforce from seizure its autos.
In its petition for a Writ of Prohibition filed by the transport service Supervisor, Francis T. Blamo, Gracious Trip Inc., towards the taskforce, headed by Cllr. Martin, Affiliate Justice Presiding, His Honor, Yusif D. Java is requesting a convention with each events on Monday, April 1, 2024, in reference to the plead for a Writ of Prohibition.
The duty power had additionally been ordered by the court docket to launch all car seizures and seizures, pending the end result of the convention.
