President George Weah has issued an executive memorandum restricting all government officials from speaking on national policy issues without being authorized to do so.
According to the Executive Mansion, President George Manneh Weah directed all Ministers, Deputies and Assistant Ministers, and Heads of Agencies and Commissions, and their deputies to refrain from making public comments on policy issues of national concern on both conventional and social media without first seeking authorization from the appropriate authorities.
The President’s Executive Memorandum, issued Wednesday, May 8, 2019 through the Director General of the Cabinet, Jordan Solunteh, and also instructs all government Ministries and Agencies to direct their communications on public policy matters to the Minister of Information or his designee.
The Memorandum further indicates that there would be grave consequences for any member of the Executive Branch of Government found in violation of the directive.
The President therefore cautions all members of the Executive Branch to take heed and govern themselves accordingly.
Officials of the Weah led administration have in recent time been making some comments on national policy issues in Liberia without authorization from their immediate bosses.
The new mandate from the president comes just few days after the Deputy information Minister Eugene Fahngon was suspended for making comments on native-congau politics.
