Liberia: On 2nd Thoughts: Why GoL needs to be politically sensitive

By Othello B. Garblah

Governments have the responsibility to be politically sensitive in making certain decisions to prevent situations that could undermine their constitutional legitimacies. That is not weakness; it is a way of exercising political correctness, especially in a fragile society like Liberia, where recent election results have heightened tension.

Last Thursday’s action by the Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency (LDEA), supported by the Liberia National Police, to enforce a…