Mr. President, it is often said that the ‘falling of the dried leaf, is a warning to the green leaf.’

This is why the Tuesday, August 15, 2022, announcement by US Ambassador Michael A. McCarthy, on the imposition of economic sanctions and travel restrictions on three of your top officials, Minister of State and your Chief of Staff, Mr. Nathaniel Fahnlon McGill, Solicitor General Syrennius Cephus and National Port Authority Managing Director Bill Tweahway, must be a warning to you.

If you did listen keenly to Ambassador McCarthy, and we are sure you did Mr. President, he said rather than seeking ways to fight corruption for the betterment of Liberia, these three top officials of your government have consistently advanced corruption within this government to the detriment of Liberia and all Liberians.

Mr. President, the US Ambassador’s remarks are a replica of those of your critics and ordinary Liberians, who have always said that rather than fighting corruption, you Mr. President continue to pay lipped service to the fight against the menace because those allegedly siphoning the national coffers of desperately needed financial resources are your friends and cronies.

Remember Ambassador McCarthy also said the Monday’s announcement does not exclude others from potential future sanctions.

Mr. President, get it at the back of your head that being a President of any nation, including Liberia, does not immune you from possible US sanctions because after all as we speak, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro and others are either under US or other international sanctions due to financial improprieties,  injustices, human rights abuses and other iniquities that retard the progress and economic growth of their respective countries and keep their citizens in abject poverty.

So Mr. President, this is why the imposition of economic sanctions and travel restrictions on the three officials of your government must be a warning to you.

“Never tell a president what to do”, were also among the remarks of the US Ambassador during his Monday’s interaction with some top media executives in Monrovia.

While we advise that the US targeted sanctions should be a warning to you, take actions where necessary and not wait until you are told as was in the case of the Independence Day violence near the US Embassy in Monrovia. Mr. President, “a child, who does not hear, will feel.”