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Liberia: Analysis - Liberia's U.S.$19 Million Cocaine Case Becomes a Test of Boakai's Legacy

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[FrontPageAfrica] A cocaine seizure worth more than US$19 million has become a referendum on the credibility of Liberia's government -- and a mirror of the case that helped end the last one. Nearly six weeks on, unanswered questions about who is being protected, and why, are doing more damage to President Boakai than the drugs themselves. [Liberian Investigator] Movement for Progressive Change (MPC) Political Leader Simeon Freeman has launched a blistering attack on President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, accusing him of failing to ensure accountability in the ongoing US$19.2 million cocaine investigation and alleging that the administration's handling of the case has eroded public confidence.

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