Monrovia – The Revolutionary Youth Alliance of Grand Gedeh County, a youth group of the county, has praised President George Weah for granting executive clemency to nine of their kinsmen who they say was wrongly sentenced to life imprisonment during the regime of former President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf. President Weah used his executive power to release the last three men of Grand Gedeh County on December 25, 2019, from Monrovia prison. After the arrest of the 18 Grand Gedeans, four were released because of a lack of evidence. But the Revolutionary Youth Alliance of Grand Gedeh County says that was bias on the side of former President Sirleaf. President Weah executive clemency came at a time when a mass anti-government protest was gaining support from many Liberians.

Source: Front Page Africa January 08, 2020 23:15 UTC