{"id":46621,"date":"2016-02-18T19:00:38","date_gmt":"2016-02-18T18:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=46621"},"modified":"2016-02-18T19:00:38","modified_gmt":"2016-02-18T18:00:38","slug":"liberian-president-appoints-son-central-bank-governor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/liberian-president-appoints-son-central-bank-governor\/","title":{"rendered":"Liberian President Appoints Son Central Bank Governor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Liberia\u2019s central bank confirmed <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_464712346\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Thursday<\/span><\/span> it has appointed the son of<br \/>\nPresident Ellen Johnson Sirleaf as interim governor despite his previous<br \/>\nsuspension from the institution for failing to properly declare his<br \/>\nassets.<\/p>\n<p>Charles Sirleaf was deputy governor of the bank until his promotion to<br \/>\ninterim governor <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_464712347\"><span class=\"aQJ\">on Wednesday<\/span><\/span>, but in 2012 was temporarily suspended on<br \/>\nhis mother\u2019s orders for breaching declaration rules.<\/p>\n<p>The bank confirmed the appointment to AFP <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_464712348\"><span class=\"aQJ\">on Thursday<\/span><\/span> but would not<br \/>\ncomment further.<\/p>\n<p>It was unclear how long he was expected to remain in the interim governor<br \/>\npost or when a permanent replacement would be named.<\/p>\n<p>His appointment has raised fresh allegations of nepotism against Sirleaf<br \/>\nfollowing the short-lived appointment of another son, Robert Sirleaf, to<br \/>\nthe National Oil Company of Liberia.<\/p>\n<p>Robert Sirleaf was forced to resign in 2013 after attracting heavy<br \/>\ncriticism, and went on unsuccessfully contest a Senate seat in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>The outgoing governor of the central Bank of Liberia, Mill Jones, resigned<br \/>\nhis post two weeks ago to enable him to stand for the presidential<br \/>\nelections due to take place in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Jefferson Knight, head of human rights monitoring at the influential<br \/>\nUnited Methodist church in Liberia, told AFP he believed Charles Sirleaf<br \/>\nwas appointed primarily due to his name.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are so many Liberians who are qualified for that post, why it is<br \/>\nonly he who will be elected? This is nepotism,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am sure the president is testing the water and I hope she will do the<br \/>\nright thing by appointing another person. Though we don\u2019t know for how<br \/>\nlong her son will remain as interim head, this is not smelling good,\u201d<br \/>\nKnight added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLiberians spoke against it until Robert resigned. 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