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ADDAX DEAL POLL COMMENTS

Date	Comment
11/23/2006 5:33:17 PM	Prior to Mr. Greeves joining Ellen there has been lots of accusations about his dubious role in the Sadai fund given to Liberia for hospital revitalisation and educational purposes. The New democrat took Greeves to task but like his former boss Brynat who brushed of all attempts to expose this controversial individual,Ellen is now blocking her comrade from yet another classic exposure. Tom Woewoeyou also came up with very damaging revealations about Mr. Greeves and President Sirleaf''s involvement with the notorous NPFL and the way they raise funds to destroy Liberia. To the bewilderment of many Liberians, Mr. Greeves packed his bags just about two months before the end of Bryant''s tenure as interim president and joined madame Sirleaf. What is most disturbing is despite our president declaring war on corruption, she sees no reasons to check this man reputition.Unlike all public institutions with deputy and assitant directors, Mr. Greeves until now is the only MD for the nation most lucretive institution.Why surrender the void key to a rogue and allow him to operate at his own accord? Leaving aside the patronish clout he enjoys from the boss of the country, external fanincial expert relinquished his work at LPRC because of the way in which this gentleman conducts finacial matters. In fact, has Mr. Greeves declared his assets? What about this man with glaring questonable records that nobody can investigate. Madam President by only saying Mr. Greeves made mistake by giving human rights advocates envolops is not enough> You need to match your elections promise swith concrete actions. The man is corrupt and untrustworthy though it is hard and would be an embarrassment to leave your buddy at the hands of hungry social justice advocates to devoid him. Paul Finley
11/23/2006 8:50:02 PM	Your poll question is poorly written and bias.
11/24/2006 12:55:18 AM	Whatever deals that went on should be revealed.
11/24/2006 1:04:31 AM	Let Mr. Greaves proves that there is nothing hidden in the deal by publishing the entire deal to the public. As long as the deal remains on the desk of those involved, it creates public''s doubt and fear.
11/24/2006 5:28:36 AM	What is he scare of? This is a public corporation.
11/24/2006 10:06:44 AM	I think it must be public for transparency and accountability. This is what we opted for change! Specific details, while other civic society groups sort their files for verifications
11/24/2006 11:40:18 AM	We have for too long done things in secrecy. We need to start doing things in transpancy inorder to promote accountalibily.
11/24/2006 12:16:11 PM	Yes i think that will lead to some level of scrutiny which is good for democracy and good governance.
11/24/2006 11:18:53 PM	The name Harry Greaves sends chills down my spine because of his disconnect with transparency and other past accountability.
11/25/2006 9:45:21 PM	It is gradually begining to show that the Sirleaf led administration might become a failure if step is not taken to put a halt to the LPRC deal. It is clear that the deal has sinister motive to rob the Liberian poeple and the president seems be playing deaf ears to the many outcry. If this situation is not handle appropriately, I''m afriad that we are again in another crisis similar to the late Doe and imprisoned Taylor days. What a disgrace? After all of the preaching and pushing corruption is taken shape once more under the watchful eyes of this president. Beware Madam President. This might lead to your days becoming numbered.
11/26/2006 6:05:17 AM	Unless some govt. officials and some invisible hands are working together for their own personal interests, I don''t see no reason why LPRC will not make the deal public. Secondly, what the members of the board of LPRC are saying? Are they receiving something from the deal and as such will not advise the director to make the deal public? Liberians, we will never learn until it is too late for us to correct our mistakes. Thanks FPA and keep the story alive!!
11/26/2006 12:41:03 PM	You should conduct more pools like this. I would also suggest that you start a daily colume entiltled "People Want to Know", "Questions for the President" or something similar Larry Green
11/26/2006 4:44:19 PM	There should be nothing to hide, after all we Liberians have and are suffered for such concealing in the past for eg. Firestone Rubber Plantation deal
11/27/2006 1:30:18 AM	Editor, It is the Liberian people business, but it is not a good corporate practice to publish all agreeements.
11/27/2006 7:37:04 AM	This is what agreed to do when he was commissioned by the Senate. So it is the right thing to do.
11/27/2006 3:31:13 PM	It is obvous that Mr. Greaves is one of the public figures who owes the Liberian transparency more than others. He has been an advocate in the past; he reided and worked in the West, particularly the United States and knows exactly what the real deal is.Come on! Don''t invoke my pressure.
11/27/2006 4:36:13 PM	I do believe, the government of Liberia needs to be opened to its people, because the government is the people,for the people and by the people. If Ellen, means what she said about transparency then off cause it must be proven by action to the Liberian people.
11/28/2006 12:27:47 AM	You should not be the one to defind my No or Yes, I think Iam Wise enough to know my reason for saying yes or no. Now I will select Yes, Yes in a sence where it will be made only to the Board of Directors, The House and Sanate committees on Energy / Fuel which represent the Liberian People, but not to be put in the News papers to avoid un necessary arguement. Thanks
11/28/2006 5:48:16 AM	Absolutely!!!!!!
11/28/2006 6:35:04 AM	The Liberian people need to know what''s going on at the LPRC.
11/28/2006 6:48:39 AM	This poll lack substances
11/28/2006 7:24:30 AM	I think it is what the law requires.
11/28/2006 10:56:42 AM	When President Sirleaf stated that she would make things transparent,I am sure she did not mean that very aspect of running the governmental agencies,be it quasi, etc be completely open for the country to scrutinize. Let''s stop reading too literately the intent of the President. No country in the world opens every detail of their operations to the public. Let us not get carry away and give Madame President the benefit of the doubt. The two options in the poll is just too polarized. I would suggest that the option that says NO;be follow with a more open ended comment. No, it''s none of the Liberian People''s Business is too asinine.I am sure, you can come up with a more neutral comment.
11/29/2006 4:09:06 AM	One of the checks and balances in the social contract we call government is the free flow of information throught the media. Allowing the public to be aware of whatsoever deal that will involve the LPRC is in line with our President plaege to adhere to the priciple of Accountability. Anything contrary to that is tantamount to betrayal of trust.
11/29/2006 4:24:19 AM	i don''t see how making this deal public or not will affect the everyday life of the average Liberian. LPRC already publishes thier financial statments so whatever gains are made from this deal will reflect in these statements. I think the whole noise steem from the fact that those so called ''human right'' activist should divert thier energies into more troubling issues,i.e. sanitation,falling educational standards at all levels(primary-tetiary), etc. thanks for the space and time. oswald
11/30/2006 6:22:33 AM	All International agreements signed by the President, on behalf of liberia, must be submitted to the Legilature for ratification as enshrined in our constitution.He should and must for the sake of fulfiling the constitutional obligation.
11/30/2006 8:08:59 AM	Ignorance, poverty and disease are the root causes of our society. What is in the oil deal so much that Mr. Greaves can not rest. Have any one of thpught about how this man transform LPRC? Have any of you thought how this man turned a failing public corpation into a smashing success story? Let us compliment people for achieving feats and stop pulling people down.
11/30/2006 8:22:31 AM	Let say LPRC was a private entity, then I would say we the citizen of Liberia should not be concern, but it is a partially govenrment own entity. I believe we should be well inform about all activities especially contractual aggreements. Finally why does the contract have to be awarded to a company that Dew Mason is member of the board?
11/30/2006 10:21:38 AM	HE IS ACCOUNTABLE TO THE BOARD AND THE BOARD TO THE PRESIDENT AND PRESIDENT TO THE LEGISLATURE VIA ANNUAL MESSAGE.
11/30/2006 12:59:51 PM	In the quest for transparancy and accountability as advocated by this Government, it is essential that such pratice be implemented to prove to the Liberian people that the Ellen lead Government is implementing its platform. W.Momolu, USA
11/30/2006 1:40:54 PM	I''ve read the above comments....very interesting. I want be bring up a point. The peace process in Liberia is still fragile. Let us not for once think that Liberia cannot slip back into civil war. With that be said, every issue in Liberia is trouble.....accountibality,sanitation,transparency,falling education standard at all level,corruption,etc are all trouble issues of equal magnitude. One of them can equally and easily set us right back. Now, in a situation like this, the Government need to do the right thing by bring in an independent group just like the Metal Steel controversial deal. I want to applaud the President for her intervention in the Metal Steel deal. On the contrary, rather than making public her stand on the oil deal, she should do the same as the Metal Steel, but not just to answer the question " does the deal benefit the Liberian people", but instead " is there any corruption"? because I''m sure that''s what on the minds of most people. I''m not disputing what Mr.Greaves said or the fact that the President strongly beleive he did nothing wrong, but the fact that we are still talking about it, indicate that people are still not convience. Inorder to lay this to rest and move on to take advantage of the Nigerian Government offer, the Liberian Government need to do the only right thing by bring in an independent group to let the people the outcome of the deal. The deal doesn''t have to be made public if there''s a confidentiality clause in it, but if it isn''t, then it should be. But most importantly, let it come from a neutral third party.
11/30/2006 10:59:26 PM	Harry Greaves is a criminal who had done the dirty works for past presidents and now he is offering to do the same for Ellen. He should be fired, but then, who will do the dirty work?
12/1/2006 2:36:21 AM	When it''s comes to expenture of LG''s money, it is public business. Therefore, let everything out in the open which is the order of the day. ( Transparency )
12/1/2006 2:56:19 AM	The deal should be made public. At times, the character of individuals or groups involved with contratual agreements determines the reaction from the ordinary people. Mr. Greaves has polluted character and is not trusted. So,the call for transparency is appropariate in this case.
12/1/2006 6:53:36 AM	What is in this deal that the press or the human right groups can not tell the Liberian people only Greaves should? When are they going to court? Or is it a mare smell champain?
12/1/2006 9:42:21 AM	If there is nothing to hide Mr. Greaves just provide the information. Those who are seeking the information must have clean hands. You don''t accuse anyone when you don''t have clean hands.
12/2/2006 2:34:10 AM	LPRC is a public entity and by laws its functions and transactions should be made transparent.
12/2/2006 3:44:15 AM	this is a public entity and this should be done as soon as possible.
12/3/2006 9:10:27 AM	Greaves has been milking the Liberian people for some time now. He''s a thief, and a master connivor of crooked administrations, including Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf''s.
12/3/2006 9:11:45 AM	For transparency.
12/4/2006 5:01:08 AM	Its a matter of accountability and strnasparence that is an imperative on his part to make it available. Its the people of Liberia property and they must know all that is unfolding there at LPRC.

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