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By Chris Mason Moses Kollie Garzeawu
Political editor, BBC News Journalist, Monrovia
The controversial bill is likely to become law soon but deportation flights won't take off immediately.
Liberia's main opposition party, the Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) has called President Joseph
Boakai's programme to recover allegedly stolen state assets as “nonsense”.
The party's secretary-general Jefferson Koijee told journalists at the weekend that
“none of our officials will submit to it”.
The CDC's George Weah lost his bid for a second presidential term last year.
Mr Boakai, who narrowly beat him, recently set up a task force to crack down on
corruption and try and get back stolen funds.
The president ordered his team to identify and prosecute any senior officials
involved. Current and past government officials are to be investigated.
He
stated in his executive order that assets "wrongfully acquired at
the expense of the government and people of Liberia" should be returned.
The
CDC’s secretary-general alleged that the action was a violation of the constitution - though he did not state which part of the constitution - and it will be resisted by the party.
“Let
me tell Mr Boakai that not even a chicken can submit to that reckless arrangement,”
he concluded.
Mr Weah himself has not made any official statement on the process.
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