nother town hall meeting has been scheduled for Presidential security advisor and embattled Liberian Ambassador to the US Charles Minor to further explain government’s position on the Nippygate scandal, FPA has learned.

The second town hall meeting in a week, comes at the heel of a similar gathering held on Sunday, January 20, 2008 in Washington, DC, hosted by the Liberian community of the DC Metro area, which provided a forum for the Government officials to address many topical issues in Liberia, including the recent spy memo at the Liberian Embassy in Washington, DC which implicated some Liberians including those in the Diaspora.

According to officials of the Liberian Association of Pennsylvania (LAP, Inc), Dr. Boima Fahnbulleh is expected to attend the meeting along with Director General of the Cabinet, Medina Wesseh and the embattled Liberian Ambassador to the US, Charles Minor, among others.

LAP officials told FPA the meeting will begin promptly at 4:00 PM and will be held at the Christ International Baptist Church (Rev. Dr. Napoleon Divine, Pastor) located at 2210 S. 65th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19142(near the Police District on 65th Street and Woodland Avenue).

LAP wishes to invite all Liberians residing in the State of Pennsylvania and its environs to a Town Hall Meeting on Saturday, January 26, 2008 to dialogue with officials of the Liberian Government from Liberia and the Liberian Embassy accredited near Washington DC, United States of America.

The Government officials, in consultation with the Liberian Association of Pennsylvania realized the need to dialogue with another cross sections of Liberians, and they have consented to hold another round of  meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in continuation of their mission to meet Liberians in different communities of  the Diaspora of the United States to share with them latest developments in Liberia from the Government's perspective and hear their views on the performance of the government and suggestions to improve the socio-economic lives of the Liberian people.

Officials of the Union of Liberian Association in the Americas (ULAA) led by the National President, Hon. Emmanuel S. Wettee, will also grace the occasion with their presence. The Liberian officials are expected to hold an extra session with officials of ULAA prior to the town hall meeting, at which more Liberians from the tri-state areas are expected to attend.

The President of LAP, J. Shiwoh Kamara, is encouraging Liberians to seize the opportunity to attend this meeting and make their voices heard on pertinent issues confronting Liberians in the United States and the post-war development process in their country.

Last Sunday, President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf’s advisor on national security engaged Liberians at an intense town hall meeting in Silver Spring, Maryland where he was joined by Ambassador Minor, to try to allay the apprehension the entire scandal has caused the Liberian community in the US.

Fahnbulleh maintained the Liberian government is not in the business of blacklisting its citizens anywhere in the world. He said the so-called Nippy’s spy memo was received by NSA in 2006, but that NSA has since discarded the information when it deemed it “bogus.”

“You don’t have to worry. No one is running after you,” he declared. However, he struggled to to give reasonable explanation on the Nippygate scandal, as some Liberians insisted that both Fahnbulleh and Minor were not being truthful to them.

The residents accused Minor of being selective in dealing with fellow Liberians in the US. “We believe it is in the best interest of the government of Liberia to recall this Ambassador. He has failed us,” declared angry Liberians. Amb. Minor did not respond to most of the allegations leveled against him.

The government officials insist the memo contains “false, misleading and malicious implications intended for public scorn and character defamation” which according to them has since been discarded. They reassured their fellow countrymen that all was well.

The memo, which emanates from the Embassy, has already created fear, divisiveness, mistrust and distrust amongst Liberians. Furthermore, it has and continues to embarrass the United Party led government of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. Some Liberians believe the memo was intended to undermine the promising democracy and relative peace Liberians have fought for over the years.