The possibility of the government establishing its criminal case against former Executive Governor of the Central Bank of Liberia (CBL), Milton Weeks, could likely be a reality only if four former executives of the Bank, including former Deputy Governor for Operations, Charles Sirleaf, who saw charges against him were recently dropped, accepts any offer to testify in favor of the state.

To sustain their quest to convict Weeks, the state prosecutors on Friday, May 16, made a submission before Judge Yamie Quiqui Gbeisay, pleading to the judge about their desire to modify the early motion of nolle prosequoi (drop charges) filed before the court in favor of the four co-defendants.

However, the state prosecutors had said they were dismissing the charges against Sirleaf with prejudice to the state, meaning that the case with Sirleaf is dismissed permanently and cannot be brought back to the court.

It is unclear whether what was the agreement with Sirleaf, who served as Deputy Governor at the time of the incident in March 2018, will agree to serve as a key witness of the state against his former boss, Weeks.

Initially, the government had claimed that Sirleaf, while serving as Acting Bank Governor, conspired with his boss Weeks and other officials of the bank, all of who intentionally printed and caused the printing of the excess Liberian dollars, which actions on the part of the defendants have the propensity to cause serious economic instability, undermine the government and cause citizens to rise up against the government.