{"id":15708,"date":"2010-11-04T12:08:53","date_gmt":"2010-11-04T16:08:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sierraexpressmedia.com\/?p=15708"},"modified":"2010-11-04T12:08:53","modified_gmt":"2010-11-04T16:08:53","slug":"ellen-johnson-sirleaf-demolishes-cabinet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/?p=15708","title":{"rendered":"Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf demolishes cabinet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, president of Liberia <em>(in photo)<\/em>, in an effort to restructure her cabinet told her ministers that she wanted a clean state, so she dismissed all but one minister!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Until replacements are found, deputies are to lead the ministries until replacements have been appointed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The minister for presidential affairs is to stay on for the time being.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">President Johnson-Sirleaf told ministers she wanted the cabinet to resign because &#8220;this administration is entering into a critical stretch and this would afford her the opportunity to start with a fresh slate going forward,&#8221; her office announced in a statement.<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ms Johnson-Sirleaf said she wanted to assess ministers&#8217; performance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The reshuffle could also be used &#8220;as an opportunity for reflection&#8221; by the ministers now on leave, she suggested.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ms Johnson-Sirleaf is expected to stand again in elections scheduled for 2011.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The president is determined to tackle corruption, only last month news came to light that the government was investigating the role of former and current public officials in a suspected corruption scandal involving a proposed carbon deal.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Stay with Sierra Express Media, for your trusted place in news!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, president of Liberia (in photo), in an effort to restructure her cabinet told her ministers that she wanted a clean state, so she [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":75801,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[751,1],"tags":[5750,5751],"class_list":["post-15708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-global-news","category-uncategorized","tag-ellen-johnson-sirleaf","tag-liberia-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15708\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/75801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}