Monrovia, June 27 -- A DISTURBING TREND is taking root in Liberia, and it risks undermining the very pillars upon which our democracy stands. Under President Joseph Boakai's new administration, a wave of politically sensitive arrests - conducted without full adherence to due process - is casting a long shadow over his much-celebrated ARREST agenda.

THESE DEVELOPMENTS RAISE serious concerns about selective justice, the erosion of the rule of law, and the growing perception that Liberia's legal institutions are being weaponized for political ends.

AT THE CENTER of this concern is a string of high-profile incarcerations, all unfolding under the public gaze - yet cloaked in troubling opacity. Former Foreign Affairs Minister Dee-Maxwell Sa...