MONROVIA, May 16 -- The use of private jets by the President for international trips has always sparked criticism over its cost to taxpayers, particularly as the country's economy continues to struggle. The former President was heavily criticized by the now-ruling Unity Party for this practice when it was an opposition party, but now, as a ruling party, the trend seems to be adopted.

From the onset of the regime, just a fortnight after the inauguration, Vice President Jeremiah Koung was captured boarding a private jet leaving Liberia. He came under fire for engaging in the acts that they criticized, for which former President George Weah was voted out in the November 2023 run-off election.

The Vice President, in his own defense, explain...