Journalists impose media blackout on Liberian presidency
On May 9 2013, Liberian journalists - under the banner of the Press Union of Liberia (PUL) - took several actions in response to disparaging and threatening remarks made against journalists. The remarks were made at programs marking the annual observance of World Press Freedom Day in Buchanan, Grand Bassa county on May 3, 2013 by the director of the Executive Protection Service (EPS), Daniel Othello Warrick.
Warrick described media personnel as terrorists and threatened to move on them, if they question the integrity of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.
"Be careful in questioning the integrity of Liberians. Be careful, because you have your pen and we have our guns. And if you incriminate the character or integrity of Liberians, like myself, we will come after you," Warrick said at the gathering.
The PUL is outraged and alarmed that, since the reckless comments - which have further brought to question this government's commitment to upholding press freedom, democracy and the rule of law - there has been a glaring silence from President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and all sectors of the government.
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