Former Finance Minister Samuel Tweah has described the call for his arrest by the Liberian government as an act of political witch-hunt since the investigation that led to a warrant being issued only covered the six-year tenure of former president George M. Weah, in whose administration he served, and not the period before that when the current ruling party led the country.

Information Minister Jerolinmek M. Piah has denied the claim, saying that the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission, which carried out the investigation, was appointed by the previous administration, and not the one led by President Joseph Boakai.