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3 days ago · Breaking News Liberia: Rule of Law Caucus Chairman Announces Commitment for Dialogue, Reaffirms Support for Speaker Koffa January 7, 2025 Liberia: Pres. Boakai’s State of the Nation Address to Move from Capitol Building January 6, 2025 Liberia: Boakai, Koon Depart for Mahama’s Inauguration Amid Legislative Crisis January 6, …
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Dec 22, 2024 · The illegitimate removal of the speaker of the 55th National Legislature, Chairman, Cllr. Jonathan Fonati Koffa is not in line with our nation’s (LIBERIA) Constitution. Despite what the constitution stipulates regarding the procedure of how any speaker can be replaced or impeached by the majority in a section of the House of Representatives legally. A
Liberia: Senate Breaks Tradition, Declines Joint Review of Draft ...
Nov 21, 2024 · Monrovia –The ongoing leadership crisis at the House of Representatives has compelled the Plenary of the Liberian Senate to mandate its Joint Committee on Ways, Means Finance and Budget and Judiciary to separately scrutinize the draft National Budget for Fiscal Year 2025, with doubts and uncertainties hanging over the …
Liberia: Plan to Unseat Speaker Koffa Backfires As Lawmaker …
Oct 18, 2024 · Capitol Hill, Monrovia – Thursday, October 17, was a day of drama at the Capitol as a group of renegade lawmakers attempted to remove House Speaker J. Fonati Koffa, but their efforts were met with strong resistance from pro-Koffa lawmakers, resulting in violence and chaos. By Gerald C. Koinyeneh, gerald, koinyeneh@frontpageafricaonline.com The joint chamber erupted
Liberia: Pressure Mounts on President Boakai to Act Against …
Oct 4, 2024 · Monrovia – A major straw that broke the Coalition of Democratic Change’s six- year rule was pervasive corruption. Liberians voiced their frustrations by voting in the Unity Party presidential candidate, Joseph Boakai, during the 2023 presidential election. Boakai promised to fight corruption, inclusive government, establish a war crimes court, and fix the economy. By Selma Lomax selma ...
Liberia: Government Crackdown on Protest Leaves Several Injured, …
Dec 18, 2024 · Monrovia – A peaceful protest dubbed “White Tuesday,” organized to demand justice and respect for the rule of law, turned chaotic on Tuesday when Liberian police fired tear gas to disperse demonstrators gathered at the Capitol Building in Monrovia. Several protesters were injured in the process, and some got arrested and are currently in detention.
Liberia: President Boakai, Ruling UP Must Avoid the Trappings of …
Nov 19, 2024 · IN THE WEEKS AND MONTHS leading to the 2023 Presidential elections, President Joseph Boakai and his Unity Party said all the right things enroute to winning state power, trumpeting the rescue mission as the antidote to President George Weah’s cancer of bad governance and corruption that was eating up Liberia’s soul.
Liberia: Majority House Block Invokes Article 33 to Convene …
Oct 22, 2024 · Monrovia—In a decisive move, the “Majority Block” of the House of Representatives has invoked Article 33 of the Liberian Constitution to convene an urgent session in the Joint Chamber of the Legislature, largely motivated by a significant loss of trust in House Speaker J. Fonati Koffa. A letter from Acting Chief Clerk James Toubie to