The Office of rebel-style House of Representatives Speaker Richard N. Koon has refuted the online publication by The Liberian Investigator titled: “Majority Bloc Plans Impeachment Proceedings Against Chief Justice Sie-A-Nyene G. Youh. The newspaper report said that the Majority Bloc was planning to introduce a resolution seeking the impeachment of Chief Justice Sie-A-Nyene G. Youh,…
The Rule of Law Caucus, formerly Majority Bloc, has described as blatant violation of constitutional norms, the recent “unprecedented and violent assault on Representative Yekeh Kolubah, a sitting lawmaker, during today’s session of the House of Representatives. In a statement dated Tuesday, January 28, 2025, the Rule of Law Caucus under the chairmanship of Representative…
After reaching beyond his dreams of avarice in a clandestine seizure of the speakership position of the House of Representatives, contestable House Speaker Richard Nagbe Koon has urged his colleagues to reaffirm their commitment to serving the people of Liberia with a patriot’s heart. The House of Representatives has been in disarray in the last…
The quest to remove embattled House of Representatives Speaker J. Fonati Koffa took an extremely dramatic turn on Thursday, November 21, 2024, when members of the Majority Bloc elected Representative Richard Koon as Speaker of the 55th National Legislature. The action was taken shortly after a resolution to remove the speaker containing the signatures of…
House of Representatives Speaker J. Fonati Koffa appears to be losing the battle in maintaining his position amid ongoing plot to have him removed, as the crisis took a dramatic turn on Tuesday, November 19, 2024, when two lawmakers from his Minority Bloc joined the Majority Bloc seeking to oust him. The joining of the…
Montserrado County Senator Abraham Darius Dillion says one of Liberia’s greatest problems blocking its ability to progress is the level of indiscipline in the nation. Speaking Monday, November 18, 2024 on ELBC Super Morning Show, Senator Dillion said it is easy for anyone to predict the country’s problems right from the traffic where people act…
The late Professor Sumo G. Kupee, former Senator of Lofa County, took his final rest on Wednesday, November 13, 2024. Paying tribute during the funeral service, President Joseph N. Boakai said the passing of the former senator is a great loss to the people of Lofa and Liberia at large, describing the fallen statesman as…
Despite a plea from embattled House of Representatives Speaker J. Fonati Koffa to the Executive Branch of Government not to conduct business with the Majority Bloc lawmakers calling for his removal, three heads of different government entities have appeared before that body on a summon order. It can be recalled that Speaker Koffa, in a…
One of Liberia’s leading grassroots civil society organization, Solidarity and Trust for a New Day (STAND), has welcomed the intervention initiative by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) as a critical move towards resolving the ongoing political tensions, particularly the leadership crisis that has disrupted Liberia’s legislative functions. STAND, which has consistently urged…
As the leadership crisis at the House of Representatives deepens, the Speaker J. Fonati Koffa has broken silence on recent clashes between fellow lawmakers over an attempt to impeach him from the speakership position. It can be recalled that heated tension engulfed the House of Representatives on last Thursday, October 17, 2024, with lawmakers at…
