House of Representatives embattled Speaker J. Fonati Koffa has told the Majority Bloc lawmakers seeking his removal that resignation is an optional and a voluntary act and he has no intentions of resigning position for any reasons.
It can be recalled that last Thursday, November 14, 2024, there were rumors about the resignation of the Speaker Koffa due to pressure from majority members of the House of Representatives.
Addressing a press conference on Monday, November 18, 2024, Speaker Koffa said those calling for him to resign should use their time and resources to convince the so-called majority bloc to come to work.
Koffa said he will continue to stand with the Constitution of Liberia as the House’s standing rules make it clear that 37 members are needed to elect a speaker and 49 members to remove.
“The day you get your 49 members, I will not spend a day in my office. I will pack my things and leave, but anything other than what the constitution says, I’m not going to resign due to the savage greed of any so-called majority block,” Koffa said.
He said the nonsense at the House of Representatives has to stop because he is unwilling to be pressured to resign as was done to former Speakers Edwin Snowe and J. Alex Tyler.
Speaker Koffa said some members of that honorable body for whatever cause have destroyed the workings of the House of Representatives in their own interest, but said such acts will stop because the law is the law.
By Tonita N. Copson
