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Well, this is what Liberia receives for the core of people its citizens often elect as their lawmakers. In turn, the so-called legislators are delivering to the people the value for their energy wasted in time, emotion, and resources towards a fruitless cause. The legislators are triggered-happy and this dysfunction emanates from their being elected to play the roles of the “round pegs” in the “square holes”. What do I mean about this? When an architect is building a house, one of the fundamental mistakes he is careful not to make is putting the “round pegs in the square holes” when laying the foundation because the firmness of that structure will depend on it. ....
Liberia: House of Representatives Workers Besiege Speaker’s Vehicle in Demand for 17 Months’ Arrears Liberia: House of Representatives Workers Besiege Speaker’s Vehicle in Demand for 17 Months’ Arrears Share MONROVIA – Several workers of the House of Representatives on Thursday besieged the vehicle of Speaker Bhofal Chambers in demand for their 17 months’ salary arrears. Thursday’s protest is just the latest of several other protect staged by these workers at the Capitol Building in demand for their money. They have been demanding the House of Representative remit the Liberian dollar component of their salary which was taken away by the Ministry of Finance through the government’s salary harmonization scheme. ....
Rep. Bhofal Chambers, Speaker of the 54th Legislature The 17 members of the House of Representatives who contested the December 8 Senatorial election, only three were elected, creating pending by-elections that are expected to be held in 120 days. Representives elected as Senators are Deputy Speaker Prince Moye (Bong County, Collaborating Political Parties); Rep. Zoe E. Pennue (Grand Gedeh County, Coalition for Democratic Change); Rep. Edwin M. Snowe (Bomi County, Independent). The election of the three Representatives, created openings most especially the Deputy Speaker post; and the openings coincided with the appointment of chairmen and co-chairmen of statutory and standing committees, which Rule 54.1 mandates the Speaker to do after three years which initiated the power struggle. ....