MONROVIA –The plenary ground of the Home of Representatives grew tense on the primary official day of Legislative responsibility within the third session with Speaker Nagbe Koon and Deputy Speaker Thomas P. Fallah coming beneath severe condemnation for wrongly main the talk and resolution making processes.
Bong County Electoral District 6 Consultant, Moima Briggs Mensah, accused each the Speaker and his Deputy for ignoring the clear voting system of heads rely relating to essential instrument equivalent to income matter.
As an alternative of the pinnacle rely course of whereby information are taken on particular person lawmaker’s resolution, she blasted the pair for limiting the ground to a ‘YEAH’ or ‘NAY’ voting course of that doesn’t encourage accountability.
The Bong County lawmaker raised the qualm following resolution on key devices – An Act to Amend Half 1 of the Liberia Income Code by introducing a New Chapter “D” to ascertain a authorized framework for Tax Incentive and Expenditure Administration” and an Act to Amend the Liberia Code to be known as the Liberia Administration Act of 2025,” which have been decided by the Home’s common overwhelming loud noise of ‘YEAH.’
Resolution on these Payments have been triggered by the presentation of a report by the Home’s Joint Committee on Methods, Means, and Finance and Public Accounts and Expenditure.
Predicated on the ‘Yeah’ resolution that necessitated the passage of the devices, the vocal Bong County lawmaker reminded the Speaker and his deputy of that vital legislative measures ought to be decided via a headcount vote as a substitute of the standard “Yeah” and “Nay” technique.
The lawmaker argued that this might align Liberia’s Legislature with worldwide parliamentary our bodies such because the ECOWAS Parliament and different internationally accepted parliamentary voting requirements.
“You may management this ground and get the votes. You may’t do such a factor with yeah and nay. It may’t. Let me be on the document for that. You may management the ground by vote. You might be embarrassing us. How will you have the ECOWAS portion, you could have different parts and it’s not debated voted on headcount and also you need do yeah and nay. You simply have to do the suitable factor,” blasted the Bong County District 6 lawmaker.
On the rising depth of her voice that echoed throughout your entire plenary ground, the lawmaker was on the level ordered out by Speaker Koon, however she defied his order and remained agency to her seat and advocacy.
Rep. Briggs Mensah insisted to stay in session on floor that she was saying the ‘proper factor’. “I cannot go outdoors as a result of I’m saying the suitable factor. ‘Yor’ will drag me out of right here right this moment. I cannot get out and for those who are available in entrance of me I’ll kick you. That’s an modification of the Income Code and the suitable factor should be completed. We is not going to tolerate it.”
Rep. Briggs-Mensah, one among Liberia’s representatives to the ECOWAS Parliament, asserted that her sturdy debate is meant to deliver optimistic change to that august physique by utilizing her worldwide expertise gained over the previous years.
“I cannot go to worldwide parliament such because the ECOWAS Parliament and sit right here to see the fallacious factor occurs. Go and punish me; you could have committee, allow them to examine me. Ehn you say you ‘setting’ for me, I cannot die. If it’s handed right this moment, let me on the document for my resolution,” Rep. Briggs-Mensah added as she was quieted down by some colleagues of the Home.
Earlier than right this moment, the Home of Representatives had in time previous come beneath public criticism for passing on main resolution on the ‘uniformed’ YEAH consequence.
