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Monrovia - To understand what is unfolding in the Lower House of Liberia’s National Legislature, it is important to take into consideration, the rules and procedures of the body to fully grasp the magnitude of what unfolded Tuesday.A total of 39 members of the Lower House dubbed the anti-Speaker Alex Tyler bloc called a news conference to read a statement in which they are calling on the embattled head of the body to recuse himself from proceedings.Speaker Tyler is one of several current and former government officials linked to the Global Witness Bribery saga.The report dubbed the Deceivers reported that on August 25, 2010, Tyler, received US$75,000 in a bid to push a Sable Mining-friendly legislation through parliament”.The GW uncovered over US$950,000 in bribes and other suspicious payments by UK mining firm Sable Mining and its Liberian lawyer, Varney Sherman.The report showed how in 2010 Sable hired Varney Sherman, Liberia’s best-connected lawyer and current Chairman of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf’s Unity Party, in an effort to secure one of Liberia’s last large mining assets, the Wologizi iron ore concession in northern Liberia.Sherman, according to the report, told Sable that in order to obtain the contract the company must first get Liberia’s concessions law changed by bribing senior officials.On Tuesday, members of a bloc looking to keep Speaker Tyler away from legislative proceedings pending the completion of his legal woes appeared in a united front to show the strength of their votes ahead of Thursday’s crucial target to oust the embattled Speaker.
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Topic: LIBERIA: A Divided House, Embattled Speaker Last Stand & Intriguing Numbers Play (VIDEO) (Read 363 times)
