By Stephen N. Tokpah
-Bong (freelance)
The former president of the Liberian Senate, Jewel Howard-Taylor, has admonished the anti-Koffa lawmakers to uphold the rule of law while serving in that sacred position.
The Former Vice President, also a Counselor-At-Law, said the rule of law is the general protection of all Liberians and must be protected by everyone.
“For me, I’m a lawyer, and it’s said that the law sets the basics of a relationship with men as well as women because the law protects you and protects me too,” Taylor added.
Madam Howard-Taylor, reminding the so-called majority bloc regarding Article 49 of the 1986 Constitution said, it is clear that the, “House of Representatives shall elect once every six years a Speaker who shall be the presiding officer of that body, a Deputy Speaker, and such other officers as shall ensure the proper functioning of the house. The speaker, the Deputy Speaker, and other officers so elected may be removed from office for cause by resolutions of a two-thirds majority of the members of the house.”
Madam Taylor said as long as the group of lawmakers calling themselves majority lawmakers have not reached the two-thirds to remove Speaker Jonathan Fonati Koffa, he remains the Speaker, and he must be respected.
Taylor lauded those on the side of Koffa which according to her is standing on the side of the rule of law for now; with special emphasis on lawmakers from Bong County.
The former Vice President cautioned the Joseph Boakai and Jeremiah Kpan Koung government to work in the confines of the rule of law as well, regarding the current political crisis at the Legislature.
She made the statement in an exclusive interview with journalists in Gbarnga, Bong County over the weekend.
