Members of the House of Representatives have overwhelmingly reelected Mildred Siryon as Chief Clerk for the 3rd term and Martin Johnson as Sergeant-at-Arms for the 5th term.
Chief Clerk Siryon had gone unopposed since 2012 and will be considered the longest serving Chief Clerk in post-war Liberia while Sergeant-at-Arm Johnson, who was elected on white ballot following the withdrawal of Deputy Sergeant-at-Arms Morris Gibson, who maintained his position has maintained this position since the era of the Liberia National Transitional Government (LNTG).
Madam Siryon and General Johnson were re-elected on Tuesday during the 2nd day sitting of the 1st Quarter of the House of Representatives.
Mildred hailed from Harper City, Maryland County. She earned her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Business Administration (BBA) and Master Degree in Public Administration (MPA) respectively from the University of Liberia.
Chief Clerk Siryon served as Junior Stenographer from 1997 to 2006 and also served as Deputy Chief Clerk from 2006 to 2010 in the 52nd Legislature and following the death of Chief Clerk James Kaba in 2010, Sayon then assumed the post of a Chief Clerk to end the term of her predecessor but through election.
The two Secretariat Staffers have been the longest in the Legislature while also elected as was C. Cormicks Chea, filling the vacancy created by G. Sayfurh Geplay who died in October last year.
The elections of the Speaker, Deputy Speaker and Secretariat Staff are in consonance with Article 49 of the Constitution says: “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 resolution of a two-thirds majority of the members of the House.”
