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As House Votes to Eliminate Most Tenured Positions, CENTAL Issues Warning

As House Votes to Eliminate Most Tenured Positions, CENTAL Issues Warning

After the House of Representatives passed a bill to repeal tenured positions in the executive branch, the Center for Transparency and Accountability in Liberia has issued a strong call for the government to stop undermining the fight against corruption.

Independent Candidate Edward Flomo Expected to Win Montserrado’s 13th District By-Election

Unofficial provisional results from Tuesday’s representative by-election in Montserrado’s 13th district have placed independent candidate Edward Flomo in the lead.

Philipbert Browne to Appear Before Lawmakers Over Bribery to Print New Banknotes

Philipbert Browne, the owner, and publisher of the Hot Pepper newspaper that broke the news about the missing billions in new banknotes on September 13, is due to appear before lawmakers today, Nov. 22, to testify about claims he has made that representatives received bribes to authorize the printing of the new notes.

Over Calls for War Crimes Court, Nimba Lawmaker Warns Senator Prince Johnson Against Threatening Comments

Nimba’s eighth district representative, Larry Younquoi has called on a senator of the county, Prince Johnson to desist from making threatening statements against individuals supporting the calls for the establishment for a war crimes court in Liberia.

Former Central Bank Governor Admits Legislature Did Not Approve Printing of Additional L$10.5 billion

Former Central Bank Governor Milton Weeks has admitted before the plenary of the House of Representatives that the printing of the additional L$10.5 billion new banknotes was not authorized by the legislature.

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