Author: Rodney Sieh

The decision comes as the president has been under immense pressure from his party to appoint partisans to key positions in government while trying to satisfy members of the alliance which helped him win the presidency. Parties like Prince Johnson’s Movement for Democratic Reconstruction and All Liberian Coalition Party have also been complaining that they are not fully represented in the nominations made so far. Monrovia – With the exception of the few ministers that President Joseph Boakai has nominated, the President has reportedly abdicated his responsibility to appoint to a committee comprised largely of Senators, leaving the rest of…

Monrovia — The end of one era begins the turn of another. For the incoming Joseph Boakai administration, turning a somewhat dismal economy around will rely heavily on the performance of the State-owned Enterprises and how much contribution they would be able to make to the national budget. While SOEs contributions was less than 1 percent of the budget outturn in 2022. In 2023, a total of US$10 million was approved (1.3 percent of the budget) and later revised to US$9.3 million, about 1.2 percent of the revised budget. On the eve of Mr. Boakai’s inauguration, the issue of tenure…

Monrovia – Will the incoming Boakai Administration be in dire fiscal straits? Are the coffers bare? Will the administration have enough money to pay civil servants their outstanding salaries and have enough to run a government? What is the total time frame before the country run out of essential commodities including gasoline, the staple food rice, medicine, and foreign currency for imports? Does the country have enough net foreign exchange reserves to pay for essential imported commodities? The standard is three months of import cover, enough in foreign exchange reserves to buy three months of imports.

Monrovia – Incoming Senator Amara Konneh (Gparpolu County) sees the big picture, an image he says will more than likely define his legacy in the Senate, and probably beyond. “If Liberians have been wanting their lawmakers to be anti-corruption champions, they’ve got one. I’m going to create the most powerful committee in this session of the Senate ever created,” the Senator told FrontPageAfrica after his appointment as chair of the powerful Senate Public Finance Committee.

Monrovia – Until his death on November 20, 2019, Charles Walker Brumskine had sought the Liberian presidency three times, 2005, 2011 and his final lap in 2017. Now, five years after his death, two of the rising politicians he helped groom into politicians have taken a giant milestone in their political careers. On Monday, the Senate elected Senator Nyonblee Karnga-Lawrence as its President Pro Tempore while the Lower House tipped Representative Jonathan Fonati Koffa as its Speaker for the 55th Legislature.

Monrovia – With barely a week to the inauguration of President-elect Joseph Boakai, allegations of bribery and intimidation appear to be the order of the day. Multiple sources and eyewitnesses attending a Senate Retreat at the Farmington Hotel in Margibi County, confirmed to FrontPageAfrica at the weekend that some 26 incoming Senators to the 55th Legislature were each given envelopes containing the amount of US$40,000 each in return for the signing of the resolution which secured the election of Senator Nyonblee Karnga Lawrence as the next Pro Temp of the Senate. Others also claim that US$10,000 was also allegedly dished…

Monrovia – The aftermath of a grueling elections which climaxed with the demise of the George Weah-led Coalition for Democratic Change government, paved the way for the return to power of the former ruling Unity Party under the leadership of former Vice President Joseph Boakai. Riding on the campaign mantra of a rescue mission, the UP which led Liberia for twelve years prior to the ascendancy to power of outgoing President George Weah, made a lot of promises in hopes of convincing Liberians that they were in fact, the better alternative and well-positioned to make Mr. Weah a one-term President.

Monrovia – In September 2012, the late Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Liberia, His Honor Johnnie Lewis, citing health issues, stepped down as head of the judiciary branch, requesting from President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, a plea for an early retirement. At the time, President Sirleaf said the chief justice, who had been in failing health, asked for early retirement to seek medical attention.

Liberians deserve and expect free and fair, peaceful elections.  We call on all citizens to follow President Weah’s example and accept the results.  – US State Department Washington – Liberian President George Weah conceded defeat today to Joseph Boakai in the presidential runoff election held on November 14.  We congratulate president-elect Boakai on his victory and President Weah for his peaceful acceptance of the results.  As President Weah said in his concession speech, “Tonight, the CDC has lost the election, but Liberia has won.  This is a time for graciousness in defeat, a time to place our country above party,…

When President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf transferred power to President Weah in January 2017, Liberia reached a critical milestone of progress, marking the first time since 1944 that the country had seen a peaceful transfer of power – the first in 73 years. Monrovia – When the National Elections Commission released its third installment of results of the November 14 run-off election Friday, it set the stage for only the second successive transfer of power from one democratically elected government to the next, since the end of Liberian civil war. The NEC results announced Friday made it mathematically impossible for the incumbent…