Monrovia – The political hullabaloo among lawmakers of Sinoe County is said to be deepening not only among lawmakers but citizens of the county as well.
Report by Edwin G. Genoway, Jr. [email protected]
Some of the young people are unhappy with the confusion among their county’s lawmakers.
Three of the five-person Sinoe County’s Legislative Caucus on Wednesday, June 6, expelled with immediate effect Senator Joseph Nagbe and suspended indefinitely District # 3 Representative Matthew G. Zarzar from the Caucus for breaking the Peace Accord signed in Bamako, Mali.
But the young people under the umbrella, ‘Movement for Social Justice,’ has described the suspension and expulsion of the two lawmakers as fermenting more confusion in the county.
They call on their lawmakers to stop being, “childish” and focus on the work of the people of Sinoe.
The secretary-general of the movement, Hugh Bladee, has called for the rescission of Rep. Matthew Zarzar’s suspension and Senator Nagbe’s expulsion from the county caucus.
Bladee wonders why his lawmakers will not stop creating confusion among themselves; adding: “What will it show to the young people in Sinoe when lawmakers, who are supposed to be our elders are fighting among themselves.”
He urged the five legislators of the county to stop being involved in tribal politics; specifically mentioning the name of Senator Milton Teahjay.
“Honorable Teahjay and others need to stop what they are doing in the county. We are going to put the young people on the streets of Sinoe if Honorable Zarzar’s suspension is not lifted.”
For his part, Representative Matthew Zarzar reacting to his suspension said he violated no law to be suspended by his colleagues.
Rep. Zarzar said the decision taken by three of his colleagues was unilateral and does not meet the consent of the entire five-person caucus of Sinoe County.
“I violated no laws; they did it unilaterally. There is nothing in the Bamako agreement that I have violated,” he said.
The Sinoe lawmaker noted that as far he is concerned he still a member of the caucus and won’t stop being a member of the caucus until the people of Sinoe who voted him are tired with him (Zarzar) being their representative.
According to him, nothing in the Bamako agreement that calls for suspension or expulsion of people when there is disagreement.
He, however, accused Senator Milton Teahjay of being a man of confusion and someone who is using tribal politics to gain favor from the people of Sinoe.
Several attempts by this newspaper to get to Sen. Teahjay to respond to the allegation didn’t materialize. His phone rang endlessly when calls were placed to him.