Members of the House of Representatives have voted to pass into law integrity bills and a bill granting prosecuting power to the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC).
The proposed law, titled, “An Act Amending and Restating an Act to Establish the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC)”, now grants the anti-graph institution persecutory powers upon being printed into handbill.
The lawmakers during their 40th day sitting also voted to pass a bill known as the Whistleblower Act of 2021, that is seeking to protect whistleblowers, as well as the Witness Protection Act of 2021, that seeks to grant protection to witnesses.
The House’s plenary further enacted into law “An Act to Amend the Alien and Nationality Law and Anti-Money Laundering, Terroristic Financing, Preventive Measures and Proceeds of Crimes of 2021″.
Plenary’s decisions followed the Joint Legislative Conference Committee reports on these integrity instruments.