Montserrado County’s electoral district #14 Representative, Kerkula Muka Kamara, is appealing to his fellow colleagues of the House of Representatives referring to themselves “majority bloc” and demanding the removal of Speaker, J. Fonati Koffa, to do the honorable thing by according the Speaker due process as required by the Constitution of Liberia and the House of Representatives standing rules.
The Montserrado County lawmaker added that it is the rights of his colleagues to collect signatures for the removal of the Speaker for a cause, stating that it should be done with due process as is required by the Constitution of Liberia and the House standing rules. Representative Kamara reminded his colleagues that Liberia is a country of laws, not disorder.
The CDC lawmaker made the statement recently in Monrovia when he phoned in on the OK FM talk show.
According to him, lawmakers are law-abiding people who should be emulating good examples in the society. The Montserrado County lawmaker reminded his colleagues that lawmakers are not lawbreakers.
Representative Kamara stated that the form and manner in which his fellow colleagues are proceeding with the Speaker’s removal is completely out of track. The CDC lawmaker added that for his fellow lawmakers to sit in another location outside of the Capitol Building to solicit signatures for the removal of Speaker Koffa is a violation, and should not be encouraged by any well-meaning Liberian.
The Montserrado County lawmaker stated that if his colleagues have any problem with the Speaker, in his mind the best thing to do is to come to the plenary of the chamber at the Capitol Building with the issue, rather than going outside of the Capitol to demand the Speaker’s removal.
Representative Kamara stated it is important for his colleagues to return to session with the issue—if they have any issue with Speaker Koffa.
The CDC lawmaker said he wants his colleagues to operate within the confines of the laws of Liberia. He reminded them that the Constitution is the organic law of the country, stating that it should be respected by every well-meaning Liberian.
On the issue of the Speaker’s removal, Representative Kamara informed the public that he is on the side of the law. According to him, Speaker Koffa will not resign his position without respect for the laws of the country.
Representative Kamara re-emphasized that he stands with the Speaker in this fight. Recently the Supreme Court of Liberia placed writ of prohibition on the process of the Speaker’s removal. But despite the writ of prohibition placed on the process, members of the “majority bloc” are in defiance of the court’s order.