By JOVILAND RITA, GMA News
Published July 1, 2021 9:22am
Updated July 1, 2021 6:52pm Lieutenant General Antonio Parlade Jr., the controversial leader of the military s Southern Luzon Command (SolCom), has resigned from the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC). Parlade told GMA News Online on Thursday that he resigned from NTF-ELCAC a month ago to ease the pressure on the task force s leaders who are being questioned by lawmakers about his designation as its spokesperson. “Yes, I have submitted my letter of resignation addressed to the President almost a month ago,” Parlade said in a text message. “I want to ease the pressure to the NTF ELCAC principals who are being questioned by legislators for designating me in spite my being in the active service.”
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Liberian Senate to Engage U.S. Embassy for Clarity on Statement Following Sen. Johnson’s Election as Chair on Defense and Security Committee
Liberian Senate to Engage U.S. Embassy for Clarity on Statement Following Sen. Johnson’s Election as Chair on Defense and Security Committee
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MONROVIA – The Liberian Senate has acknowledged the U.S. Embassy’s concerns on the election of the Senator Prince Y. Johnson as the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Defense, Security, Intelligence and Veteran Affairs, but says it would engage the Embassy for further clarity on their concerns so as to find amicable solution.
Sen. Prince Y. Johnson: “Our law says if accused, you are presumed innocent until proven guilty through the court of law. So as a country of law, I am still assumed innocent,” Sen. Johnson argued.“Our law says if accused, you are presumed innocent until proven guilty through the court of law. So as a country of law, I am still assumed innocent,” Sen. Johnson.
By Leroy M. Sonpon
Nimba County Senator Prince Y. Johnson has sternly reacted to the United States Embassy’s assertions concerning his alleged gross human rights violations during Liberia’s civil war, arguing that he is still “assumed innocent” until the outcome of a trial in a court of competent jurisdiction.