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Members of the House of Representatives of the 54th Legislature The Institute for Research and Democratic Development (IREDD) has released the score card of Representatives and Senators for the 3rd session of the 54th Legislature with some lawmakers scoring high marks while others making zero. The Legislative Monitoring Report is funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through the National Democratic Institute (NDI). The latest report card under the theme, “Promoting Political Party’s Accountability in Liberia,” contains several lapses recorded during th...

Liberia’s Senatorial & By-Law Elections: Underling Issues of Coronavirus Violations, Referendum Confusion, & “Huge Crowd”-Mindset Shock Liberia’s Senatorial & By-Law Elections: Underling Issues of Coronavirus Violations, Referendum Confusion, & “Huge Crowd”-Mindset Shock COVID-19 Violation (No Mask): NEC’s Polling Officer & Voters on queue NOTE: On coverage of the elections, my movements were restricted to Monrovia due to financial constraint. I guess the issues provided on Montserrado County were similar to happenings in the other fourteen Counties of Liberia. This article...

In Act V, Scene IV of Shakespeare’s play Henry IV Part 1 Falstaff had been playing dead on the battlefield to avoid being killed. And he says to Prince Hal, who had mistakenly perceived him as dead, “the better part of valor is discretion, in which better part I have saved my life”. That phrase, “Discretion is the better part of valor”  has since entered into English language use as an idiom which according to Wikipedia, is generally understood to mean the avoidance of problems or unnecessary risks by thinking carefully and exercising caution before taking action. A...

ALJA Commends Liberians for Peaceful and Successful Midterm Elections ALJA Commends Liberians for Peaceful and Successful Midterm Elections Share Minneapolis, Minnesota – The Association of Liberian Journalists in the Americas (ALJA) is commending the National Elections Commission (NEC), leaders of political parties, the government of Liberia and Liberians for the peaceful conduct of the recent special senatorial and by- elections in the country. ALJA is also, commending the recent constitutional referendum held in the country. In a Press Release issued on Monday, December 21, the Associati...

For a beleaguered government, hemmed on all sides by a host of problems i.e. economic, governance, security and most critically the growing lack of public confidence, going at lengths to create a favorable public image by distorting the truth just to save face is not something unusual. It is something that most governments around the world do in some shape or form when they find themselves confronted with awkward and embarrassing situations. And for this, many or most governments around the world have at their hire, spin doctors. Their job is to make governments look good and for this they ar...