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Liberia: Did Nyenabo Act Wrongly?
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The NEWS (Monrovia)
13 March 2008
Posted to the web 13 March 2008
Monrovia
There are reports that the decision taken by the President Pro Tempore of the Liberian Senate Isaac Nyenabo to sign vouchers for the purchase of vehicles for senate staff have raised concern.
But did the Pro Tempore act wrongly or was his decision in line with senate rules?
According to a release, the President Pro Tempore also acted upon the recommendation of the Transitional Committee chaired by Margibi County Senator Claric Jah, since it was not Mr. Nyenabo who visited the Ministry of Finance and Prestige Motors to negotiate and finalize the purchase of the vehicles.
The release quoted Rule 6 and Section 8 of the Senate as saying that the President Pro Tempore has the authority to sign all vouchers, supervise and monitor the expenditure of all funds which have been budgeted or allocated for the administration of the senate, and that his failure would have rendered him liable for not adhering to the Rules of the senate and ensuring the proper functioning of the body.
The release said the Chairman of the Transitional Committee Senator Jah wrote the Ministry of Finance on December 14 and 18 2007 requesting the purchase with a duty-free of two mini Mitsubishi buses and a Chrysler Neon Sedan.
However, three weeks after the delivery of the vehicles, the release added that Mr. Nyenabo was informed by the transitional committee that the check issued to prestige Motors was not honored by the Central Bank of Liberia due to the lapse and not being part of the current budget of 2007/2008.
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The release noted that the committee than asked Mr. Nyenabo to request the Ministry of Finance to intervene in the matter so that the check for Prestige Motors will be honored by the CBL in order to save the image of the senate because the vehicles have already been used by the senate.
"It is important to note that the decision taken by the President Pro Tempore to sign the voucher with the approval from plenary on June 29, 2007 for the purchase of the vehicles is in line with the Rules of the senate," the release stated.
This matter has drawn the image of Mr. Nyenabo in public with members of the senate threatening to impose punitive measures against him, as well as Senator Jah and Bomi County Senator Richard Divine.
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