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Liberia: Saah Gbollie Calls for Voice Specialist
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The NEWS (Monrovia)
3 April 2008
Posted to the web 3 April 2008
Benjamin B. Sworh
Monrovia
Margibi County Representative Saah R. Gbollie has called for a voice specialist to authenticate his voice on a secret audio tape recorded by former Speaker Edwin M. Snowe that implicates him and some colleagues into the House's bribery scandal.
Appearing before the House Committee on Judiciary Wednesday, Gbollie pointed out that in the absence of a specialist to determine whether the voice on the tape was actually his, any judgment rendered against him by the committee will be incredible.
He alleged that the audio recording provided by Representative Edwin Snowe stating that he confessed receiving money to remove him (Snowe) as speaker is a trash.
Gbollie emphasized that in order to authenticate the truth of the bribery, it was necessary for a voice test to be conducted on the tape by a specialist.
According to him, in the absence of a voice specialist, it would be difficult for the committee to arrive at a judicious opinion in the case.
Rep. Gbollie who took the stand for nearly twenty minutes maintained that Snowe's audio recording submitted to the committee had no iota of truth and is only intended to tarnish his reputation.
He then urged the Judiciary committee not to give credence to Snowe's audio recording because, according to him, it is against the Penal Code of Liberia.
For his part, Rep. Samuel Bono called on the committee not to give credence to Snowe's secret audio recording because it is not admissible under the law.
The Bong County Representative who was also accused by Snowe of bribe-taking to remove him as speaker said he was not aware that Snowe had recorded him.
He called on the Judiciary committee to disqualify the audio recording.
Representatives Rufus Gbeor and Kertikumehn Murray also denied that they admitted receiving bribes.
The two lawmakers alleged that Snowe's action to record conversation with colleagues secretly was criminal, and as such, they could not succumb to the audio recording.
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Meanwhile, the Chairman of the Judiciary Committee Representative Armah Sarnor thanked the accused lawmakers for their cooperation and assured that his committee's decision would be announced at a later date.
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