The Justice and Peace Commission (JPC) of the Catholic Church of Liberia yesterday made public its latest findings, the second in a series, on the activities such as attendance of sessions, introduction of bills and many others, of members of the 52nd National Legislature, with concerns as to whether they are getting better or doing their best in their overall approach to the work for which they were electe

In previous reports released by the JPC, most lawmakers performed dismally in terms of attending  sessions, introduction of bills, but the report under review which covered the period between July 1 and July 31, 2010, showed some encouraging signs with the Senate being up a bit.

During the period in review which took into account eight sessions, the JPC revealed that seven of the thirty Senators of the House of Senate attended all eight sessions, while another seven Senators were present in session seven times.

Senators Gbezhongar Findley of Grand Bassa, Sen. Joseph Nagbe of Sinoe, Sen. Frederick Cherue of River Gee, Sen. Abel Massaley of Cape Mount, Sen. J. Jonathan Barney of Rivercess, Sen. George D. Moore of Rivercess and Sen. Lahai Lansanah of Bomi County, according to the JPC latest report card are the Senators that showed up in all eight sessions.

At least, the number of Senators captured as having attended all eight sessions as compared to the number of Senators that attended the nine sessions held in June is far above the margin, and for this, observers say they are getting better in attending sessions, and that there is room for them to do their best in other areas.

Those who made their brace by attending seven of the entire eight sessions, according to the JPC, included Senators Jewel Howard Taylor of Bong, Prince Y. Johnson of Nimba, Isaac Nyenabo of Grand Gedeh, William C. Sandy of Grand Gedeh, Theodore Momo of Gbarpolu, Clarice Jah of Margibi and  Richard Devine of Bomi.

More besides, the JPC has revealed in the latest outing that six Senators were in session only six times of the entire eight sessions recorded, followed by just two Senators, namely newcomer Geraldine Doe Sheriff of the CDC and Montserrado County and Franklin Siakor of Bong that showed up in session five times.

The report also captured three Senators attending session only four times out of the total eight sessions witnessed, followed by another three Senators attending sessions three times.

Most discouraging performance as traced by the JPC is that Senator Roland Kaine of Margibi and James K. Momoh of Cape Mount attended sessions twice and once respectively during the period under review.

Some of the Senators as indicated in the report, were excused to either visit with their constituents or were attending to other matters while others blatantly stayed away. About 10 Senators were excused, while the rest of the 20 Senators either were absent without excuse or for reasons the JPC called “distances.”

For example, it is indicated in the report that about 21 Senators out of the total of 30 made it their business to visit with their constituents during the period under review, something which showed that they did far better than the last few reports.

As for the introduction of bills, an integral part of their work, the JPC showed that none of the Senators could weather the storm to at least put a bill forth during the period currently under its microscope.

Meanwhile, the JPC has congratulated all Senators of Rivercess County for showing high marks in attending all sessions, followed by Grand Gedeh County Senators for attending seven sessions.

As for members of the House of Representatives, the report showed a near 50-50 situation with about thirteen out of the 64 in total being present in all eight sessions, followed by another thirteen Representatives showing up in session only seven times of all eight sessions.

Also, according to the latest report compiled by the Catholic-run rights advocacy institution, 12 members of the entire 64 lawmakers attended sessions six times, which means that they missed sessions twice each, while.

It is difficult to get almost everyone of them being seated  in all sessions as recorded by the JPC since it launched the endeavor, so, the JPC added that 10 members of the House of Representatives did not attend session three times, meaning that they were only in session five times, while four representatives missed sessions four times as well.

The JPC said four Representatives also failed to attend Session five times which is an indication that they were in session only three times, while four Representatives missed session six times, meaning that they attended session two times.

Representatives Aaron B. Conneh of Bong and Milan Jaleibah of Bomi counties are two members of the Lower House that performed so dismally by attending session once.

The JPC also noted that during the period under review, some of the Representatives were out in their constituencies for the purpose of visiting with their constituents.

Two bills which are still pending, the JPC verified, were introduced by two lawmakers.

From time to time, the JPC has maintained that the Legislative Report Card which reveals the activities of the lawmakers is not in any way intended to put them against the electorates, rather it is meant to bring to the public limelight what they are doing in the “House Of The People.”