Liberia: Welcoming the Honorable Legislators With Caution

16 January 2013

editorial

Normal activities once more returned to the Capitol following the arrival of members of the Liberian Legislature. Their return is in keeping with Article 32 (a) of the Constitution of Liberia which provides that 'the Legislature shall assemble in regular session once a year on the second working Monday in January'. It comes just a week to the State of the Nation Address or annual Message of the President of Liberia on the fourth working Monday in January.

At the Capitol on Monday during the official opening of the second seating of the 53rd Legislature, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Alex Tyler of Bomi County assured the people of Liberia that members of the Legislature were back with renewed vigor to be more proactive and robust in the performance of the duties and functions which affect the lives of the people they represent.

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