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Liberian Lawmakers Threaten to Disrupt Sirleaf's Speech

Some lawmakers are warning against embattled House Speaker Alex Tyler presiding over the legislature during President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's State of the Nation address.

  • Liberia:   We'll Prevent Ellen's Message

    NEWS, 19 January 2015

    If last week's hullabaloo at the chambers of the House of Representatives in which a number of lawmakers were involved in fist-fight is anything to go by, then House Speaker Alex… Read more »

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Members of the Liberian legislature.

  • Liberia:   Lawmakers Exchange Blows in Session

    Heritage, 16 January 2015

    The Chamber of the House of Representatives was on Thursday, January 15 a scene of heated exchange of profanities and blows involving pro and anti supporters of Speaker J. Alex… Read more »

  • Liberia:   Uproar At the Capitol

    NEWS, 16 January 2015

    The Chambers of the House of Representatives turned into a theatre of war of words and disorderly conduct when two lawmakers took the center stage with insults and disturbances… Read more »

  • Liberia:   PUL Welcomes Tyler's Probe, But...

    NEWS, 16 January 2015

    The Press Union of Liberia (PUL) is concerned about evolving situations in the House of Representatives, relevant to calls for the Speaker to come clean about a controversial… Read more »

  • Liberia:   The Speaker Must Submit to LACC

    NEWS, 16 January 2015

    Members Of The House of Representatives are still divided over whether or not Speaker J. Alex Tyler should recuse himself from presiding over session and submit to investigation by… Read more »

  • Liberia:   Over 40 Lawmakers Back Speaker Tyler

    Heritage, 15 January 2015

    Over 40 members of the House of Representatives have adopted a resolution, reaffirming their confidence and support for J. Alex Tyler as Speaker of the House of Representatives. Read more »

  • Liberia:   'Demonstrate the Confidence Honorably'

    NEWS, 15 January 2015

    Twelve of the 15 newly elected senators have been inducted into by the Liberian Senate. Read more »

  • Liberia:   Uproar in Lower House

    Inquirer, 14 January 2015

    Some members of the House of Representatives have called on House Speaker Alex Tyler to unconditionally recuse himself from presiding over the proceeding of that body until… Read more »

  • Liberia:   House Speaker Lacks 'Integrity'

    NEWS, 14 January 2015

    An intense lobbying is currently ongoing amongst members of the House of Representatives to have House Speaker J. Alex Tyler removed. Read more »

  • Liberia:   Liberia's Speaker 'Compromised' - Legislative Bloc Demands Probe

    FrontPageAfrica, 14 January 2015

    Speaker Alex Tyler appears to be on the ropes, his reign of the leadership of the lower house of the national legislature in tatters and an angry bloc of renegade Lawmakers asking… Read more »

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