-House silences CDC Gov’t loudest mouth
The controversial Deputy Information Minister for Public Affairs, Eugene Gahngon spent his spent his first night behind bars Wednesday, after the House of Representatives found him guilty of contempt.
Mr. Fahngon was complained to Plenary by Bomi County Representative Edwin Snowe over a reported rude outburst and throwing of invectives.
The House Plenary’s grilling of Fahngon lasted for some eight hours when a unanimous vote was taken to jail the Deputy Minister for two days and fine him over four thousand Liberian dollars for his defiant posture.
So he was subsequently handcuffed by the Sergeant At Arms and whisked off to the National Police Headquarters, as it was after 6pm to be sent to the Monrovia Central Prison, where he will spend the second of his three days in jail.
As part of his punishment for being disrespectful to the lawmakers, the deputy information minister was also fined the amount of 4,999 Liberian cents, which he is to deposit into government coffers for his contempt charge.
The lawmakers recommended to President George Weah not to allow deputy information minister for public affairs Eugene Fahngon to hold any key government position, because he was “unqualified.” Besides branding him unfit to serve in government.