By Mark N. Mengonfia – mmenginfia@gmail.com
Since the suspension of eight senators from the main opposition Unity Party (UP), the decision has received mixed reactions–lots of criticisms and some praises both from within and other political parties.
Many have argued that the eight senator’s decision to have voted for the impeachment of former Supreme Court Associate Justice, Kabineh Ja’neh was their constitutional right given them as the people’s direct representative.
But on the other hand, others hold the view that those senators were not party discipline.
But one person strongly believes that the UP has not gone wrong in its decision is Deputy House Speaker, Mr. Prince K. Moye, who is also Bong County Representative .
He believes that the action of the eight senator to have gone against their party position was what he called betray.
Addressing a press conference over the weekend in Monrovia, Deputy Speaker Moye said those eight senators total went against the party and as such, it was important for the party to have taken such an action against.
“if your party came and give a passion that, this is the position of the party on this matter and you deviated from what was agreed upon, that is betray” the Liberian Deputy House Speaker added.
According to him, those senators are not party trustworthy, something he said needs to be taken into consideration by any politician.
“I am a party person, the party decision is the final decision and I sand by it. I had one vote and voted for those senators to be suspended,” the Deputy Speaker added.
During the impeachment proceedings of former Associate Justice Ja,neh, the former ruling Unity Party vigorously campaigned and told all of its senators to vote against the impeachment of the former Associate Justice, but those senators rather voted for the impeachment.
This action by the senators did not resonate well with the political party on whose ticket they contested to become senators.
When he was quizzed if he was contesting the upcoming senatorial elections in Bong County, Deputy Speaker Moye said he was content with his present job as a deputy House speaker.
He added that he has no intention to leave his current job, which he said cuts across Liberia to run for one senatorial seat in Bong county.