-House Rules & Order Committee to investigate, Punish Petition Organizers
By Mark N. Mengonfia – mmenginfia@gmail.com
The House of Representatives had launched a full-scale investigation into a petitioning program held last week in the Rotunda of the Capitol Building in Monrovia by some staffers of the Legislature.
On June 27, 2019, a group of staffers of the Liberian legislature petitioned Liberty Party’s candidate in the July 8 Montserrado County Senatorial Bi-election, Darius Dillon, pledging their support to him.
Mr. Dillon, who was one time Chief of Office Staff to one of the Lawmakers, is also Vice Chairman of the opposition Liberty Party (LP).
It appears that the space used by Legislative staffers to petition him was unauthorized.
A press release under the signature of Isaac Garyeazon Redd Sr, Director of the of Representatives Press and Public Affairs Bureau over the weekend condemned “the Unauthorized use of the Rotunda and describe such gathering a “that ‘Rogue Petition.”
Mr. Redd said investigation will be launched in the coming days to establish facts surrounding the unauthorized use of the Legislature premises for the Petitioning program.
The House’s Spokesman says the Authority responsible for the Capitol Building was not aware of who planned and executed the June 27 petitioning program for Mr. Darius Dillon, Who is not a staff of the Legislature.
According to Mr. Redd’s release, the Rules and Order will investigate to identify those associated who he said abused The Rotunda
“Any person (s) found within the employ of Legislature and are associated with that ‘Rogue Petition ‘will be dealt with administratively.”