The President of the Republic of Liberia, His Excellency Joseph N. Boakai, Sr., has issued a proclamation to increase the particular common session of the fifty fifth legislature for a interval of 1 (1) week commencing Friday, September 20, 2024 and ending Thursday, September 26, 2024 to debate and act upon important nationwide points amongst which is the recast Nationwide Finances of the Republic of Liberia. Based on a International Ministry launch, the proclamation is in accordance with Article 32(b) of the structure of the Republic of Liberia, which gives that the President shall, on the President’s personal initiative or upon receipt of a certificates signed by at the least one-fourth of the overall membership of every home and by proclamation prolong a daily part of the legislature past the date of adjournment or name a particular part of that physique to debate or act upon issues of nationwide emergency and concern.
The proclamation states that through the particular session these important nationwide points together with the Recast Finances weren’t absolutely resolved, and can’t await the return of the Legislature in October 2024, thereby prompting the legislature to once more laid earlier than the President one other Certificates signed at by at the least one-fourth of the overall membership of every Home to increase the particular session with a view to resolve these points together with the recast Finances. The proclamation concludes “Now, Due to this fact, I, Joseph Nyuma Boakai, SR. President of the Republic of Liberia, by advantage of the Authority in me vested, do hereby problem this proclamation extending the particular common part of the fifty fifth legislature for a interval of 1 (1) week, commencing Friday, September 20, 2024, and ending Thursday, September 26, 2024.”
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Ministry of International Affairs of Liberia.