Legislate this

The Liberian Constitution is basically a carboncopy of the American one, although without all the amendments. The 3 branches of government (Legislative, Judiciary and Executive). In Liberia, the Legislature is divided into the Senate and House of Representatives which are elected by the people and are in charge of passing the laws of the nation.

So far all is well. In theory. The problem is that too many of these represenatives of the people do not have the best of the nation at their hearts. This bugs me to the point that it is annoying. How can serious legislative work be done when every little bit of criticism towards the peoples' representatives is met by blatant ignorance? It seems that our almighty house has spent more time summoning anyone that criticises their actions and deeds. Is this what we elected them for? To carry on personal crusades against anyone daring to challenge their almighty power.

Just recently, a prominent member of our house approached the manager of the Liberian Petroleum Refining Company underboard for fifty grand. What kind of bullshit is that? Those days are over. Luckily, the manager told the said individual to go to hell and went public with the attempt. These are the kind of people that we are dealing with, and you know the best part. They are elected for a term of nine years.

Not to long ago, when the pay checks were to be disbursed to all the employees of the various lawmakers in accordance with the authority in charge of these things, our humble lawmakers started acting up. Instead of complying, our honourable men and women cried foul. I can imagine their cries, "Who dares to challenge my authority" "Do you know who I am?" and all the other crap that can come forth when they want to continue collecting paychecks for "ghost names" and playing paymaster to their own staff with all the powerplay that can muster. Wake up people, those days are over. This is a new era, and if you all don't like it just send me a summons, and I will come give cause before the House.