{"id":2743,"date":"2021-10-15T12:30:07","date_gmt":"2021-10-15T12:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/senate-to-reconvene-amid-agriculture-break"},"modified":"2021-10-15T12:49:26","modified_gmt":"2021-10-15T12:49:26","slug":"senate-to-reconvene-amid-agriculture-break","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/senate-to-reconvene-amid-agriculture-break","title":{"rendered":"Senate to Reconvene amid Agriculture Break"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\">Liberia<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>President George M. Weah has issued a proclamation to reconvene the Fourth Regular Session of the 54th Legislature. The proclamation by the President was necessitated by the signing of a certificate by more than one-fourth of the total membership of the Liberian Senate and the House of Representatives respectively for the reconvening of the Fourth Session consistent with article 32(B) of the Liberian Constitution.\u200b<\/p>\n<p>The Certificate which was adopted on October 12, 2021 will now see the 54th Legislature to reconvene the Fourth Session for the period commencing October 18 to December 18, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\u200b<\/p>\n<p>According to a release from the Press and Public Affairs Department of the Liberian Senate, the change in the Fiscal Year of the Government to a Calendar Year has given the Executive two months to submit the National Budget to the Legislature prior to its effective date, which change has given rise to a need for the Legislature to reconvene.<\/p>\n<p>The release acknowledged that the amendment and Restatement of the Public Financial Management Act, approved October 30, 2019, changed the fiscal year from July to June, to a calendar year beginning January to December of each year.<\/p>\n<p>According to the release, the Legislature will reconvene to deliberate and act upon the draft National budget of 2022 and other matters of national interest.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, Senator Albert T. 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