{"id":32292,"date":"2023-02-24T16:46:09","date_gmt":"2023-02-24T16:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/liberia-senators-should-be-allowed-to-carry-pistols-sen-prince-y-johnson-recommends"},"modified":"2023-02-24T17:33:48","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T17:33:48","slug":"liberia-senators-should-be-allowed-to-carry-pistols-sen-prince-y-johnson-recommends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/liberia-senators-should-be-allowed-to-carry-pistols-sen-prince-y-johnson-recommends","title":{"rendered":"Liberia: \u201cSenators Should Be Allowed To Carry Pistols\u201d \u2013 Sen. Prince Y. Johnson Recommends"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Liberia. <\/strong><\/span>Senator Prince Y. Johnson (MDR-Nimba County) has recommended that the Liberian Senate pass a law allowing lawmakers to carry firearms. The senator made the recommendation following a failed assassination attempt on the life of former Chief Justice Gloria Musu-Scott.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat I think we can do is come up with something that will allow all senators to have CC cameras. We need protection. We have been threatened, and so we need to bring in the Justice Minister and pass some kind of law that will allow every lawmaker to have a pistol and register it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe law creating city orderliness does not permit them to carry arms, but they are carrying illegal arms. What about us, who are lawmakers and whose lives are in danger?\u201d asked Senator Prince Johnson.<\/p>\n

Senators expressed fear for the lives of both lawmakers and ordinary citizens.<\/p>\n

Tough-talking Senator Abraham Darius Dillon (LP-Montserrado County) called for the dismissal of the Minister of Justice and the Police Inspector General. According to him, the police did not take Chief Justice Musu-Scott\u2019s complaint seriously when she alerted the public that there were attempts on her life and that strange men were visiting her home. \u201cWe should not be sitting here deciding whether or not to invite the Justice Minister and Police boss. We should be recommending to the President the dismissal of these two officials of government for the careless manner in which they handled the former chief justice\u2019s complaint.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a press conference, the Senate Defense, Security and Intelligence Committee announced that they were inviting the two officials from the executive branch (Police IG and Justice Minister) to appear before the committee as a whole to explain the circumstances surrounding the country\u2019s security. Senator Steve Zargo (LP-Lofa County) stated, \u201cThis committee condemns the attacks on the former Chief Justice, which led to the death of her daughter. We demand a comprehensive report on all mysterious deaths.\u201d He added that the committee is also demanding a detailed list of all Police Support Unit (PSU) officers and specialized units deployed at concession and mining companies and that President George Weah take concrete actions on crimes committed in the country.<\/p>\n

In the committee\u2019s press conference, they also demanded the provision of a state security officer to ensure the former chief justice\u2019s personal safety. \u201cThere is no excuse for why security has not been provided to the former chief justice when she reported on two occasions that her life was under threat.\u201d Senator Zargo blamed Police Inspector General Patrick Sudue for the recent attack on the life of former Chief Justice Scott. \u201cI think the police dropped the ball, and the police boss should be blamed for this.\u201d<\/p>\n

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