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Africa-Press – Liberia. <\/strong><\/span>President George Weah has renewed his push for the 54th Legislature to approve a bill calling for the cancellation of tenured positions within the Executive.<\/p>\n

The President’s latest push for the repeal of all of the country’s tenure position laws comes after both the House of Representatives and Senate passed two separate bills related to tenure positions.<\/p>\n

The President’s letter, which was itemized for further discussion, highlights his long-standing effort to do away with tenure positions. These positions were established to prevent agencies of the government from being politicized and not influenced by political appointments.<\/p>\n

But Weah argued that the status of tenured personnel impedes and obstructs the development \u201cagenda of the President.\u201d The bill however did not outline how tenured positions obstruct the president\u2019s development agenda.<\/p>\n

According to the Office of the House\u2019s Chief Clerk, two bills relating to \u201ctenure positions\u201d were submitted to the House for enactment.<\/p>\n

The Act Prohibiting the Tenure of Public Officials within the Executive Branch of Government was submitted by the Executive; and an Act to repeal all laws creating tenures in the Executive of Government and established in lieu thereof, the Tenure Act of 2022 was submitted by the Liberian Senate for concurrence.<\/p>\n

The President’s version was passed in 2018 and forwarded to Senate for concurrence.<\/p>\n

It consists of four sections. The first reads: \u201cExcept as otherwise provided in the constitution of the Republic of Liberia, all statutory provisions of laws providing for the tenure of office, terms of office, tenure, or anything that provides security of tenure, of all public officials appointed by the President under the Executive Branch of Government are hereby repealed.<\/p>\n

Section two: \u201cThe President shall have and exercise all the powers necessary and convenient for the effective administration of the Executive Branch and all the institutions under its control, and to this end, all appointed officials thereof shall hold office at the will and pleasure of the President.\u201d<\/p>\n

Section Three: \u201cThat the law supersedes all other statutory provisions regarding tenure office under the Executive Branch of Government\u201d; while Section Four calls for the law to \u201ctake effect immediately upon publication into handbills\u201d.<\/p>\n

The bill prohibiting the Tenure of Public Officials Within the Executive Branch, having passed by the House of Representatives for over four years, was forwarded to the Senate for concurrence.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, on the second tenure bill, the House concurred with the Liberian Senate on the draft law, an Act to repeal all laws creating tenures in the Executive branch of Government and established in lieu thereof, the Tenure Act of 2022.<\/p>\n

The House concurred with the Liberian Senate on July 14, 2022.<\/p>\n

The bill from the Senate entails removing the tenure of services from a few of the government institutions currently benefiting and maintaining it only with those institutions that are integrity institutions.<\/p>\n

The bill, aimed at integrity institutions, will be restricting presidential involvement and grant independence to the leaders of those agencies.<\/p>\n

But for non-integrity institutions, the Senate believes that it was necessary to cancel the tenure position for its officials so that any President would have the authority to designate officials to carry out his agenda.<\/p>\n

The National Elections Commission, Liberian Human Rights Commission, Liberia Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission, Internal Audit Agency, Central Bank of Liberia, and Civil Service Commission are among the institutions whose tenure positions were upheld by the Senate.<\/p>\n

However, the rest, including the Liberia Revenue Authority, and National Social Security and Welfare Corporation, lost their tenure position.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince the concurrence of the Act to repeal all laws creating tenures in the Executive of Government and established in lieu thereof, the Tenure Act of 2022 by the House of Representatives from the Senate on July 14, 2022, which was sent back to the Senate for final engrossment, we don’t know whether the Senate sent the bill to the President for signature,\u201d said a member of the House\u2019s leadership, who begged for anonymity.<\/p>\n

\u201cProbably, the law is still with the Senate. It means, probably the Senate is still having both laws.<\/p>\n

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