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Africa-Press – Liberia. <\/strong><\/span>The Liberian Senate\u2019s Committee on Foreign Affairs has postponed the confirmation hearing of Foreign Minister-designate Madam Sara Beysolow Nyanti, citing a security breach.<\/p>\n

Much details are not available about what amounted to the security breach, but Nyanti\u2019s nomination to Liberia\u2019s top diplomatic job has attracted positive and negative public attention.<\/p>\n

Her supporters believe she is best suited for the job due to her long years of working with the UN in senior positions. However, her critics are questioning her integrity, especially based on their challenge of her academic credentials.<\/p>\n

During Thursday\u2019s hearing on 1 February 2024, Montserrado County Senator Abraham Darius Dillon who also chairs the committee, cited a complete blunder by the Secretary of the Senate.<\/p>\n

Dillon said the Senate Secretary had allowed non-senators to troop into the Senate chamber, which led to the abrupt postponement of the confirmation hearing for Madam Nyanti.<\/p>\n

Senator Dillon, a staunch supporter of President Joseph Nyumah Boakai, noted that the hearing was being postponed for security reasons.<\/p>\n

Following her nomination by President Boakai recently, the Foreign Minister-designate appeared before the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs for her confirmation hearing on Thursday.<\/p>\n

In the main Chamber of the Senate, Madam Nyanti was accompanied by an unprecedented crowd and political leaders, former ambassadors including family members, and national and international individuals to watch the process.<\/p>\n

Most of those individuals who were privileged to enter the chamber on the instruction of the Senate Secretary Nanborlor Singbeh, sat in the majority of the seats belonging to senators who were still awaiting proper arrangement to begin the hearing.<\/p>\n

Bomi County Senator Edwin Melvin was heard in the Chamber strongly warning those sitting in the seats to leave or the hearing would be postponed.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf y\u2019all can\u2019t leave from the senators\u2019 seats then it means this confirmation hearing will be postponed because I can\u2019t even sit here,\u201d he said and walked out in anger.<\/p>\n

The embarrassing situation prevented senators from taking their seats and led to the abrupt postponement of the confirmation hearing by Senator Dillon to Monday, 5 February 5, 2024, at the same venue.<\/p>\n

Senator Dillon also told legislative reporters a few minutes after the decision was taken, that the Senate Secretary is to blame for blundering at the entry point of individuals into the Chamber.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Secretary blundered, and we are going to correct that,\u201d Senator Dillon stressed.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know that these confirmation hearings are of public interest that is why we wanted to ensure that the media is here in a free environment,\u201d said Mr. Dillon.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe senate chamber is the sanity of the Senate and you saw what happened there. Everybody sat in the chamber and the seats of the senators; where they sit,\u201d he told legislative reporters.<\/p>\n

The lawmaker also intimated that there was a security breach but emphasized that his committee will put all necessary things in place before the hearing is held on Monday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose things were put into place, but everybody wanted to intrude in there just like the inauguration; everybody must be here so people will faint too but we didn\u2019t want it to happen today and people even wanted us to go into the Joint Chamber. No, we will not do that,\u201d Senator Dillon noted.<\/p>\n

He maintained that the confirmation hearing of any nominee is not and should not be a cheering squad, adding that the process is serious as such people should know their boundaries.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverybody feels the feeling of [entitlement] must be even in the Chamber of the Senate where senators are supposed to sit down then people, they\u2019re ambassadors, former ambassadors and sitting in the Chamber of the Senate; nobody does that at the Supreme Court,\u201d the lawmaker noted.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Liberia. The Liberian Senate\u2019s Committee on Foreign Affairs has postponed the confirmation hearing of Foreign Minister-designate Madam Sara Beysolow Nyanti, citing a security breach. Much details are not available about what amounted to the security breach, but Nyanti\u2019s nomination to Liberia\u2019s top diplomatic job has attracted positive and negative public attention. 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