A resolution declaring a “vote of no confidence” in the current leadership of the National Council of Chiefs and Elders of Liberia has been submitted to the Senate Committee on Internal Affairs by some aggrieved members of the body. The resolution signed by eight Paramount Chiefs from the 15 counties states that their action is predicated upon the fact that the tenure of the current leadership of the council, led by Chief Zanzan Karwor elapsed since August 22, 2016. Referring to themselves as “Progressive Concerned Chiefs and Elders Movement of the National Council of Chiefs and Elders of Liberia, the petitioners led by Paramount Chief Frombwah Toweh of Nimba County said Chief Karwor’s official term has expired and as such he is no longer a duly elected chief as per the laws of the council. It can be recalled that President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in 2012 signed into law a Bill establishing the National Chiefs and Elders Council of Liberia. Formerly referred to as the National Traditional Council of Liberia, the National Chiefs and Elders Council of Liberia was established as part of government’s commitment to implementing the National Policy on Decentralization and Local Governance.

Source: GNN Liberia February 08, 2017 15:32 UTC