Liberia: Reimagining Liberia’s Legislature: The Case for getting rid of the House of Representatives and a Call to Action

In conversations with friends, I have often argued that Liberia could do without a House of Representatives. Currently, Liberia has a bicameral Legislature consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives. The House comprises 73 Representatives, each elected from one of seventy-three electoral districts. The Senate includes 30 Senators, with two elected from each of Liberia’s 15 counties. The primary role of the Legislature is to provide oversight. My argument is that the Senate…