Liberia: Editorial: US$5 million budget for “Regime Speaker” Koon is a disservice to Liberians

Regime Speaker Richard Koon of the House of Representatives is a happy man. He was unconstitutionally elected by the Majority Bloc in the House to replace embattled Speaker J. Fonati Koffa of the former ruling CDC.

According to members of the Majority Bloc, they illegally removed Speaker Koffa because of an alleged conflict of interest and for overspending his US$4 million budget.

They then illegally elected Koon and increased his budget to US$5 million. In their minds, this was OK for the…