Liberia: Editorial: We applaud Speaker Koffa’s courage

When the dust is finally settled, and the leadership struggle in the House of Representatives is addressed, embattled Speaker Jonathan Fonati Koffa’s name will go down in history as a public servant who stood on the side of the law.

Despite the majority of his colleagues announcing his removal and controversially electing a successor, Speaker Koffa filed a writ of Mandamus recently before the Supreme Court, which has been heard and is pending.

Koffa had argued that he remains the legally…