Monrovia — Worn Liberian President George Manneh Weah has arrived at the Monrovia City Court docket, where he joining heaps of of supporters to demonstrate team spirit with opposition lawmakers charged in connection with the December 2023 “arson attack” on the Capitol Building.
Weah’s presence follows a call made on Sunday, June 8, by several opposition leaders, including Alexander B. Cummings, political leader of the Different Nationwide Congress (ANC), and Dee-Maxwell Saah Kemayah, political leader of the Streak for Economic Empowerment (MOVEE), urging supporters to salvage peacefully at the courthouse in a demonstrate of strengthen for the accused.
Sporting a blue ride well with, white shirt, and crimson tie, Weah arrived at the courthouse in a shadowy SUV, accompanied by a contingent of non-public safety. He didn’t notify to newshounds and easiest briefly acknowledged a handful of supporters who had gathered start air the courthouse gates to welcome him.
The lawmakers, who’re facing trial as of late, encompass Speaker J. Fonati Koffa (District #2, Sizable Kru County), Abu B. Kamara (District #15, Montserrado County), Dixon Seboe (District #16, Montserrado County), Jacob Debee (District #3, Sizable Gedeh County), and Priscilla Cooper (District #5, Montserrado County).
They’ve been formally charged by the Liberia Nationwide Police (LNP) with arson, prison facilitation, and prison conspiracy when it comes to the fireside that gutted the Joint Chambers of the Capitol Building, the official seat of the Nationwide Legislature, on December 18, 2023.
Authorities from each the LNP and the Liberia Nationwide Fire Service (LNFS) concluded that the fireside modified into a deliberate act of arson, prompting a months-long investigation that culminated in costs against the 5 lawmakers.
Four of the accused–Koffa, Kamara, Seboe, and Debee–were remanded to the Monrovia Central Detention center over the weekend, where they spent two nights. Advisor Priscilla Cooper, a member of the ruling Cohesion Party, modified into launched into the custody of her neutral appropriate counsel on clinical grounds.
The lawmakers are anticipated to seem in court docket as of late.
