Written by Julius Kanubah
Source: Star Radio Liberia
The Senate has finally concurred with the House of Representatives to approve a joint resolution to amend certain provisions of the 1986 Liberian Constitution.
In its session Tuesday, the Senate voted to concur with the House to amend Articles 52 (c), 72 (b), 83 (a) and (b).
The vote followed a report by the six-member conference committee chaired by Grand Gedeh Senator Isaac
Nyenabo.
The Senate endorsed the report for the controversial ten-year residency clause for the Presidency prior to election in Article 52 (c) to be reduced to five years.
Article 72 (b) which among others restricts judges of subordinate courts to retire at the age of seventy was amended for the judges to serve above seventy five years.
A change was also effected in the date of general voting contained in Article 83 (a) from the second Tuesday in October to the first Tuesday in November.
The Senate also agreed to amend Article 83 (b) to provide election of public officers not by absolute majority but by simple majority except for the Presidency.
The Chairman of the Senate’s conference Committee Isaac Nyenabo described the concurrence vote as a great day for Liberia.
