Monrovia- April 21, 2021: The Collaborating Political Party ( CPP ) Legislative Caucus says it is troubled and saddened by the kangaroo decision of the House of Representatives to suspend District No. 10 Representative Hon. Yekeh Y. Kolubah on the basis of utterances made by him in his constituent or outside of Plenary. CPP Legislative Caucus frowns on the House of Representatives for what it terms wrongly using the Chambers of the House to go against and after Rep. Kolubah or any other member of the House for utterances made outside of the Capitol Building towards the President of Liberia or any other non-member of the Legislature.

More besides, CPP Legislative Caucus insists that the procedure used by the Plenary of the House of Representatives to suspend Hon. Kolubah is not only flawed but unconstitutional. The Constitution provides that two-thirds of the entire membership of each chamber of the Legislature has the authority to expel or suspend a member, consistent with due process of law.

CPP Legislative Caucus contends that the due process was not observed and accorded, and that twenty members of the House comprising of 73 members cannot constitute two-thirds to suspend or expel a member as mandated by the Constitution of Liberia.

Meanwhile, the entire membership of the CPP Legislative Caucus with consent of the CPP National Leadership, calls on the House of Representative to rescind the unlawful decision taken and announced against Hon. Kolubah, failing which could lead to legal and other necessary political actions to bring the appropriate and necessary relief.