President Boakai holds Legal Consultations over Current Impasse at the House of Representatives; Withholds Submission of 2025 Draft National Budget
His Excellency, President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, has delayed the submission of the 2025 Draft National Budget to the National Legislature.
In separate communications to the House of Representatives and the Senate, the President said he was holding legal consultations given the constitutional implications of the impasse at the House of Representatives.
The President has taken note of the Wednesday, November 6th decision of the Supreme Court Justice in Chambers to decline the issuance of a writ of prohibition, as was earlier prayed for by the Speaker of the House. The President has also received separate letters from the Speaker and the Majority members of the House urging him not to recognize or do business with the other.
The President is gravely concerned about the impasse and has elected to seek further legal advice on the situation.
The President says further consultation is necessary to ensure the sanctity of the constitutional principle of three separate but coordinate branches of the Government, and that Executive action in the current situation complies with law.
President Boakai hopes that the House of Representatives will resolve the impasse, at the soonest, so that the Liberian people’s business can continue.
