MONROVIA – Members of the Legislature have begun receiving the remainder of the US$30,000 budgeted for legislative engagements despite public outcry and rebuke for receiving the first half of the amount last month. The PFM Law provides that all disbursing and receiving entities, and individuals, must account for public monies disbursed, received, and or entrusted into their care. Instead, the money, according to the Senate, is geared towards the support to their initiatives in their various counties. Hence, both the members of the House of Representatives and the Liberian Senate represent every single citizen in every part of Liberia. He said, “This money is not personal benefits for lawmakers, it is not added to our personal benefits.

Source: Front Page Africa July 16, 2021 08:25 UTC