According to Mr. Freeman, who is a renowned Liberian businessman-turned-politician, his proposed legal action against lawmakers is because they signed “an ambiguous resolution”, which led to the State of Emergency being effective. Report by Edwin G. Genoway, Jr., [email protected]President George Weah on Tuesday submitted his justifications and measures for a state of emergency to the Legislature for approval. The President had earlier on declared the State of Emergency, which commenced on Friday, April 10 at 11:59 PM for a period of three weeks. After their debates, the lawmakers in both the Senate and House, voted in a Joint Resolution endorsing the President’s reasons for the State of Emergency to be applied. For him, he thinks buying of more testing kits and personal protective equipment (PPEs) for various hospitals as “more important things” that the President’s communication didn’t capture.

Source: Front Page Africa April 28, 2020 01:07 UTC