At the state funeral on Thursday at the rotunda of the Capitol Building, VP Taylor said the late Cllr. Brumskine had a resilient spirit, free thinker, a committed man and a respected jurist of renowned repute.”But above all, the Vice President said Cllr. Brumskine hailed through the rank of the National Patriotic Party (NPP) of former President Charles Taylor, and upon the NPP’s resounding victory in 1997, became Senior Senator of Grand Bassa County. He was then elected as President Pro Tempore of the Liberian Senate, but two years later, he resigned after a political fallout with President Taylor. He would later return triumphantly in 2002 and declare his intention to challenged Taylor in the Presidential election that was scheduled in 2003.

Source: Front Page Africa December 13, 2019 00:22 UTC