Madam King, accepting the petition said, she took the decision to stand in a better position to fight for the underprivileged and youthful population of Montserrado county and the country at large. Since her intervention, she revealed that she has helped to take 45 youths from the ghetto and thousands more need help. Meanwhile, Madam King is the second female in less than two weeks to announce her intention to contest the senatorial seat of Montserrado which currently occupied by Senator Darius Dillon of the Liberty Party. Recently, the President of the Liberian Women Movement, Madam Cecelia Siaway-Teah said she was joining the race to increase the number of women at the Liberian Senate. Out of 101 members of the 54th Liberian Legislature currently, there are only nine females, with eight in the House of Representatives and one at the Liberian Senate.

Source: Front Page Africa August 28, 2020 07:52 UTC