According to him, the Senate is taking very seriously like never before the scrutiny of presidential nominations for positions in government. FrontPageAfrica gathered that the Senate was embarrassed by series of query over the nationality of the Chairman of the National Elections Commission, Cllr. The Senate, according to the source, also referenced the appointment of Ellen Corkrum who once served as Managing Director of the Liberia Airport Authority (LAA) and her fiancé, Melvin Johnson. The pair were allegedly involved in squandering thousands of dollars of Liberian tax payers money and absconded to the United States. However, legal minds counter-argued the government’s claims and questioned the veracity of any existing treaty between the two nations.

Source: Front Page Africa January 19, 2018 14:15 UTC