The President of Liberia, Ellen
Johnson Sirleaf has proposed a reduction of the President tenure from Six years
to Four years renewable for another term.
The Minister of Information, Mr.
Lewis Brown said that President Sirleaf’s support for tenure reduction was to
ensure that more qualified Liberians can feel part of it.
He said if this is implemented based
on the Constitution Review Commission recommendations would also affect the
tenure of the Senate and House of Representatives in Liberia.
The Senators in Liberia enjoy nine
years which is hoped to reduce to six years and the House of Representatives
members would reduce from Six to Four years in the Parliament.
The Minister also said “the decision
was part of President Sirleaf efforts to build a democratic governance model
that will be transparent to make every Liberian feel part of it with a sense of
belonging”
He said that Sirleaf “has in fact
written to the Legislature for the amendment of the constitution to effect the
tenure change to reduce the years to four renewable for president, six for
senators and four for representatives members.
The decision by the Liberian
President a joint Nobel Prize winner in 2011 is seen as a new leadership
approach of reducing tenure earlier adopted by the Senegal President Makky Sall
from some leaders seeking constitutional amendments to extend their tenure in
other parts of Africa.
These changes are not going to affect
the 78 year old as her tenure will end as President of Liberia in 2017 after
her re-election in 2011 for the six year term she hopes to change, VON Report.
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