Liberian Senate Hastily Passes Recast Budget During Night Hours, Withholding Shifting and Realignments Which Were Illegally Carried Out By the Executive Previously

Monrovia — In a hasty and shocking manner and form, majority members of the Liberian Senate Monday evening passed the recast National budget for Fiscal Year 2024, ignoring multiple issues raised by few of their colleagues and failing to take punitive actions against the decision taken by the Executive, through the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning to unilaterally carry out shifting and realignment of the budget during its first passage.

The decision to pass the budget was taken during…