Liberia: Robtel Pailey Says U.S. Deportee Deal Is Unconstitutional

Liberia’s agreement to take up to 1,200 people deported from the United States violates the Constitution and undermines the country’s credibility on the U.N. Security Council, Liberian academic Robtel Neajai Pailey argues in a commentary calling on the government to cancel agreements with Washington that breach national law.

By David Menjor

Pailey, writing Thursday in Al Jazeera English, said the Legislature never debated or approved the deal and that the executive authorized it alone. Article…