The House of Representatives- HOR, has unanimously voted to lift the moratorium on the exportation of unprocessed rubber.
It followed a communication from Bong County District #7 Representative, Foday Fahnbulleh.
Representative Fahnbulleh recounted the continuous negative impact and unbearable suffering Liberian rubber farmers and all other actors within the rubber sector are faced with as a result of Executive Order No.124.
According to him, Executive Order No. 124 is actually intended to suffocate rubber farmers and deprive other actors within the rubber sector of Liberia business opportunities. He said the brokers are the aggregators in the value chain and investment risk bearers.
The Bong County Lawmaker said they invest resources in the smallholders, buying the rubber from them and selling it to big buyers. The ban has also restricted their options to sell, as some of the current buyers’ policies do not permit them to buy from aggregators.
It can be recalled an executive order was issued by former President George Weah in November 2023 prohibiting the export of unprocessed rubber or raw latex cup lumps from Liberia.
Meanwhile, the Minister is expected to appear on Tuesday, to state the cause of the disrespect and humiliation to Former Liberian President George M. Weah Sr, by stopping him from using the RIA’s VIP Lodge considering his portfolio.
Plenaryโs decision was triggered by a communication from Montserrado County Electoral District 10 Representative Yekeh Kolubah.
Representative Kolubah stated in his communication that the incident which recently occurred at the Robert International Airport where the Former President of Liberia, H. E. George M. Weah, Sr. was blocked or stopped from using the VIP Lodge at the airport was disrespectful and requires plenary quick action to serve as deterrence for other leaders.
โNo matter the situation, Former President Weah served our country for six unbroken years as President and must be given the most needed respect as former free of partisanship,โ Kolubah asserts.
According to the Montserrado County Lawmaker Leadership is time-by- time which means other people were in these positions that are being occupy today and one day they too will not be here; therefore, the attitude of respecting people in authority and disrespecting those who are not in authority even though they once served the country needs to stop.
โMr. Speaker these attitudes have created room for corruption in the public sector because it makes people who are in authority to enrich themselves so as to maintain their respect when they leave powerโ. Hon. Kolubah communication states.
