Liberia: CPP Wants Senators Johnson, Sherman Removed

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Liberia: CPP Wants Senators Johnson, Sherman Removed

[New Republic] The Collaborating Political Parties (CPP) have called on the Liberian Senate to reverse the decision to re-elect Prince Y. Johnson as Chair of the Liberian Senate Committee on Defense and Intelligence and Cllr. Varney Sherman as chair of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Human Rights, Claims and Petitions.

Source: allAfrica.com

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