Monrovia, Liberia, April 12, 2026. The Solidarity and Trust for a New Day (STAND) strongly and unequivocally warns against the reckless push to expel Montserrado County District 10 Representative Yekeh Kolubah. At a time when Liberians are crushed under severe economic hardship, the House of Representatives is dangerously misplacing its priorities, choosing political retaliation over urgent national survival issues that demand immediate attention.
According to STAND Chairman Mulbah K. Morlu , attempt to expel a lawmaker for exercising free speech is not just excessive, it is an outright abuse of legislative power and a blatant distortion of constitutional responsibility. It represents a shameful diversion from the real crises facing ordinary citizens and exposes a leadership more focused on silencing dissent than confronting national decay.
This course of action reflects a disturbing indifference to the daily suffering of the Liberian people and amounts to a calculated betrayal of the Legislature’s sworn duty to place national interest above personal grievance and political vendetta.
STAND describes it as a national disgrace, allegedly enabled by Speaker Richard Nagbe Koon and his allies, that Inspector General Gregory O. W. Coleman continues to operate without credible accountability. He is accused of grave abuses, including the alleged killing of vulnerable civilians such as Matthew Mulbah, the reported brutal crackdown and killing of protesters in Kinjor, and a pattern of conduct widely viewed as targeting and degrading political opponents of President Joseph Nyuma Boakai. Left unchecked, these allegations expose a chilling reality of a police leadership that has allegedly converted state power into a weapon of fear, repression, and political intimidation against the very people it is sworn to protect.
Under Coleman’s stewardship, repeated allegations of excessive force, intimidation, and institutional abuse have steadily eroded public confidence. For many citizens, the Liberia National Police is no longer seen as a neutral law enforcement body, but as a politicized apparatus whose legitimacy and credibility are rapidly collapsing.
STAND makes it clear that it does not endorse the remarks of Hon. Yekeh Kolubah suggesting that a portion of the Liberia–Guinea border is “owned by Guinea.” Such a claim is baseless and factually inaccurate. However, however misguided the statement may be, STAND considers it far less significant when compared to what it views as the alleged cowardice and breach of oath by Joseph Nyuma Boakai, who is accused of surrendering Liberian territory to Guinea.
To seek the expulsion of a legislator for criticizing presidential failures, while exonerating the President of his woeful neglect to defend the nation’s sovereignty, is the height of hypocrisy—both indefensible and utterly laughable.
Equally troubling is the fact that the presiding authority over this process, Speaker Richard Nagbe Koon, remains weighed down by serious allegations of sexual harassment, bigamy, and financial misconduct. His leadership has further battered an already weakened Legislature, dragging its public image deeper into disrepute. His tenure has been defined by sustained criticism, ethical controversies, political bias, and conduct widely seen as eroding legislative neutrality and public trust. STAND maintains that he should be answering before justice, not presiding over it.
In this context, the House struggles to claim any moral authority to punish a single outspoken lawmaker while continuing to avoid confronting far deeper questions of governance failure, accountability gaps, and institutional decay across the state.
STAND calls on all 73 members of the House of Representatives to consider the consequences of this errant course of action. Pursuing expulsion over a misguided statement, while ignoring deeper governance failures, reflects a troubling distortion of priorities and judgment. It directly undermines the Legislature’s constitutional obligation to apply accountability consistently, fairly, and without selective political bias.
STAND urges all lawmakers to reject this reckless drive to criminalize free speech while turning a blind eye to far more serious allegations of abuse, misconduct, and institutional decay involving powerful officials. Measured against these weightier accusations, the case being used against Representative Kolubah appears minor, selective, and politically driven.
STAND therefore warns against any attempt to expel him, cautioning that such a move would not end the matter but would instead escalate lawful and democratic resistance, including intensified public demands for accountability, and renewed calls for the removal of the Speaker and other officials implicated in far more serious allegations.
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