Speaker Tyler said there was a need to preserve the sacred precinct of Liberia’s integrity and anti-graft bodies as they were created to accomplish certain objectives of the state for which they must be free from social machinations or ethnic power-play.

Speaking at the close of the Extraordinary Sitting of the 4th Session of the 53rd National Legislature Thursday, Tyler stressed that integrity and anti-corruption institutions must be encouraged to preserve probity and not deviate from their statutory mandates.

Tyler, who did not name any specific anti-graft institution, wants them to be free from external interference, and that they should not discharge their duties by seeking the “court of public opinion, soliciting street jurors, engaging into politics or lobbying views from tea shop pundits.”

Meanwhile, the Speaker has emphasized that by adjourning momentarily for constituency visits, members of the House Statutory Committees and Representatives from the 15 counties will continue to meet and serve, during the closure of the Legislature.

“As we approach 2016, we do so with utmost resolve to tackle and hopefully pass many of the intractable bills lying in various committee, sub-committee and special constituted committee rooms,” Tyler noted.
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