Monrovia, Liberia – President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr., has issued a proclamation extending the 55th National Legislature’s first regular session for fifteen (15) working days, starting Friday, December 13, 2024, and ending Monday, January 6, 2025. This will allow the legislature to discuss and take action on important national issues, including the FY2025 national budget.
According to a Foreign Ministry release, the proclamation is in accordance with Article 32(b) of the Constitution of the Republic of Liberia, which provides that the President shall, on the President’s own initiative or upon receipt of a certificate signed by at least one-fourth of the total membership of each house and by proclamation extend a regular section of the legislature beyond the date of adjournment or call a special section of that body to discuss or act upon matters of national emergency and concern.
According to the proclamation, these important national issues, including the budget, were not fully resolved during the first regular session and cannot wait until the legislature returns in January 2025. As a result, the legislature has again presented the president with a certificate that has been signed by at least one-fourth of each House’s total membership, extending the first regular session to address these issues.
The proclamation concludes “Now, Therefore, I, Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr., President of the Republic of Liberia, by virtue of the Authority in me vested, do hereby issue this proclamation extending the first regular section of the 55th legislature for a period of fifteen (15) working days, commencing Friday, December 13, 2024, and ending Monday, January 6, 2025.”
