Rep. Moima Briggs Mensah calls for Recall of US Charge` d` Affaires, Citing gross disrespect k
'Rep. Moima Briggs Mensah calls for Recall of US Charge` d` Affaires, Citing gross disrespect ' Representative Moima Briggs Mensah (District #6, Bong County) has called on President Joseph Boakai to immediately declare United States Chargé d’Affaires Catherine Rodriguez a persona non grata for her unprecedented actions during Liberia’s 177th Independence celebration. Chargé d’Affaires Rodriguez walked out of the official ceremony held at the Centennial Memorial Pavilion in response to the Independence Day orator’s “provocative” comments against the United States. In her speech, Liberian scholar and activist Dr. Robtel Neajai Pailey stated that the United States has taken more from Liberia than it has given. “Lest we forget, the United States will always serve its own interests above all else,” Dr. Pailey remarked, followed by thunderous applause from the audience. “Once we accept these truths, we will appreciate that a re-imagined Liberia can never be anyone’s ‘stepchild’.” Re...
