{"id":5661,"date":"2018-09-14T08:10:38","date_gmt":"2018-09-14T05:10:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/?p=5661"},"modified":"2018-09-14T08:10:38","modified_gmt":"2018-09-14T05:10:38","slug":"minister-jailed-for-abusing-lawmakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/2018\/09\/14\/minister-jailed-for-abusing-lawmakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister Jailed For Abusing Lawmakers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-reactid=\".1hsl3b87pc0.4.0.0.1.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1:$post-5b9a900c251de8065d164bf9.0.3.0.0:$post_0\">Liberia&#8217;s lower house of parliament, the House of Representatives, has used its powers to send a government minister to jail for two nights.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".1hsl3b87pc0.4.0.0.1.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1:$post-5b9a900c251de8065d164bf9.0.3.0.0:$post_1\">Deputy Information Minister Eugene Fahngon was censured over misconduct after he was involved in a scuffle and then rained insults down onto two lawmakers.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".1hsl3b87pc0.4.0.0.1.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1:$post-5b9a900c251de8065d164bf9.0.3.0.0:$post_2\">Tough-talking Mr Fahngon was handcuffed and taken to the Monrovia Central Prison where he spent his first night on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".1hsl3b87pc0.4.0.0.1.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1:$post-5b9a900c251de8065d164bf9.0.3.0.0:$post_3\">The deputy minister had reportedly refused to honour an invitation from the House to explain the incident.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".1hsl3b87pc0.4.0.0.1.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1:$post-5b9a900c251de8065d164bf9.0.3.0.0:$post_4\">The recording of the minister\u2019s vulgar language against the two legislators has been played and replayed on local radio stations here.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".1hsl3b87pc0.4.0.0.1.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1:$post-5b9a900c251de8065d164bf9.0.3.0.0:$post_5\">The decision to jail him was reached after hours of deliberation in the House of Representatives.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".1hsl3b87pc0.4.0.0.1.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1:$post-5b9a900c251de8065d164bf9.0.3.0.0:$post_6\">President George Weah will now have to decide whether the minister remains in government.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".1hsl3b87pc0.4.0.0.1.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1:$post-5b9a900c251de8065d164bf9.0.3.0.0:$post_6\"><em><strong>BBC Africa<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liberia&#8217;s lower house of parliament, the House of Representatives, has used its powers to send a government minister to jail for two nights. 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