MONROVIA, Jan. 21 -- Senate Pro-Tempore Albert Chie and other members of the Senate leadership on Wednesday met and had a meeting with staffers of the Liberian Senate on the way forward in settling their 17-month salary.
Senator Chie's intervention was in response to the staff strike action. Several staff of the Senate laid under the Senator's vehicle in protest for the restoration of monies cut from their salaries by the Ministry of Finance as part of the government's salary harmonization process.
They said besieging the Pro-Tempore's vehicle was their last resort.
The Senate staff continue to accuse the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning of illegally slashing the Liberian dollar component of their salary.
The decision by the...