Liberia, July 17 -- Prominent constitutional lawyer Cllr. Tiawan S. Gongloe calls on President Joseph Boakai to directly receive a planned protest petition at the Executive Mansion, stressing that peaceful assembly is a constitutional right.

Gongloe's statement comes after Police Inspector General Gregory Coleman has warned that protesters gathering for the July 17 demonstration will not be allowed near the Executive Mansion, describing the presidential compound as a "no go zone."

In his podcast on social media, after police placed a barbwire roadblock to the entrances leading to the Executive Mansion ahead of today's STAND Led Coalition protest demanding independent investigation into the recent US$19m drugs bust, Gongloe argued that ...