Liberia, Oct. 14 -- Speaker Richard Nagbe Koon presided over a House of Representatives session attended by 62 lawmakers on Tuesday, October 13, as the chamber resumed legislative business days after a boycott by more than 40 members exposed growing discontent over the leadership's handling of lawmakers' benefits and district support.

By Emmanuel Weedee-Conway

The turnout offered a contrast to the House's reopening on Friday, October 9, when dozens of lawmakers stayed away from the formal proceedings and convened separately to discuss grievances against the chamber's leadership.

The aggrieved lawmakers, operating under the banner of the "Reformists," demanded benefits, legislative support funds and other resources they allege have been...