GANTA, Nimba County, Nov. 12 -- A consultant at Liberia's Ministry of Local Government, Dr. Yarsuo Weh-Dorliae, has called on the country to draft an entirely new constitution rather than continue with piecemeal amendments to the 1986 Constitution.

By Franklin Doloquee

Dr. Weh-Dorliae argued that the current charter entrenches centralized rule, leaves important governance questions unresolved and imposes costly obligations on the state.

He made the call while speaking to FrontPage Africa following three-day National Constitutional Reform Symposium in Ganta City, Nimba County.

The symposium, organized by the Governance Commission and the Law Reform Commission with support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), was held u...