-Calls Legislature ‘Useless’
By Jerromie S. Walters
Monrovia – Nimba County District #9 Representative Taa Zogbe Kartoe Wongbe has publicly denied signing any resolution to remove his colleague Yekeh Kolubah from the House of Representatives, and he has sharply criticized both the process and the outcome of the expulsion proceedings. Representative Wongbe made his position known on Friday, April 17, 2026, in a written statement shortly after the House voted to expel Montserrado County District #10 lawmaker Yekeh Y. Kolubah.
The Nimba County lawmaker began his statement by making clear that he did not add his signature to the resolution that forty-nine of his colleagues signed to remove Kolubah from office. He acknowledged that he disagrees with Kolubah’s statement regarding the border dispute between Liberia and Guinea, which he described as reckless and irresponsible.
Wongbe said he told Kolubah directly about his disagreement with the comments, but he emphasized that his disapproval of the statement does not mean he believes the process and the outcome of the expulsion were right, lawful, or in the spirit of good governance.
The lawmaker explained that he has been relatively quiet on national issues for a reason, and after almost two and a half years at the House of Representatives, he has reached one clear conclusion about governance in Liberia today.
He stated that the President gets whatever the President wants, and he provided several examples to support his assertion. According to Wongbe, if the President wants a lawmaker removed, that lawmaker is removed, and if the President wants a Speaker removed, the Speaker is removed. He continued that if the President wants better leadership, that is what Liberia gets, and if the President wants someone imprisoned, it happens.
Wongbe further stated that if the President wants institutions or companies reprimanded, it is done, and if the President wants development across Liberia, it will happen. He concluded that whatever the President wants, the President gets, and he urged Liberians to stop pretending otherwise. The Nimba County lawmaker then posed a fundamental question about the role of the Legislature, asking what its purpose is if it has been reduced to a rubber stamp that exists only to legitimize and approve the will of the President.
He suggested that it might be time to revisit the Legislature and even consider dismantling it entirely.
Wongbe declared that the Legislature has become useless, and he described this as the hard truth that many Liberians are afraid to confront. He called on Liberians to open their eyes to what he described as the reality of governance in the country.
Despite his harsh criticism of the Legislature, Representative Wongbe made clear that his focus remains on serving the people of District Number Nine with everything he has.
He stated that serving his constituents is his duty and his priority, and he said that at the end of his term, together with his people, they will decide what comes next. The lawmaker ended his statement with a firm declaration of finality, saying period and end of story.
Representative Wongbe was among the forty-nine lawmakers listed as having signed the resolution to expel Kolubah, according to the list released by the House of Representatives following Friday’s vote.
His name appeared on the list of signatories from Nimba County, which included District One Representative Samuel N. Brown Senior, District Two Representative Nyahn Garsaye Flomo, District Three Representative Nehker E. Gaye, District Four Representative Ernest M. Manseah Senior, District Five Representative Kortor Kwagrue, District Six Representative Dorwohn Twain Gleekia, District Eight Representative Saye S. Mianah, and District Nine Representative Taa Wongbe.
