Former spokesman Jonathan Fonaths Coff, accused of arson

Former Liberia Parliament spokesman has been charged with a fire for a fire in the House of Representatives of the country, local police said.

The huge blast broke out last December, a day after he plans to remove Jonathan backgrounds bucket from his role as the speaker caused protests in the capital Monrovia.

The bucket was imprisoned with their political opponents, with dozens of legislators voting for his impeachment in October for accusations of mismanagement, corruption and conflict of interest.

Police said on Friday that there were “reliable relationships” that suggest that a bucket was “strategically included” in the incident. Five other legislators have also been detained in connection with the case.

A bucket has Each relationship has previously been denied He exploded to the fire.

Police chief Gregory Coleman said a bucket has been charged with a number of crimes, including arson, criminal mischief, endangering other people and attempted murder.

Kolman said a bucket used his office and staff “to coordinate sabotage efforts from November 2023,” according to the AFP news agency.

A bucket and several other legislators were summoned to the headquarters of the Liberian National Police on Friday as “persons interested” in the case, local media reports.

The former speaker and three sedentary members of the House of Representatives were then left at the Monrovia Central Prison on Saturday, Africa’s Front reported.

The flame on December 18, 2024 destroyed all the joint chambers of the Legislative power of West Africa. At the time, no one was inside the building.

The previous day had seen tense protests for plans to remove a bucket, such as demonstrators, including an assistant to former President George Wee, arrested.

Several people, including a bucket and a representative Frank Saah Foko, were introduced for questioning by police.

Foco, a prominent figure in the House of Representatives, has supposedly uploaded a video to Facebook, in which he said, “If they want to burn the cameras, we will burn it.”

A team of independent investigators in the United States, in assistance in the investigation, concluded that the fire was intentionally specified.

The House of Liberia is obsessed with a long -standing power struggle.

Although the impeach bucket offer did not reach two -thirds majority, a group of 47 legislators who had voted for the course of the course unilaterally appointed their speaker.

Last month, the bucket resigned as a speaker after months of political impasse.