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Rep.
K. Murray's antics ground for impeachment and
prosecution
Saturday,
January 27, 2007
By Tewroh-Wehtoe Sungbeh
Just when Liberians
were beginning to debate the impeachment petition of
activist Mulbah Morlu Jr., against President Ellen
Johnson Sirleaf, there came the sudden news of a
legislative coup d’ tat against Speaker Edwin Melvin
Snowe by one Representative KetterKumehn Murrah, who
was opportunistic enough to garner the strength, the
courage and his friends to carry out an act that
proved not to be in the interest of the nation.
Speaker Edwin M. Snowe
Rep. K. Murray
After all, this is Liberia, a country where the
mere whisper of imminent confusion can wreak havoc and
despair; a country where deportees and criminals on
the run from justice elsewhere can quickly camouflage
themselves as model citizens with the intention of
running for office, or get a presidential cabinet
appointment simply because it is their native land
where they can take advantage of an ailing and
unsophisticated system with enough room for people
like KetterKumehn Murray and others waiting to exploit
Liberia in the name of patriotism.
 By The
FBI
 KETTEHKUMUE
EARL MURRAY
UNLAWFUL FLIGHT TO AVOID PROSECUTION -
INDECENT LIBERTIES WITH A CHILD, ATTEMPTED RAPE (FIRST
DEGREE - VICTIM UNDER 13)
Date of Birth: August
28, 1950
Place of Birth: Liberia
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 170 to 176 pounds
NCIC: W148907970
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Nationality: Liberian
Sex: Male
Race: Black
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Black
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Occupation:
Minister, Instructor at a Seminary
Scars and Marks: None known
Remarks: Murray may travel to Africa;
Texas; Denver, Colorado; New York; Mexico;
Minnesota; and Rhode Island.
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So how did this man who is wanted by local and
federal law enforcement authorities for allegedly
attempting to rape a child in Mecklenburg County,
North Carolina as reported by the Public Agenda's and
FBI's Web sites get to be a member of the House of
Representatives and become Chairman of its Standing
Committee, in the first place?
According to those Web sites, an arrest
warrant was issued on April 15, 1997, while a federal
arrest warrant was issued on April 7, 1999, for
unlawful flight to avoid prosecution.
KetterKumehn Murrah did things his way by going
after a corrupt and unpopular Speaker in an aggressive
way; and got famous by exposing his own tawdry past in
an aggressive way also. He raised his profile by
basking in the glory as the guy who made Edwin Melvin
Snowe to sweat in his pants like he never did before,
and brought the Speaker to his knees by ousting him
from a job Snowe bought just when Liberia tried to be
democratic in 2006.
With an obsession to remove Snowe with whom he
worked during their days with their mentor, Charles
Taylor, and a stubborn mindset that refuses to listen
to anyone, not even the Supreme Court of the land,
KetterKumehn Murrah and his 46 like-minded colleagues
of the House of Representatives who joined him showed
contempt for the highest court of the land when they
blatantly refused to honor the Writ of Prohibition
that states the opposite of what the rebels wanted to
hear.
“You are hereby commanded to instruct the
respondents to return to status quo, which is the
petitioner/Speaker Melvin Snow maintain his position
until the Respondents show cause why the peremptory
writ should not be issued,” noted justice Gladys K.
Johnson, who wrote for the majority.
Edwin Melvin Snowe has been a train wreck from
the day he occupied the position of Speaker of the
House of Representatives. From his singular attempt to
conduct the foreign policy of the nation when he
presented a “purported Joint Resolution” on the
one-China policy, to his incompetence, his lack of
leadership and a travel ban instituted earlier by the
United Nations made him an obvious target, which
strengthened his detractors to seek his forceful
removal from office.
Where were the buffoons, anyway, when Snowe ran
for the position of Speaker in 2006? Did these guys
not join the majority in electing him Speaker? Did
they not see the flaws in Snowe then when they elected
him? Why now?
Who’s violating the laws of the land now by
refusing to accept the ruling of the Supreme Court of
Liberia? Is the removal of Edwin Snowe from office so
important that Murray and his ilk must assault a
legitimate institution like the Supreme Court in the
most egregious way to make a point? Does he understand
the damage his action will cost this fragile body in
times like these? And if a member of the House of
Representatives cannot uphold the ruling of the
Supreme Court of the land, does he expect an ordinary
Liberian - the common man and woman to do the same?
Murray pushed a self-centered, corrupt,
disrespectful, narrow and arrogant agenda that is out
of step with the thinking of most Liberians who want
Edwin Melvin Snowe removed from the Speaker’s chair,
but cannot join Murray and his friends because of the
way they are conducting themselves. Now they are
talking about electing a new Speaker, even though
there's a ruling from the court concerning this matter
that did not favor them.
Snowe can be removed from office only if he’s
found guilty of a crime in a legitimate and competent
court of law before jurors of his peers, or he can be
removed from office when he is censured and
disciplined by a credible majority of his colleagues
for crimes committed against the nation and its
people, and not because KetterKumehn Murrah don’t
like him and wants him out.
KetterKumehn Murrah did not do his case against
Snowe any justice, and has also been labeled as
corrupt. According to reports, it is believed each
wayward member of his team was paid a sum of $5,000 in
return for their signature to impeach Snowe, which is
a felony in the second degree, a clear violation of
Section 12.50 of the Liberian penal code.
Murray’s selfish act created a constitutional
crisis and lawlessness and undermined the rule of law,
peace and tranquility.
Murray’s actions also transformed Snowe
overnight from being an outlaw and an incompetent
legislator who bought his way into the Speakership, to
a victim, who is being persecuted because Murray and
others are either jealous of him and don’t want to
work with him or are being influenced by President
Sirleaf, who has since been accused by Snowe as the
main force behind the coup.
As is always the case with personnel matters,
President Sirleaf, whose name just cannot seem to go
away because of the fingers Snowe continues to point
at her for her alleged involvement in this matter is
completely reticent, except for a brief statement from
her press secretary, Cyrus Badio, who denied any
involvement from the Executive Mansion.
I never liked Edwin Melvin Snowe, and I never
supported his bid to be Speaker of the Liberian House
of Representatives in any way, shape or form, either,
because of his checkered past. I strongly believe he
is an embarrassment to the Liberian nation, and hoped
he didn’t run for the office in the first place.
Edwin Melvin Snowe is corrupt, and he did some stupid
and unpopular things before and during his tenure as
Speaker. KetterKumehn Murray struck out of my book for
what he did to the nation's confidence as compared to
what he did not do.
Murray blew what many believed to be a good case
against Snowe he and his colleagues should have won
had they not engaged in corruption, and had they not
disrespected the ruling of the Supreme Court of the
Republic of Liberia.
Instead of impeaching Edwin Melvin Snowe now, I
strongly believe Murray should be impeached and
prosecuted for his disdain of the high court and for
bringing shame to his legislative office.
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