President Bio Orders Removal of Suspended Auditor-General Lara Taylor-Pearce
Deborah Sorie President Julius Maada Bio has accepted the recommendations of a tribunal investigating the suspended Auditor-General, Mrs. Lara Taylor-Pearce, and Deputy Auditor-General, Mr. Tamba Momoh. This results in their removal from office.
Mrs. Taylor-Pearce and Mr. Momoh were suspended in November 2021 on allegations of misconduct. A tribunal was established to investigate the charges.
President Bio received the tribunal report on June 12, 2024. After reviewing the report, he directed the following actions:
The Attorney-General will initiate proceedings to remove Mrs. Taylor-Pearce as outlined in the Constitution.
The Audit Service Board will pursue the removal of Mr. Momoh.
This action follows section 137(7) of Sierra Leone’s 1991 Constitution.
Bio convenes a trubunal that releases a report about the whole saga, but the report is only released to Bio himself and he does not publicise it. He then fires the woman on the recommendations of the report. Our country needs help and delivery from this man. The tribunal members are all working for Bio and the report is very favorable for Bio, so why wouldn’t he release the report? Very disturbing. I hope Lara Pearce has been collecting her salary thoughout all this.