Maryland County Junior Senator, Gloria Musu Scott, is requesting members of the National Legislature to declare Monrovia a ‘Commonwealth District’ as mean of “cementing and crystallizing the legacy of national imbalances and inequities in the population of the Capital City (Monrovia)”.

The request by Senator Scott was contained in a formal communication dated May 1, 2009 and addressed to members of the National Legislature via House Speaker J. Alex Tyler and Senate President Pro Tempore Cletus Wortorson respectively.

In said communication, Senator Scott advanced four (4) formulas to derive a new electoral constituency amid controversy over the passage of the controversial Population Threshold bill currently before the House of Representatives for approval.

Senator Scott, in the communication, further requested that “Monrovia City be treated differently in a manner that will reflect its unique national character and avoid Montserrado County from unduly benefiting from the peculiarity of its location to the disadvantage of other counties”.

According to her, “Monrovia became the most secure location in Liberia and as consequences; the highest numbers of displaced persons were located in Monrovia and localities contiguous to Monrovia in order to benefit from the secure environment and atmosphere in Monrovia. The reality is that the entire population is in transition. This is to say the citizens are still in the mode of returning from displacement to their pre war localities and economic activities”.

As part of her formulas, the Maryland County Senator indicated that the act creating the City Corporation of Monrovia be amended to ensure that not only the Mayor is elected, but that the City council persons are also elected.

The City of Monrovia, according to Senator Scott’s Formulas, be represented at the level of the National Legislature by one (1) Representative similar to the case of Washington D. C., United States.

On the argument that no county get less than two seats at the House of Representatives, Senator Scott said the argument is valid and therefore she is in support of it.

Meanwhile, members of the National Legislature are yet to discuss Senator Scout’s communication because the document has not been formally introduced for deliberations.