[2] He was Attorney General[citation needed] and Minister of Justice[3] in 1996 and both Senior Senator of Bong County and member of the National Transitional Legislative Assembly of Liberia over the next decade.
[citation needed] He then became a member of the National Transitional Legislative Assembly[7] following Charles G. Taylor's resignation in 2003 and was subsequently chosen by his colleagues to chair the Judiciary Committee.
[citation needed] From 2004 until his death in 2018, he led repatriation efforts on behalf of Malachai Z. York, who is currently serving a life sentence in the American prison system.
[10] This concerned citizens and other Assembly members, as they thought there was a conflict of interest in Garlawolu being a "sitting lawmaker" while legally defending Taylor, who was being accused of war crimes.
[citation needed] In 2005, Garlawolu intended to be a presidential candidate on the ticket of the National Patriotic Party (NPP)[12][13] and declared that he hoped to win more than 75% of the votes.
Get Informed International's officers were involved in the U.S. branch of Garlawolu's election campaign and its CEO and CFO were committee managers in the Nuwaubian Trust Freedom Network,[15] which is working for the release of Malachi Z. York from prison.
[citation needed] In addition to working on his criminal case, Garlawolu has collaborated with Malachi York in the past, including as co-founders of the Educational Endowment & Humanitarian Foundation, which has built schools, a clinic, and a church in Bong County.