Monthly Archive: January 2024

NATJL to Host Ten (10th) National Trial Judges Conference 0

NATJL to Host Ten (10th) National Trial Judges Conference

The National Association of Trial Judges of Liberia (NATJL) will convene its tenth (10th) National Trial Judges Conference from February 1-3, 2024 at the grounds of the Temple of Justice in Monrovia.
The conference will be held under the theme: “The Judiciary & Democracy; Safeguarding Democratic Values in the Legal System, Especial During and After Elections.”

Judge Ousman F. Feika of the Resident Circuit Judge of the Fifth Judicial Circuit, Grand Cape Mount County, currently presiding over the Sixth Judicial Circuit Civil Law Court of Montserrado County as the Assigned Judge, and chairman of the conference planning committee, said the conference is a little different from previous years because this year’s conference will be conducted with a seminar.
Judge Feika said, three prominent justice actors will speak at the seminary. Former Chief Justice His Honor Francis S. Korkpor, Sr. is expected to speak on the first day of the conference on the topic: “Ethical Dilemmas

Madam Ruth Sawmadal vs. NEC and Mr. Steve Tequiah (01/17/2024) 0

Madam Ruth Sawmadal vs. NEC and Mr. Steve Tequiah (01/17/2024)

This case came before this Court en banc for appellate review of the final ruling of the Board of Commissioners of the National Elections Commission (NEC), entered on December 23, 2023, dismissing the appellant’s appeal resulting from a complaint she filed before the Hearing Officer of NEC, praying for a total recount of votes cast from the Electoral District #2 of Rivercess County in the representative elections conducted on October 10, 2023 in Rivercess County, and affirmed the ruling of the Hearing Officer.
A review of the records in this case shows that twelve (12) candidates participated in the October 10, 2023 representative election in Electoral

Juah S. Dennis vs. NEC and Mr. Thomas Goswell II (01/17/2024) 0

Juah S. Dennis vs. NEC and Mr. Thomas Goswell II (01/17/2024)

On October 17, 2023, the appellant herein, the Unity Party by and through its Secretary General, Mr. Thomas A. Nimely of the Grand Bassa Chapter, along with its Electoral District #5 representative candidate, Juah Dennis, filed with the Election Magistrate of Grand Bassa County a complaint of elections’ irregularities. The complaint substantially alleged that while voters were in the queue to cast their ballots at Polling Precinct #: 09013, the Presiding Officer (PO) ordered the poll closed by 6:00 pm, which deprived voters of their rights to vote. Additionally, there were lots of discrepancies on the Representative Record of the Counts during the tallying process at Polling Precinct#s 09007 and 09009. The appellant therefore requested that a re-run be ordered at Polling Precinct #: 09013-Zondo Town Public School and a re-count at Polling Precinct #s: 09007-LIBINC Old Palava Hut and 09009-Behn Town Palava Hut, in Electoral District #5, Grand Bassa County. The complaint is here under quoted verbatim

Nimely J. Donyen vs. Sekou S. Kanneh (01/12/2024) 0

Nimely J. Donyen vs. Sekou S. Kanneh (01/12/2024)

This case comes before this Court en banc for appellate review from the final ruling of the Board of Commissioners of the National Elections Commission (NEC), entered on December 19, 2023, dismissing the appellant’s appeal, growing out of a complaint filed before the Hearing Officer of NEC, praying for a total recount of votes cast from the one hundred twenty-eight (128) polling places of the nineteen (19) voting precincts of Electoral District #2, Montserrado County, in the Presidential and Legislative Elections conducted in Montserrado County on October 10, 2023, and affirming the ruling of the Hearing Officer, Attorney S. Patterson Blamo.