Category: 2017 Decisions

MR. JUSTICE BANKS delivered the Opinion of the Court.
The Liberian Constitution (1986) states, at Article 1, that “All power is inherent in the people

MR. JUSTICE JA’NEH dissents:
As the final arbiter in the land, Liberian laws undoubtedly impose a sacred duty on the Supreme Court of Liberia to take every legal action at ensuring “accurate determination of the results of voting” in public electoral competitions.

Counsellors G. Moses Paegar and Albert Sims of Sherman and Sherman, Inc., in association with Counsellors Frank Musa Dean, Jr., of Dean and Associates, Cyril Jones of Jones and Jones Law Firm, and Emmanuel B. James of the International Group of Legal Advocates and Consultants, appeared for the appellants. Counsellor James Daku Mulbah, County Attorney for Montserrado County, Ministry of Justice, in association with Counsellors Theophilus C. Gould and Othello S. Payman, I, appeared for the appellee.

JUSTICE BANKS DELIVERED THE OPINION OF THE COURT

As part of its constitutional mandate specified in the 1986 Constitution, and pursuant to the statutory command stipulated in the Elections Law enacted by the Legislature, done on authority of and in compliance with Article 34() of the Constitution which mandated the Legislature to enact the Elections Law of Liberia for the governance and conduct of elections for public offices in Liberia, the National Elections Commission, movant/appellee herein, on July 2, 2017 commenced, as per prior notification, the nomination process for prospective candidates desirous of contesting the ensuing October 10, 2017 Presidential and General Elections. See Lib. Const. Art