Liberia: ‘The Justices Were In Error’ – Associate Justice Wolokolie Dissents on Allowing Senate Hold Ja’neh’s Impeachment Trial
Report by Lennart Dodoo, [email protected]The LowdownThe judgment of the Supreme Court arose from a Write of Prohibition sought by Senators Conmany B. Wesseh, Daniel Naathen, Milton Teahjay and Oscar Cooper. She recalled that the Supreme Court has in the past made decisions regarding legislative acts as provided for in Article 29 of the Constitution. Woods recalled that Justice Ja’neh is the only judge who wrote a dissenting opinion on the 2017 election fracas. Pearl Brown Bull told FrontPage Africa that majority on the bench based their opinion on Article 43 of the Constitution. She said the Constitution clearly prescribes that impeachment of the Chief Justice, Associate Justice or judges of the lower courts lie squarely with the Legislature through an impeachment trial.
Source: Front Page Africa February 07, 2019 02:03 UTC
