Monrovia - Since her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Juah Cassell’s qualification for the post of Deputy Minister of Justice for Administration, has been contested by numerous legal luminaries. An eminent Liberian, former Chief Justice Francis Johnson Allison has weighed in, too, on the debate, questioning not only her qualification but her appointment to that post at the Ministry of Justice. Allison contends that a Deputy Minister of Justice for Administration has to be a lawyer because he/she represents the Attorney General in his/her absence. “The Deputy Minister of Justice for Administration has to be a lawyer because he or she acts in the absence of the Minister proper. In the event of disability, death, resignation or removal of the Minister of Justice, the Deputy Minister of Justice for Administration and Public Safety shall succeed to the duties of Minister of Justice as Acting Minister of Justice until the Minister of Justice shall return or until a successor is appointed.

Source: Front Page Africa April 24, 2018 03:00 UTC