Liberia: A Defiant Chief Justice Rejects Recusal Call in Associate Justice’s Impeachment Saga - News Summed Up

Liberia: A Defiant Chief Justice Rejects Recusal Call in Associate Justice’s Impeachment Saga


The Chief Justice asked a tense hearing: “How am I “conflicted” from the standpoint of the Movant because of the Judgment I signed in the Constance Case? The document was signed by the Chief Justice Francis Korkpor and Associate Justices Sie-A-Nyene Yuoh, Jamesetta Howard Wolokillie and Philip A.Z. The Constitution does not say who presides over impeachment proceedings involving the President, Vice President or an Associate Justice in the absence of the Chief Justice or when the Chief Justice is incapacitated or disqualified. “The chief Justice has spoken the law and no parties have taken exception to the ruling. I was not surprise by the decision render by the chief justice.


Source: Front Page Africa February 20, 2019 00:56 UTC



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