Gongloe, who heads the BAR, agreed with the Chief Justice that the Court is challenged, but in his view, the Court is challenged because the Chief Justice is condoning disrespect meted on the Court by the Legislature. Gongloe explained that the impeachment of Justice Ja’neh is the second time that a member of the Supreme Court bench has gone through an impeachment proceeding. He narrated: “The member of the Supreme Court Bench to ever be impeached, since 1847, was Chief Justice Chea Cheapo in 1987. For the jailing of Judge Harper Bailey, the Chief Justice was impeached almost unanimously by the Senate. Although, Chief Justice Cheapo tendered in his resignation, President Samuel K. Doe rejected his resignation and rather chose to impeach him.

Source: Front Page Africa March 12, 2019 01:41 UTC