Monrovia – The Liberian Senate Tuesday, September 4 voted in favor of a motion for the Senate Judiciary Committee to take charge of the notice of impeachment sent to them by the House of Representatives on the impeachment of Associate Justice Kabineh Ja’neh. Report by Henry Karm, [email protected]The decision is in continuation of the ongoing debate over procedure leading to the process of impeachment. Prior to the decision for Judiciary committee to take over the issue, there were diverse views expressed by senators on the matter. Some were totally against the procedure used by the House of Representatives to prepare the impeachment, citing Article 43 of the Liberian Constitution. “If there will be an impeachment the Senate has two major roles…as far as we are concern, the Senate has no impeachment bill on this floor from the House of Representatives.

Source: Front Page Africa September 05, 2018 00:33 UTC