Liberia: Unity Party Petitions Court to Disqualify Speaker Fonati Koffa as Member of the House over Dual Citizenship Allegations, but Similar Suits Hangs over Nyonblee Karnga Lawrence - News Summed Up

Liberia: Unity Party Petitions Court to Disqualify Speaker Fonati Koffa as Member of the House over Dual Citizenship Allegations, but Similar Suits Hangs over Nyonblee Karnga Lawrence


Monrovia – The Unity Party (UP) has submitted a petition for a declaratory judgment to the Civil Law Court challenging the eligibility of the newly elected Speaker, Cllr. By Lennart Dodoo, [email protected]The petition, filed by the Unity Party through its National Chairman, Rev. According to the Unity Party, Cllr. Legal pundits believe the respondents in the petition filed by the Unity Party – the National Elections Commission and Cllr. In 2019, the Liberian Supreme Court ruled that the statutory provision for automatic loss of Liberian citizenship in case of acquisition of another citizenship was unconstitutional.


Source: Front Page Africa January 16, 2024 13:35 UTC



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