Monrovia – The Supreme Court of Liberia has summoned the two parties in the case, Charles Walker Brumskine and Harrison Karnwea, Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates of the Liberty Party versus The National Elections Commission (NEC) and Unity Party as Co-complainant. The Court, Wednesday, 15 November 2017, issued the writ through a sheriff. After receiving the writ, the UP legal team prayed the wisdom of the Hearing Officer to allow them recess to have more time to prepare briefings to be submitted to the Supreme Court by 10:00 am Thursday morning. The request was rejected by the defending council on grounds that the Supreme Court did not place a stay order on the process and they should precede but the hearing officer granted the request and rescheduled the hearings. Hearing Office Muana Ville, last week granted with amendment lawyers representing the interests of Liberty Party (LP) and the Unity Party (UP) request to subpoena the NEC to provide several electoral documents.

Source: Front Page Africa November 15, 2017 16:41 UTC