The attention of the Daily Observer is drawn to a front page story carried in its Monday, April 22nd edition under the headline, “Judges Are Targets of Negative Media Reporting”. According to Daily Observer court reporter, Abednego Davies, quoting Chief Justice Francis Korkpor, said “your unbalanced reporting can create negative perception about us as judges to the extent that it can cause the public to lose confidence in the country’s justice system. The Daily Observer is not unmindful of the fact that often does the public bear witness to the kinds of malpractices the late Chief Justice railed against. Hence this newspaper, the Daily Observer, wishes to remind the Chief Justice that this chronic lack of access by most Liberians to unadulterated justice coupled with blatant corruption in the judiciary are the chief culprits serving to undermine public confidence in the judiciary and not the perceived negative press reportage. The Judiciary must do much more to inspire public trust and confidence which can be done only if those in leadership of the Judiciary can remain above partisan and base pecuniary interests, But whether they can is the universal question.

Source: Daily Observer April 23, 2019 03:11 UTC