By our Reporter
Lawyers representing the National Elections Commission (NEC) in Liberia have vowed to fast track all complaints before the commission, as the Supreme Court on Friday denied the ruling Unity Party (UP) Bill of Information to hold NEC in contempt for failing to rule on an appeal before them.
In its ruling, the highest court in the country said Article 83C of the Liberian constitution sets a time frame of 30 days in which the electoral body is to look into and make determination of electoral matters before it.
Friday’s opinion of the Supreme Court, which was read by one of the five Justices on the bench, Jamesetta Howard Wolokolie, said the court cannot set specific date as requested by the Up and that if the high court did, it would be in violation of the Liberian constitution, adding that “Such action the Court has consistently maintained is ultra virus.”
Speaking to Journalists after the Supreme Court ruling, the lead lawyer of NEC Frank Moussa Dean said the Commission welcomed the Supreme Court’s ruling and promised that NEC was going to speed up the various complaints before it about alleged irregularities and fraud in the October 10, 2017 elections.