After an agonizing wait, the Supreme Court has now spoken. We hail the decision by the Supreme Court and we commend the Liberian people for exercising patience and maintaining a peaceful demeanor despite the apparent tension which had characterized the rather drawn out appeal process. The Court issued a scathing criticism of National Elections Commission (NEC) Chairman Jerome Korkoya for his refusal to recuse himself from presiding over the NEC hearings of the parties’ complaints. This has led to widespread but unfounded speculations that NEC Chairman Korkoya is also ordered to recuse himself from presiding over the runoff elections. We think that the contesting political parties will have to run back to the Supreme Court to seek its mandate that Chairman Korkoya recuses himself from presiding over the runoff election.

Source: Daily Observer December 08, 2017 02:26 UTC