Minister Tweah is expected to meet the Chief Justice on Friday, January 31, at the ongoing 8th Conference of the National Association of Trial Judges (NATJL), an umbrella organization of all judges and magistrates in the countryMonrovia – Chief Justice Francis Korkpor has invited the Minister of Finance Samuel Tweah to discuss issues relating to the harmonization and standardization of salaries and benefits of judges. The Chief Justice invitation to the Finance Minister was contained in a letter written to Minister Tweah on January 28, a copy of which is in the possession of FrontPageAfrica Newspaper. The letter comes after the Chief Justice held series of closed-door discussions in recent time with judicial workers to discuss information of government current salary cuts. Minister Tweah’s appearance for the conference grew out of a communication written to the Chief Justice by the leadership of the NAJTL headed by Judge Roosevelt Willie. Judge Willie requested that the Minister is invited to address the matter after the committee set up by NATJL had released a report kicking against the harmonization of judges’ salary.

Source: Front Page Africa January 31, 2020 07:52 UTC