MONROVIA – The Liberian Senate has ordered the Minister of Justice to withdraw a communication served the National Elections Commission (NEC) by Solicitor General Sayma Syrenius Cephas which instructed the NEC not to certificate Mr. J. Brownie Samukai, Lofa County Senator-elect. The Senate decision came after the Minister of Justice backtracked on earlier statement that he had no knowledge about the Cllr. However, on Thursday the minister told Senators that he approved the communication. Cephus told the Senate that he did what he did out of expediency and while the Minister was out of town. On Friday, February 19, Solicitor General Sayma Syrenius Cephus wrote the Chairperson of the National Elections Commission (NEC) instructing her not to certificate Lofa County Senator-elect J. Brownie Samukai whose conviction by the lower court was recently affirmed by the Supreme Court.

Source: Front Page Africa February 26, 2021 07:52 UTC