Monrovia – Supreme Court Associate Justice Joseph N. Nagbe has declined to issue a writ of prohibition on the National Elections Commission to halt the certification of Rep. Edwin Melvin Snowe, Senator-elect of Bomi County. The petition for the Writ of Prohibition was filed to the high court by the ruling Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) against the NEC and Rep. Edwin M. Snowe. Based on that, the CDC petitioned the Supreme Court to stop the NEC from certifying Senator-elect Snowe who has already been declared winner of the Senatorial. Amongst the issues raised in the petition, the CDC alleged that several tally sheets bearing Grand Gedeh County instead of Bomi County were discovered in the county (Bomi). According to the ruling party, they also discovered that several Senate record of count exceeded the total distribution of ballot papers per polling place.

Source: Front Page Africa January 06, 2021 05:36 UTC