Monrovia - The National Elections Commission (NEC) Independent hearing officer, Cllr. The legal team for the Unity party was represented by Cllrs. Musa Dean and his team argued that the Unity party did live up to the constitutional requirement which calls for timely intervention and prayed the hearing officer to throw out the Unity Party Motion. The NEC legal team cited article 83 (C) as reference for their call to the NEC independent presiding officer to throw out the case. Article 83 ‘C’ states, “Returns of the Elections shall be declared by the Elections Commission not later than fifteen days after the casting of ballot.

Source: Front Page Africa October 31, 2017 01:18 UTC