Monrovia – Lawyers representing the National Elections Commission (NEC) have filed a motion for dismissal of the electoral fraud case currently before the Supreme Court for review and final ruling. The NEC motion for dismissal is predicated upon the inclusion of all representative candidates as party to the case, but failed to make the appropriate payment for representative contestants before hearing election complaints. According to the NEC, there are 67 candidates of the Liberty Party and the cost of paying for each of them would amount to US$134,000. The National Elections Commission noted that from the inception of the proceedings, beginning with the complaint, up to the announcement of appeal from the Final Ruling/Judgment of the Board of Commissioners to Supreme Court, co-complainants: "all representative candidates of Liberty Party" have always been parties. “Movant says no amount has been paid for "all representative candidates of Liberty Party".

Source: Front Page Africa December 01, 2017 03:33 UTC