Article 90 (C) of the Liberian Constitution of 1986 authorized the Legislature to prescribe a Code of Conduct for all public officials and employees; for, among other things: "stipulating the acts which constitute conflict of interest or are against public policy and punishment for violation thereof." Pursuant to this constitutional provision, a Code of Conduct was enacted into law.
On March 3, 2017, in a landmark majority decision, 3 for and 2 against, the Supreme Court of Liberia pronounced the Code of Conduct legal, binding and compliant with the Liberian Constitution.
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