Liberia: Imperatives for the National Legislature

opinion

The Varney Sherman headed joint Senate Committee on the Judiciary and autonomous agencies met with representatives of political parties to discuss issues of common concern arising from the probable postponement of elections, owing to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Suggestions from some quarters that the meeting was nothing more than a platform for Senator Sherman to blow hot air cannot be dismissed outrightly, given the gravity of the situation and its potentially destabilizing effects.

For example, critics point to the fact that three (3) years ago, opposition political parties had hammered the issue of a flawed and compromised Voters Registry. The parties even took the matter to the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court agreed that the Voters Registry was indeed compromised and, accordingly, it mandated a compulsory clean-up of the Voters Roll by the National Elections Commission(NEC) before the conduct of the elections.

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