Liberia: Will Justice Yuoh's Decision Save the Country or Plunge Into Violence, Instability?

The possibility to have the December 8 mid-Senatorial election conducted in a free, fair and transparent manner that would avoid the country regressing into a situation of violence and instability rests squarely with the outcome of the Chamber Justice of the Supreme Court, Associate Justice Sie-A-Nyene Gyapay Yuoh, to either accept or ignore the request before her to issue a Mandamus against the National Elections Commission as first (respondent) and the Government of Liberia (as second respondent).

This stand from the writ been filed before her chamber by the Collaborating Political Parties (CPP), the petitioner, which includes the Unity Party (UP), Liberty Party (LP), Alternative National Congress (ANC) and the All Liberia Party (ALP) who, in their petition, asked Justice Yuoh to order the election body to clean-up the Voter Roll, which they believe, is critical to the peace and stability of the country, stressing that "cleaning the Voter's Roll will clothe the process with credibility, accountability and fairness and is in furtherance of Chapter 1, Article 1 of the 1986 Constitution."

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