Supreme Court Chief Justice Calls Out Legislature on Oversight

Liberia's Chief Justice Korkpor has said that while he will elaborate on the matter at the appropriate time, he quailifed his statement by adding that such a call "directly assails the doctrine of separation of power enshrined in our organic law, the constitution".

The Supreme Court of Liberia.

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