-As Court rule against his decision to nominate officials to LTA, LNL, GC, NIR
The Supreme Court of Liberia has ruled against President Boakai’s decision to nominate officials to various governmental establishments including the Liberia National Lottery Authority, Governance Commission, National Identification Registry, and Liberia Telecommunications Authority.
The court has ordered the withdrawal of all nominations made by President Boakai to these institutions, citing procedural errors in the nomination process.
It can be referenced that the court has for several weeks been hearing multiple petitions filed by some officials who have accused the new administration of removing them from their tenured positions.
Part Five Section (E) of the Code of Conduct disallows all presidential appointees from engaging in political activities, canvassing, or contesting for elected offices. Section (C) of the same provision prohibits presidential appointees from serving on any political party’s or independent candidate’s campaign team.
The officials challenging their removal from tenured positions are the Chairman of the Governance Commission, Garrison Yealue, Reginald Nagbe, Director General of the National Lottery Authority, Edwina Zackpah, Chairperson of the Liberia.
Telecommunications Authority (LTA), and Prof. Wilson K Tarpeh, Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
They petitioned the Supreme Court of Liberia for a Writ of Prohibition to stop the Boakai government from removing them from their respective offices in consideration that they serve for tenures.
These officials’ actions came following the Boakai-led government’s decision to have them replaced The government contended that those removed from office violated their tenures when they openly and actively campaigned for the former ruling Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC).
The Boakai administration said the officials’ actions violated Liberia’s Code of Conduct, although the affected officials denied the allegations. Consequently, the aggrieved tenured officials ran to the Supreme Court for relief and interpretation of the tenure laws of the land.
