Liberia: Justice Minister’s Opinion ‘Undermines Supreme Court’s Authority’

Lawyers representing the legal interest of the embattled Speaker of the House of Representatives, Cllr. J. Fonati Koffa (Informants) accused Justice Minister N. Oswald Tweh of misinterpreting the December 6, opinion of the Supreme Court, in the case: IN RE: “THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF CERTAIN ACTIONS TAKEN BY SOME MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 55TH LEGISLATURE (Respondents).”

In Koffa’s bill of Information filed before the Supreme Court, Cllr. Arthur Johnson argued that the Minister…