neglected, failed and refused to require the jurors to remain together as jurors
until they could return a verdict.
26. As per the Applicant’s Exhibit “KMJ/10”, prior to resumption of the
proceedings on 29th March 29, 2019, one of the jurors, Honorable Senator
Sando Johnson, wrote a letter to the Presiding Officer seeking to bring to his
attention that the verdict reached in the impeachment trial was not in
conformity with Section 24 of the very controversial Senate Amended Rule
63 purportedly adopted for the trial of the Applicant; hence, Senator Johnson
(Juror) was objecting to any announced outcome of the verdict.
27.It is the case of the Applicant that notwithstanding the serious allegations
made by Senator Sando Johnson in the immediate preceding paragraph, the
Presiding Officer permitted the President Pro Tempore of the Liberian Senate
to submit a report purported to be the verdict reached by the Senators (Jurors),
finding the Applicant “Not Guilty” in respect of:
(a) the alleged theft of the Minutes of the House of Representatives,
(b) the Petition for the Writ of Prohibition filed by Applicant against
the House of Representatives, and
(c) the alleged illegal purchase of Annie Yancy Constance’s property
but guilty of the issuance of the Writ of Prohibition borne out of the petition
filed by Srimex and Connex Corporations against the Liberia Petroleum
Refining Company (LPRC), a Liberian government agency.
28.Consequently, on the 29th March, 2019 after the presentation of the verdict by
the Senators, the Presiding Officer ordered as follows: “Wherefore and in
view of the foregoing, the respondent is found guilty of gross breach of duty
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