years. Consequently, the Applicant’s human rights as a Liberian and
ECOWAS citizen to hold this office and serve his country until his
constitutional retirement at age seventy (70) were allegedly trampled upon by
the conduct of the 1st Respondent in total disregard of Applicant’s rights to
fair and impartial trial.
b. Applicant’s pleas in law:
33.
This Application was brought pursuant to Articles 1, 2, 5, 7, 15, and 26 of the
African Charter; Article 33 of the Rules of Court, Community Court of
Justice; Articles 9(4) and 10(d) of the Supplementary Protocol of the
Community Court of Justice; Articles 3, 8, 10, 11 (1) & (2), 21 (1) & (2), and
23 (1) & (3) of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; Articles 20 (a) &
(b), 29, 42, 43, 65, 66, 71 and 73 of the Constitution of Liberia.
The subject-matter of proceedings - violation of the Applicant’s rights to fair
hearing and impartial trial guaranteed by the African Charter, the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights, as well as the Liberian Constitution by the
purported impeachment, trial, conviction, removal and replacement of the
Applicant on the Supreme Court of Liberia by the Respondents.
32.The Applicant pleads Article 29 of the 1986 Constitution of the Republic of
Liberia, which provides that legislative power of the Republic shall be vested
in the legislature of Liberia which shall consist of two (2) separate houses: a
Senate and a House of Representatives, both of which must pass on all
legislations. Applicant submits that when the Constitution expressly imposes
a duty on the “Legislature” to prescribe the procedure for impeachment, it
contemplated that the two Houses, Senate and Representatives shall pass on a
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