governing the impeachment proceedings at the House, but the Applicant’s
involvement in the trial have given him the needed information in adequate
preparation of his defence at the trial. So throughout the process, there were
no guidelines to help the Applicant to put in place adequate preparation for
his defence of the accusations brought against him.
101.
The Court notes that during the trial of the instant suit, the panel
inquired from the Respondent whether there were extant rules of
impeachment used in the Applicant’s case. Upon its affirmative answer, the
Respondent on the 13 July 2020, filed at the Registry of the Court Rules and
Procedures purportedly adopted by the Liberian Legislature on impeachment
trials. Among the documents filed is the purported rules used in the
Applicant’s case titled “RESOLUTION SETTING OUT THE RULES TO
GOVERN THE IMPEACHMENT OF PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT,
MEMBERS OF THE SUPREME COURT, JUDGES OF SUBORDINATE
COURTS, AND ALL CIVIL OFFICERS TO WHICH IMPEACHMENT MAY
APPLY”.
102.
The requirement of the Section 43 of the Respondent’s Constitution is
law passed by the Legislature of the Respondent and not a resolution passed
after the Housed is seized with the case. The Court, therefore cannot rely on
the said Resolution.
103.
Where the procedural laws were not well defined for the Applicant to
know what constituted the procedure to be followed in his trial, it was
difficult, if not impossible for an objective observer to decipher when the trial
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