10.On 17th July, 2018, two members of the House of Representatives (hereinafter referred to as “the House”), one of the two houses which comprise the Liberian Legislature, in the persons of Thomas P. Fallah and Acarous M. Gray, submitted a petition of impeachment to the plenary of the said House of Representatives seeking to impeach the Applicant, on allegations of: 1. Proved Misconduct 2. Abuse of Public Office 3. Wanton Abuse of Judicial Discretion 4. Fraud, Misuse of Power and Corruption”. 11.Attached to his Originating Application is a copy of the Petitioners’ Amended Petition of Impeachment dated 17th August, 2018 (Exhibit KMJ/1) which contains the grounds listed by the petitioners for seeking to impeach him as follows: i. That the Applicant misinterpreted and misapplied the Code of Conduct which was tantamount to “a serious official misconduct” and an “unsavory exercise” of his judicial discretion; ii. That the Applicant, while presiding in Chambers of the Supreme Court of Liberia, abused his judicial discretion when he issued a remedial writ in the case of: “Ecobank versus Austin Clarke”; that Applicant’s conduct of issuing of that remedial writ was tantamount to “proved misconduct, gross breach of duty, inability to perform the functions of his office”; iii. That Applicant misused his office as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Liberia by surreptitiously conniving with one J. Nyema Constance, Jr. to illegally acquire a parcel of land 6