provisions of Liberian law, the most important of which was that he was
accorded all the rights, privileges and benefits of due process of law and an
impartial hearing with the right to adequate legal representation.”
84.The Respondent in its rejoinder contained in Document 6 under paragraph 9.0
further urged and prayed this Court as follows: “Your Lords are requested to
take judicial notice of the impeachment trial of President Donald J. Trump.”
85.This Court after a careful study of the submissions of the parties and the
evidence on records, will now proceed with its analysis to determine if indeed
the impeachment proceedings followed the due process of law in guarantee of
the fair hearing requirement of the Applicant’s trial. It is expedient to replicate
the pivotal Section 43 of the 1986 Constitution of the Liberian which both
parties are relying on in order to put in proper perspective, the issues for
determining whether any guaranteed right of the Applicant was violated as
claimed. In doing so, the Court will take judicial notice of the procedure
followed during the impeachment proceedings of President Donald J. Trump
of the United States which the Respondent invited the court to do.
86.The 1986 Liberian Constitution provides under Article 43 as follows:
“The power to prepare a bill of impeachment is vested solely in the House of
Representatives, and the power to try all impeachments is vested solely in the
Senate. When the President, Vice President or an Associate Justice is to be
tried, the Chief Justice shall preside; when the Chief Justice or a judge of a
subordinate court of record is to be tried, the President of the Senate shall
preside. No person shall be impeached but by the concurrence of two-thirds
of the total membership of the Senate. Judgements in such cases shall not
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