declared the Applicant impeached on the grounds therein listed including the
Ecobank v. Austin Clarke case in which the Applicant is alleged to have
improperly conducted himself when he was presiding over the case at the
Supreme Court.
19. Following receipt of the Bill of Impeachment from the House, and similarly
recognizing that the LEGISLATURE was yet to prescribe procedure to
govern impeachment proceedings, the Liberian Senate forwarded same to its
Judicial Committee. Thereafter, the Judicial Committee of the Senate drafted
amendments to the Senate Standing Rules (which hitherto were for the sole
internal governance of the Senate), titled Amended Rule 63 which was then
adopted to govern the Applicant’s impeachment trial.
20. The Plenary of the Liberian Senate approved the said Amended Rule 63 on
6th November, 2018, at least four (4) months after the Amended Petition of
Impeachment had been filed against Applicant.
21.Four (4) members of the Liberian Senate, believing that the amendment made
by the Senate to Rule 63 did not conform to the constitutional mandate and
threshold of the phrase “prescribed procedure by the “Legislature”, on 9th
November, 2018 filed before the Supreme Court, a petition challenging the
legality of the amendments but same was dismissed by a panel presided over
by the Chief Justice, Korkpor.
22.When the impeachment trial commenced at the Liberian Senate on 13 th
February, 2019, he filed a motion praying that Mr. Chief Justice Korkpor
recuse himself from presiding over the Applicant’s impeachment trial. It was
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