a fact, he must produce evidence to substantiate the claim. The Applicant has not been able to establish that he was treated differently from other members in similar situation with him. In the absence of evidence to support a different treatment in similar situations, the Applicant’s claim of violation of equality before the law and freedom from discrimination is hereby dismissed 62. Closely linked to the right to pension and retirement benefits is the concept of legitimate expectation. In the instant case the Plaintiff served as Vice Chairman of the State of Liberia before he voluntarily resigned. Having spent time in active service of the Government of the Respondent, the Applicant is legitimately expected that upon leaving office, he will be entitled to some benefits. A legitimate expectation encapsulates the need to ensure legal certainty. Lord Fraser of Tullybelton in ATTORNEY-GENERAL OF HONG KONG V. NG YUEN SHIU (1983) 2 A.C. 629 said that, “When a public authority has promised to follow a certain procedure, it is in the interest of good administration that it should act fairly and should implement its promise, so long as implementation does not interfere with its statutory duty”. The rationale behind the doctrine of legitimate expectation is the need to prevent administrative authorities from exercising their discretionary powers so as to defeat legitimate expectations of individuals, which have been engineered by the prior conduct of those administrative authorities. Thus, the doctrine strives to make sure that administrative authorities are bound by their undertaking. In the case of ČAKAREVIĆ V. CROATIA (Application no. 48921/13) 26 April 2018, the ECHR Court held that, as a rule, a legitimate expectation of being able to continue having peaceful enjoyment of a possession must have a “sufficient basis in national law”. 63. In the instant case, the Respondent argue that the Applicant did not complete his term in office because he resigned to contest an election and he is therefore not entitled to any pension regardless of the fact that there is no provision of the law to back up the argument. To deny the Applicant his legitimate expectation to pension after retirement without any provision of the law to substantiate such decision constitutes a violation of his human rights. This Court in Registered 27