15.The majority opinion, delivered by the Chief Justice Francis S. Korkpor with
Judge Kontoe voting, quashed and vacated the Alternative/Provisional Writ
of Prohibition against the House from conducting the impeachment hearing
and dismissed the Applicant’s petition.
16.The SAC assumed jurisdiction over the matter and on the 27 th August, 2018,
prepared its own Rules of Impeachment which were purportedly adopted by
the House’s Plenary for the sole purpose of the impeachment trial of the
Applicant. The SAC also submitted a report to the plenary purporting to be
the results of investigations it allegedly conducted into the allegations set forth
in the Amended Petition of impeachment, in which the Applicant was never
made a part of.
17.The SAC recommended that the Applicant be impeached for the following
offences which were contained in their report dated 27th August, 2018 (Exhibit
‘KMJ/4’):
i.
Alleged theft of record of the House of Representatives;
ii.
Filing of a petition for the writ of prohibition;
iii.
Issuance by the Applicant of the writ of prohibition growing out of
a petition filed by Srimex and Connex against the Liberia Petroleum
Refining Company; and
iv.
Alleged illegal acquisition of Annie Constance’s real property
regarding which the Supreme Court had already entered a final
judgment.
18.The plenary of the House proceeded, without any modification of the
recommendations of the SAC and adopted, relied on and subsequently
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