The Informer (Monrovia)
Source: allafrica.com
2 August 2010
Grand Bassa County Junior Senator Nathaniel Innis has opined that members of the National Legislature have grossly violated the Liberian Constitution which is the organic law of the land by signing a joint resolution in the face of the Supreme Court of Liberia's legal directive that the lawmakers should return to status quo ante regarding the Threshold Bill.
The High Court through the Justice In Chambers Cllr. Kabineh Janneh ordered that deliberations relating to the Threshold Bill be tabled and directed that the legislators return to status quo ante.
But the lawmakers went ahead and signed a joint resolution and subsequently added additional nine seats to the already sixty-four seats in the Lower house.
However, Senator Innis who is also a lawyer, indicated that the legislature did not only infringed upon the fundamental and Constitutional rights of the Liberian people by disrespecting the Supreme Court's decision regarding the Threshold Bill but are only interested in their personal gains at the detriment of the electorates.
According to the Senator, while majority of the lawmakers are opting to be re-elected come 2011 elections, they have failed to set the Threshold Bill at specific figure.
He further said that although Grand Bassa and other counties like Bong, Lofa, Margibi are interested in additional seats, but the legislature should not have disrespected the Supreme Court which has an adjudicatory role as a constitutional court.
