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for Democratic Change, would be satisfied that the "corrective
measures" mandated to be carried out by Appellee had been
satisfactorily done before a run-off election is held. For the CDHO's
failure to include such mechanism in his Final Ruling, without which
none of the candidates would be satisfied that the "corrective
measures" mandated by the CDHO had taken place, Appellants/
Intervenors excepted and presented the issue to the NEC Board but
the NEC Board failed and neglected to pass on it. And so Appellants/
Intervenors except.
50. Appellants/Intervenors, jointly with Appellants/Complainants
(Charles Walker Brumskine and Harrison S. Karnwea, Presidential and
Vice Presidential Candidates of the Liberty Party, all Representative
Candidates of the Liberty Party and the Liberty Party itself), filed a
Motion to Recuse before the NEC Board in which they requested that
Cllr. Jerome Korkoya, NEC Chairman, had made several prejudicial
statements against Appellants/Intervenors and Appellants/
Complainants to the media criticizing them for pursuing this legal
course of action, stating that the legal course of action was "politically
motivated" and had no merits. The press statements were made while
the
matter
was
pending
before
the
CDHO;
and
Appellants/Intervenors, having determined that the NEC Chairman
had prejudged them and the matter and was therefore unfit to give
them a fair and impartial hearing, joined in the Motion for the NEC
Chairman to recuse himself from hearing the matter and from all
matters in which these parties are involved with respect to the
October 10, 2017 elections. A hearing was held and the NEC Board
denied the Motion to Recuse; and Appellants/Intervenors except.
WHEREFORE AND IN VIEW OF THE FOREGOING, Appellants/
Intervenors respectfully submit this Bill of Exceptions for the NEC
Board's approval as the step provided by law for perfection of their
appeal to the Supreme Court for review of the NEC Board's Final
Ruling.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED
Joseph Nyumah Boakai and James
Emmanuel Nuquay, Presidential and
Vice Presidential Candidates at the
October 10, 2017 Elections and the
Unity Party, all of Liberia.”
The Supreme Court, upon receipt of the bills of exceptions filed by the first
appellants and while awaiting the bill of exceptions of the second appellants, and
as is common with elections proceedings before the Court, ordered the NEC to
forward to the Court within twenty-four (24) hours the entire records of the
proceedings held before the NEC, and directed that the parties file their respective
briefs within forty-eight (48) hours of receipt of the bill of exceptions by the Court.
In compliance with the mentioned directive, the records were forwarded to the