103 fact finding institution, one would have thought that the NEC would have brought those presiding officers and electoral supervisors from those specific polling places named to provide rebuttal testimonies and/or clarity on some of the allegations raised by the appellants. The NEC’s first witness was Mr. Lamin Leighe, Executive Director of the Commission who is responsible for the general administrative running of the Commission and who serves as secretary to the Board of Commissioners. The testimony of Mr. Leighe is worth noting because of its interesting nature; he admits to challenges in the conduct of the elections but at the same time attempted to refute all of the irregularities alleged by the appellants. Witness Leigh begun his testimony by stating that the October 10, 2017 polls were free, fair and transparent; that same was evidenced by six international observation groups report declaring the polls as such; and that there is a Final Registration Roll which has not been altered and which was published. On the allegations of late opening of polls and difficulties in locating polling places, the witness testified that the NEC was challenged by the level of turn out by voters and that most of the poll workers had limited capacities; that NEC was not able to hire the requisite qualified poll workers due to political manipulations. This is how the witness begun his testimony: “Your Honor, I like to begin by firstly stating that the Election on October 10, 2017 were free, fair, transparent and credible. This is supported by observers reports from over six observers both National and international observers wherein there was no instance of fraud cited. I also like to include that the National Elections Commission has one final voter roll. Prior to the 10 of September, the processes of voters registration details were finalized and since that day there has been no alteration to the voters roll. On October 10, 2017, I happen to be one of those who began monitoring as early as 4: A.M. And to my outmost surprise there were queues of voters at voting precincts as early as 4: A.M. in the morning. Normally the precedent had being that the voters will meet our staffs at the centers. But in this case our staff arrived at the centers with voters already queued. This presented an overwhelming situation for the staff most especially our presiding officers who initially were able to redirect voters to their lines to facilities their smooth voting. What we witnessed at the early starts of the polling were because of the overwhelming turnout of the Liberian people to express their way through the ballot box. The staffs themselves were overwhelmed. That was also