3 Application of petitioner in the Kamara case was, like the decision to reject Harrison S. Karnwea, Sr. in the instant case, and the rationale therefor, was conveyed in a one page document captioned “Notice of Rejection of Nomination Application” and was signed solely and exclusively by the Chairman of the National Elections Commission, with no evidence that there had been any participation by any of the other members of the Board of Commissioners of the Commission. In the instant case, however, Co-appellant Harrison S. Karnwea, Sr. chose the course of an appeal to the Supreme Court rather than seeking a review by remedial process, as was done by Mr. Kamara when he was served with the Notice of Rejection. Having looked at some of the similarities that exist between the Kamara case and the instant case, let us now focus our attention on the specifics of the instant case that is before the Court, and which necessitated the appeal to this Court. As noted above, the decision of the National Elections Commission was conveyed to the appellants in a one page document signed by the Chairman of the National Elections Commission (NEC), captioned “Notice of Rejection of Nomination Application”, and bearing the date July 7, 2017. In the document, Co-appellant Harrison S. Karnwea, Sr. was informed by the NEC that his Application for Nomination as a candidate vying in the October 2017 Elections for the position of vicepresident on the ticket of the Liberty Party had been rejected by the Commission. The single reason stated in the Rejection Notice was that Coappellant Harrison S. Karnwea, Sr. was barred by the Code of Conduct For Public Officials since he, having served as the head of a public corporation, had failed to resign his position in line with the Code. We repoduce herewith the one page Notice of Rejection instrument from Appellee National Elections Commission to Co-appellant Harrison S. Karnwea, Sr., as follows, to wit: Republic of Liberia NATIONAL ELECTIONS COMMISSION TUBMAN BOUL VARD, 9TH AND 10TH STREETS, SINKOR - P.O. BOX 2044 MONROVIA, LIBERIA Email: info@ncclibcria.org CN14-GE/2017 NOTICE OF REJECTION OF NOMINATION APPLICATION Issued To: Candidate of Liberty Party (LP)_____________________________ Name: KARNWEA, SR.. HARRISON S.______________________ Office Sought: Vice President______ County:________________________ Deficiencies in Nomination Application

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