8/26/2020 Jupica vs Nec – Supreme Court of Liberia disregard to the law on amendment of pleadings. For the reasons enumerated above, we are constrained to follow the law and disallow the cause filed by NDC. We having determined that the Government as a party respondent did not file returns in the time designated, and having stricken its returns, all other pleadings/ papers filed by the Government are considered not before this Court and will not therefore be passed upon. We having determined, also, that the Eminent Group of Concern Citizens et al, withdrew the entire cause filed and there was nothing left before the Court, all pleadings filed by them cannot be entertained. Further, we having determined that the original petition filed by NDC on November 21, 2014, was improperly verified and that the purported amendments were not done consistent with statute, all pleadings filed by NDC cannot be entertained. This leaves us with the petition of the Justice and Public Interest Consortium Africa (JUPICA) as 1stpetitioner, and Edwin K. Martin, Register Voter, as 2ndpetitioner,and the returns thereto filed by NEC. Incidentally, and as we have said earlier, the parties in this case raised issues that are similar. In other words, though we shall not now entertain the petitions and returns we have stricken and disallowed, for reasons stated, the pleadings raised almost identical issues as the issues raised by the remaining parties, JUPICA, Martin and NEC. In fact this is why we ordered consolidated, all the pleadings of the parties in this case and heard them at the same time. We will now quote counts 1—23 of the amended petition filed by the Justice & Public Interest Consortium of Africa and Edwin K. Martin. COME NOW THE PETITIONERS, by and thru duly accredited and licensed Counsels, of this Honorable Supreme Court Bar, and most respectfully pray Court and Your Honor for the issuance of the Alternative Writ of Prohibition against the within named Respondents for reasons as showeth to wit: 1. 1. “The 1st Petitioner, hereinafter referred to as [THE 1st PETITIONER] is a civil society organization, a body corporate, duly registered, licensed, operating and existing under the laws of Liberia. 1st Petitioner is an advocate of public interest, human rights, rule of law, accountability, democracy, women and children’s rights, economic and political rights, the environment, as well as the media and brings this cause of action as a civil and democratic “watchdog” of the democratic tenets and practices of all stakeholders, agencies and institutions created   tinder   the 1986 Constitution, not least the 1st and 2nd Respondents herein, and prays court to prohibit, inhibit and prevent the 1st and 2nd Respondents from conducting a false and fictitious elections termed as: Midterm Elections, Special Elections, or whatever’, in violation of Articles 37 and 46 of the 1986 Constitution. Petitioner hereby    attaches a copy   of its   Articles of incorporation as proof of its legal existence as a civil society organization marked as Exhibit “P/1” in Bulk. 2. 2. The 2nd Respondent hereinafter referred as [THE 2ND RESPONDENT] is Honorable Edwin K. Martin, a natural person, a duly registered voter, a citizen of the Republic of Liberia, and a comnetitsolutionsinc.org/toj/jupica-vs-nec-2/ 7/27