8/26/2020 Jupica vs Nec – Supreme Court of Liberia 9. 9. Further to count 3 above, Petitioners say and aver that when such a situation exists and that vacancies at the House of Representatives and Liberian Senate, political parties consistent with chapter 4, section 4.5 of the New Elections Law titled: Nomination of candidates, “shall send to the Commission a list of the candidates who will stand for election to the several elective offices, in this case for senators in the several constituencies”. Petitioner says and submits that it will be both statutory and constitutional violations of provisions of the new elections law as well as articles 46 and 37 of the 1986 Constitution were the 1st Respondent to hold elections for senators in December 2014 when there are no vacancies in the Honorable Liberian Senate and when there has been declaration and notification to the 1st Respondent to proceed with the conduct of elections. 10. 10.       Petitioners say the 2nd Respondent hereinafter referred to as [THE 2ND RESPONDENT] is the sovereign Government of the Republic of Liberia, the manager and controller of all natural resources; the custodian of the national treasury and all finances realized from the levy and collection of multiple taxes, sometimes unduly extracted from unsuspecting citizens and businesses under the pretext of development and has the constitutional responsibility to protect life and property. The Republic of Liberia of which the 2nd Respondent is the chief magistrate or captain of its governance process is in the state of paranoia— schools, hospitals and major economic institutions have closed down, investors have fled, thousands of citizens have died as a result of the deadly Ebola virus outbreak. 11. 11.       Petitioners say that as a result of the current Ebola crisis although said to have been significantly reduced, notwithstanding, still present and prevalent and killing more peaceful citizens, a group of wise and eminent Liberian citizens headed by the venerable social commentators and political activist Blamoh Nelson, Mother Mary Brownell and others wrote the 2nd Respondent who is the principal of the 1st Respondent to see reason to defer the pending senatorial elections to a later date consistent with the provision of Article 1 of the 1986 Constitution until after the Ebola crisis but the 1st and 2nd Respondents viewing themselves as “Bosses” rather than “Servants” of the people have arrogated unto themselves the power and authority delegated to the people of Liberia under Article 1 of the 1986 Constitution, and have therefore decided to flout or abuse the Constitution by setting their own elections date of December, 2014–a date not provided for under the 1986 Constitution at expense of the lives of the Liberian people for their own selfish financial interest. Petitioner gives notice to court that it will produce witnesses if the need be at the conference to prove these allegations. Petitioners hereby attach a copy of the letters and press statement written by eminent Liberian citizens marked as Exhibit “P/3” in Bulk. 12. And because 1st Petitioner says and submits that it lives in fear because if the war on Ebola virus is not intensified arid the killer virus is defeated and eradicated more citizens will die because the projections made by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) present a rather precious picture of the dangerous health situations in Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia which are regarded as the hardest hit, more deaths, more cases, yet the 2nd Respondent has taken no affirmative action to put in place a strategic plan to fight the virus, thus, 1st Petitioner fears that its constituency that is inhabited by the comnetitsolutionsinc.org/toj/jupica-vs-nec-2/ 11/27