8/26/2020 Jupica vs Nec – Supreme Court of Liberia resident of Paynesville City, Monrovia, Republic of Liberia brings this petition in his own name and complains as follows: 1. a. That he feels threatened and completely defenseless and lives in utter fear and a state of shock and dismay that the holding of senatorial elections by the 1st and 2nd Respondents which is characterized by campaigns, huge public gatherings and in which crowds will rub against each other will not only violate the procedures set in place to fight Ebola but will further exacerbate the current Ebola crisis and will lead to new Ebola cases at an alarming rate which could lead to more premature and untimely deaths of Liberian citizens across the country; 1. b. That he feels vulnerable and is deeply frightened that as horrific as the projections for the astronomical rise in new Ebola cases is, and could reach an alarming proportion, based on the forecasts from the Center for Disease Control(CDC) and the World Health Organization(WHO), the 1st and 2nd Respondents have disregarded or are openly advising people to flagrantly disregard all of the fundamental safety measures put in place against huge public gatherings, over-crowdedness simply to hold elections for 15 senators at the expense of the innocent lives of 2nd Petitioner and his fellow compatriots; 1. c. That 2nd Petitioner lives in horror and is deeply distressed in that despite the fact that all schools, hospitals arid major economic institutions have closed down and all foreign investors have fled the Republic of Liberia and their returns are contingent upon the defeat of the killer Ebola virus, the 2nd Respondent has not mobilized or set aside sufficient precious economic and financial resources to fight the deadly Ebola virus, instead, it is only interested setting aside huge financial resources to hold senatorial elections which could exacerbate the spread of the killer Ebola virus, thus, 2nd Petitioner harbors the fear that schools, hospitals and economic institutions will remain perpetually shut down because there is a likelihood for more and new Ebola cases from 10,000 at the end of November, 2014 to 1.4 M(one million four hundred thousand) by mid-January 2015, according to both CDC and WHO, which could lead to alarming death rate of more citizens most of whom are relatives, friends and fellow compatriots of 2nd Petitioner; 1. That 2nd Petitioner fears that the future of his little sons and daughters, including the children of Liberia, who are the “precious jewels” and future leaders of our country is gambled and trampled underfoot in violation of Article 6 of the 1986 Constitution by the continued closure of educational facilities as a result of the deadly Ebola virus and the 2nd Respondent being the custodian and protector or defender of the sovereign rights of petitioner and all Liberians, specifically with the power to protect life and property, has done nothing or is showing no sign that it cares or is worried about the danger that the Ebola virus poses to the stability of the Liberian state and the happiness of its people; 1. e. That 2nd Petitioner fears that the 2nd Respondent has lost focus in the war on Ebola for the fact that it is interested in conducting elections for 15 senators rather than intensifying the war to eradicate Ebola, thus, its actions at the detriment of Petitioner, the lives of millions of Liberians is riot only self-serving but is counterproductive to the peace and security of all Liberians; comnetitsolutionsinc.org/toj/jupica-vs-nec-2/ 8/27