9/16/2020 NATIONAL ELECTIONS COMMISSION V AMOS SIEH SIEBO-MOTION TO DISMISS-FINAL JUDGMENT – _________________________________________ CLLR. JEANETTE A. EBBA DAVISON COMMISSIONER _________________________________________ HON. DAVIDETTA BROWNE LANSANAH COMMISSIONER _________________________________________ HON. BOAKAI A. DUKULY COMMISSIONER” The respondent/appellant excepted to the Board’s ruling, quoted above, announced an appeal therefrom to the Supreme Court, secured on August 11, 2017 a recognizance bond of US$2,000.00 (Two Thousand United States Dollars), and thereafter, on August 15, 2017 filed his bill of exceptions, which was approved by members of the Board of Commissioners on August 15, 2017 and August 16, 2017 respectively. On the same date of August 16, 2017, the respondent/appellant filed his Notice of Completion of Appeal, believing thereby that he had completed the appeal process stipulated by the Elections Law and the Guidelines of the NEC. In the bill of exceptions, the appellant assigned to the Board of Commissioners a number of errors which he said were committed, including (a) the Board’s affirmance of the Nomination Committee’s findings and conclusion that he did not possess a headquarters in District #1, which he said constituted mere allegation which were not proved at any hearing or by any form of investigation; (b) his disbarment for alleged criminal charges levied against him in the Magisterial Court by the Liberian National Police, which he said was not only tantamount to a denial of his civic and political rights but also amounted to an ex post facto application of the law; (c) that disbarment was not one of the penalties prescribed for the alleged violation claimed to have been committed by him; and (d) that the ruling of the NEC rejecting his application without him having been tried and convicted but on the basis of an alleged “public policy” judiciary.gov.lr/national-elections-commission-v-amos-sieh-siebo-motion-to-dismiss-final-judgment/ 14/36