9/16/2020 NATIONAL ELECTIONS COMMISSION V AMOS SIEH SIEBO-MOTION TO DISMISS-FINAL JUDGMENT – application and accompanying documents, found that the respondent/appellant had complied with all of the requirements for accreditation as a candidate, except for one requirement, which was that he had failed to show that he had a headquarters within the district for which he sought to run as a member of the House of Representatives, as required by Article 79 of the Constitution. However, notwithstanding the mentioned deficiency, the Nomination Scrutiny Review Panel recommended that the application of the respondent/ appellant be accepted and seemingly therefore, that he be accredited to contest the elections for which he had applied. The records do not reveal how the action by the Nomination Scrutiny Review Panel transitioned to the Nomination Committee or whether the procedure adopted by the movant/appellee is that any matter dealt with by the Nomination Scrutiny Review Panel is then reviewed by the Nomination Committee. Prior matters which have come before the Court have not revealed such to be the process. We shall nevertheless not dwell on that issue as there is nothing in the records showing that any exceptions was taken by the respondent/appellant to the procedure or appealed to the Board of Commissioners of the NEC. What the records do show is that the respondent/appellant’s application shows up next before the Nomination Committee of the NEC. The records show further that the Nomination Committee, on review of the respondent/appellant’s application and accompanied documents intended to evidence compliance with all of the requirements of the Elections Law, including the Regulations and Guidelines promulgated by movant/appellee, and upon a hearing had on July 25, 2017, determined that because the respondent/ appellant had failed to maintain headquarters within District #1, Montserrado County, the district for which he had applied as a candidate for the House of Representatives in the ensuing October 2017 Elections, it was recommending to the Board of Commissioners of the movant/appellee institution that the respondent’s application be rejected. The constitutional provision upon which the Nomination Committee relied in making its recommendation to the Board of judiciary.gov.lr/national-elections-commission-v-amos-sieh-siebo-motion-to-dismiss-final-judgment/ 5/36