Liberia: Sen. Varney Sherman Proposes Amendments to The New Elections Law to Shorten the Period for Hearing Dispute in Presidential Election
Liberia: Sen. Varney Sherman Proposes Amendments to The New Elections Law to Shorten the Period for Hearing Dispute in Presidential Election
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Cllr. Varney Sherman is recommending that the new Elections Law should be amended to provide that the Board of Commissioners shall have original jurisdiction over the presidential election dispute and an appeal from the Board of Commissioners shall lie with the Supreme Court.
MONROVIA – Senator Varney Sherman (Grand Cape Mount County, UP) is proposing an amendment to Section 4.8 of the New Elections Law that would allow the National Elections Commission and Supreme Court to take shorter time to hear and adjudicate elections dispute cases in shorter periods.