For Violating Article 83(c) of the Constitution
The Liberian Senate, with a unanimous vote and one abstention, last evening, sentenced the Chairman and Commissioners of the National Elections Commission on contempt charges, and are to be sent to the Monrovia Central Prison on Tuesday. The sentence of the Chairperson of NEC, Madam Davidetta Brown-Lansanah and her Commissioners, followed a communication by Senator Dillon to Senate plenary that the NEC is gravely violating Article 83(c), which gives the timeframe within which electoral complaints and inquiries can be adjudicated by the Commission. During the hearing, Chairperson Lansanah, among other queries, attributed the Commission’s delay and violation of the Constitution, to the inadequacy of lawyers to hear complaints and disclosed that, at present, NEC is still investigating post-election matters, five cases remaining to be disposed of.