Eva Mappy Morgan Writes U.S. State Department, Deflates GNN Report, Says Her Rights Were Violated Eva Mappy Morgan Writes U.S. State Department, Deflates GNN Report, Says Her Rights Were Violated
Judge Eva Mappy-Morgan.
Following the release of a widely publicised report by the United States State Department under the caption: ‘2020 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Liberia’ entitled ‘Denial Of Fair Public Trial’, where according to the report the Chief Judge of the Commercial Court, and President of the National Trial Judges of Liberia, Eva Mappy Morgan was accused of alleged ethics volition/canon # 23.
The U.S. State Department also noted that Judge Morgan was linked to a 2013 communication in which it was alleged that the Commercial Court authorized the withdrawal, without the consent of one of the litigating parties, of an amount of $3.4 million at the Liberian Bank for Development and Investment, which was being held in escrow pending final determinatio
Cllr. Tiawan S. Gongloe, President, Liberia National Bar Association
Weeks after both the Supreme Court of Liberia and the National Association of Trial Judges in Luberia claimed that there was no sufficient evidence to punish any of those named in the US Treasury Department’s report of corruption against some judges and Grand Cape Mount County Senator Cllr Varney Sherman, the Liberian National Bar Association (LNBA), has cautioned judicial actors and the Liberian Government not to take the issue lightly. The LNBA is the umbrella body for lawyers and judges in the country.
A release issued by the Supreme Court and the National Association of Trial Judges of Liberia earlier, challenged the Treasury Department to produce evidence in its possession based upon which the accusations against Cllr Sherman and the judges were obtained.
My people at the National Association of Trial Judges, thank you for underscoring your importance in the harmonious development of Liberia.
Thank God you know that without a credible and reliable legal environment, every development effort is a vain toil.
However, I know that the USA is the greatest nation on planet earth. The Treasury Department, without concrete and abundant proofs, will NEVER single out an individual from a professional corps to place sanctions on him for no reasons.
Many local and foreign businesspeople complain of our judiciary system. Many have been victims of the opaqueness of legal proceedings in our country. This indeed, is not sanitary to our vision of reconstruction.