By: T. Lula Jaurey tqlulajaurey@gmail.com
IPNews-Monrovia-Liberia-Wednesday 28 November 2018: Questions are been ask about the movements and interest of Grand Cape Mount County Senator Varney Sherman serious involvement in ongoing impeachment trail Associate Justice Kabineh Ja’neh.
According to our Judicial report Cllr. Sherman in surprised appearance today represented the twenty-one senators who were recently dragged to the supreme court by four member of that August body but failed to appear.
In today’s arguments into the merit and demerits of Associate Justice Ja’neh impeachment, Senator Sherman could not keep his legal balance throughout the proceedings.
He asserted that the senate internal rules is to vote and not to conduct an impeachment trail contesting that there is no violation of rule 63 of the senate standing rule as was amended.
According to Cllr. Sherman, their decision is unquestionable saying “nobody question us (the Senate) on what we say or do.
The contradicting argument by Senator Sherman led Associate Justice Jamesetta Wolokollie to term him as confused “Cllr. Sherman is confuse in this whole matter, you say this later you say on grounds that the arguments here are substantially similar raised in his petition for a writ of prohibition still pending before this court.
“To preserve full neutrality, Mr. Ja’neh says he is hereby recusing himself from the hearing and determination from the constitutionality of the amendment of the senate rule.”
Accordingly, during the legal debate on Ja’neh impeachment, Petitioners counsel Cllr. Tiawon Gongloe: objected to the representation of amacequir Cllr. Cyril Jones for the following reasons: One, that prior to his appointment, Amecquie Cllr. Jones had conversation with co – petitioner Senator Osca Cooper as well as Cllr. Gongloe about the merit of the petition.
He prayed the court to relieve Cllr. Jones of his appointment as ameciqurei because his presence would spark conflict of interest consistent with the code of ethics governing the professional practices of law in Liberia rule nine dealing of the code dealing with conflict of interest, it is not proper for him to be in a position where he is views could be adverse to the position of the petitioner in these proceedings. Counsel prays court not to permit Cllr. Jones to serve as amescquie in this case or to retire him from doing so.
Cllr. Cyril Jones reacts: Cllr. Cyrile Jones respondent to the request of the petitioner says that it is exclusively prerequisite of whose to select who are its friends. Empowers the court to bring its own complaint and judges, and this court has ruled that a request to serve as amecuqure is mandatory and not discrptetuon.
In reaction to the application, Cllr. Jones conceded that indeed he had discussion with cllr. Gongloe and Sen. Oscar Cooper involving the merits of the instant case.
