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Liberia: Chief Justice Rebukes Boakai Over Jabateh Appointment

Liberia: Chief Justice Rebukes Boakai Over Jabateh Appointment

By GhanaSummary NewsroomPan-Africa

A direct rebuke from the Chief Justice over a government appointment is an unusual public confrontation between two branches of government, particularly when accompanied by allegations of threats connected to the enforcement of a court judgment.

According to the account presented in the Chief Justice's Charge, the Turay family's claim rests on a Public Land Sale Deed issued in 1951 during the administration of President William V." That declaration underscores a central challenge in land disputes--maintaining public confidence that property rights are determined by evidence and law, rather than ancestry, political influence or ethnic affiliation.

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