Monrovia – The House of Representatives has voted to impeach Associate Justice Kabineh Ja’neh, but the Senate would have to concur with the decision before it takes effect.
Out of 49 lawmakers, one voted against, while nine members of Nimba Legislative Caucus walked out of the Chamber.
Early Tuesday morning some citizens from Nimba County gathered at the Capitol in peaceful protest against the impeachment proceeding against their kinsmen.
The petition to impeach Justice Ja’neh was filed before the House by Representatives Acarous Gray (Mont. County, District 8) and Thomas Fallah (Mont. County District 5). Both alleged that Justice Ja’neh “committed a serious official misconduct by engaging in a wanton and unsavory exercise of his judicial discretion far exceeding the bounds of elementary judicial interpretation of issues simply to satisfy his personal ego”.
The lawmakers also want Ja’neh impeached for what they termed as “proved misconduct, gross breach of duty, inability to perform the functions of his office by allegedly allowing justice to be served where it belongs no matter the status of the party affected.”
On Monday, Associate Justice Kabineh Ja’neh told FrontPageAfrica that he is prepared to go the full length of the law over what he believes is an unlawful procedure by the Legislature to impeach him from the Bench of the Supreme Court.
More details to follow soon