Solicitor General of the Republic of Liberia, Cllr. Saymah Syrenius Cephus
What appeared to be a calculated plan to get the Judicial Branch of Government involved into the ongoing argument of financial strangulation between the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning (MFDP) and the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) did not materialize on Wednesday, May 19, after the judges cleverly refused to associate themselves with the would-be plot.
The five-judge panel, in its unanimous decision not to delve into the financial wrangling between the MoJ and MFDP, made specific reference to the Judicial Financial Autonomous Bill, which the judges quoted as saying, “The Judiciary can summon the Ministry of Finance for failure to remit funding on a quarterly basis into a Judiciary Account at the Central Bank of Liberia (CBL).”