Liberia: Supreme Court Puts Stay Order on the Certification of the Lofa County Senator-elect Brownie Samukai Liberia: Supreme Court Puts Stay Order on the Certification of the Lofa County Senator-elect Brownie Samukai Share Monrovia — Former Defense Minister Brownie Samukai faced another hurdle in taking his seat as Lofa County’s senator last week when the Supreme Court of Liberia temporarily halted his certification by the National Election Commission (NEC). The nation’s highest court’s decision against Samukai, of the Collaborating Political Parties (CPP), was trigged by a Writ of Prohibition filed March 2,2021, by O’Neil Passewe, chair of the Movement for Progressive Change.