Africa-Press – Liberia. Judicial employees in Liberia are on edge, as Chief Justice Yamie Gbeisay has issued a 30-day ultimatum for all staff to declare their assets in line with a government policy.
Judges and magistrates in Liberia are in hot water, as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, His Honor, Yamie QuiQui Gbeisay, issues a thirty-day (30) ultimatum for judges and magistrates to declare their assets or risk punitive administrative action.
Chief Justice Gbeisay has also ordered an immediate audit of his predecessor, former Chief Justice Sie-A-Nyene G. Yuoh.
Speaking during the opening of the October Term of the Supreme Court of Liberia recently in Monrovia, Chief Justice Gbeisay disclosed that on September 4, 2025, he invited the General Auditing Commission (GAC) to commission an audit of the stewardship of the immediate past administration of the Liberian judiciary.
“I invited the General Auditing Commission (GAC) to commission an audit of the immediate past administration’s stewardship. We deem it proper to do so for the sake of the record, because in this country, the general notion is that everyone who serves in government is corrupt. We have also instructed all our judges and magistrates, who have not declared their assets, to do so within thirty (30) days or face administrative consequences.” He warned.
According to him, his administration in an effort to reform, improve, and restore the integrity of the judiciary landed running, and in the past eight weeks, they have met and had conversation with the general staff of the judiciary, including magistrates, judges of records, the executive council of the Liberian National Bar Association (LNBA) Public Defense, the Liberia Land Authority, In-service Magistrates of the Louis Arthur Grimes School of Law t the University of Liberia, and new recruits of college graduates to serve as Associate Magistrates.
He further indicated that most importantly, they met and had a conversation with the committee of Liberian Legal Jurists constituted by the Supreme Court to examine and modernize the rules of all Liberian courts (Judicial Canons) and the laws governing the moral and ethical conduct of lawyers.
“We take our hats off to Mr. Retired Chief Justice, Francis S. Korkpor’s committee, which comprises some of the best legal minds of our time, such as Retired Associate Justice Banks, former Justice Pei Edwin Gausi, and former Justice M. Wilkins Wright, among others. The committee is performing all these tedious tasks of providing professional legal service on a pro-bono basis, thereby giving back to society.” Chief Justice Gbeisay revealed.
Since taking office in August, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court has initiated an immediate credential audit of all judicial employees, including judges, aimed at restoring honesty and professionalism in the Liberian Judiciary.
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