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Africa-Press – Liberia. <\/strong><\/span>The Supreme Court has reaffirmed the National Elections Commission\u2019s (NEC) decision to qualify former Minister of State, Nathaniel McGill, to contest for the Margibi County Senatorial Seat.<\/p>\n

McGill, who is contesting on the same ticket as President George Weah, was sanctioned by the U.S. government for his alleged involvement in massive corruption. However, the case against him, which was filed by some residents of Margibi, has nothing to do with the issue of the sanction charges as the government has yet to investigate the matter.<\/p>\n

The complainants had claimed that McGill lied on his application to the electoral body that he was domiciled in Margibi County when he lived in Montserrado County electoral district 6.<\/p>\n

However, the court ruled that those who challenged McGill’s eligibility were not official contestants, paving the way for his qualification to stand.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe NEC\u2019s nominations and registration procedures name those qualified to challenge nominees whose names appear on the provisional list for the 2023 general and presidential election, which are a candidate, participating political parties, coalition or alliance.<\/p>\n

\u201cHence, voters such as appellants not being among those listed in the regulation, lack the legal capacity and standing to file injection to the nomination of appellee,\u201d the ruling from Associate Justice Wokokollie said.<\/p>\n

Wokokollie, who was one of the three justices that presided over the case, noted that the Court was reaffirming the decision of the NEC Board of Commissioners and ordered the clerk \u201cto mandate\u201d the Commission to resume jurisdiction over \u201ccase and give effect to this judgment.”<\/p>\n

Nathaniel McGill, once a powerful figure in the administration of President George Manneh Weah, served as the Minister of State for Presidential Affairs. His tenure was marred with allegations of corruption and misusing public funds, prompting the United States government to impose sanctions on him for his involvement in \u201ccorrupt activities.\u201d<\/p>\n

RELATED ARTICLE: US Treasury Sanctions McGill, Twehway, Cephus for Corruption<\/b><\/p>\n

The U.S., among other things, sanctioned McGill for having \u201cbribed business owners, received bribes from potential investors, and accepted kickbacks for steering contracts to companies in which he has an interest\u201d during his term in government.<\/p>\n

He was also accused of manipulating \u201cpublic procurement processes to award multi-million dollar contracts to companies in which he has ownership\u201d and used government funds allocated to other Liberian government institutions to run his own projects.<\/p>\n

McGill also made off-the-books payments in cash to senior government leaders, and organized warlords to threaten political rivals, the U.S. said.<\/p>\n

While McGill has refuted the sanctions allegation against him, the U.S. government announced that his property and interests in property of his in the U.S., if or in the possession or control of U.S. persons, will be blocked and reported to the Treasury Department\u2019s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). In addition, persons who engage in certain transactions with the designated individuals risk also being exposed to sanctions or subject to enforcement action, the Treasury said.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Wokokollie noted also that the claim made by the complainants alleged conflict between the NEC nominations and registration procedures with section 5.9 of the election laws cannot hold in the case as the section primarily deals with voting rights and not pre-election challenges.<\/p>\n

Justice Wolokollie\u2019s decision, which was also endorsed by Chief Justice Sie-A-Nyene Yuoh and Associate Justice Yamie Quiqui Gbeisay, dismissed the appeal filed by Alfred Sheah, Alex Rogers, and Joseph Yakpawolo against McGill\u2019s qualification by the electoral body.<\/p>\n

The two other justices, Joseph Nagbe and Yussif Kaba, could not give an opinion as they were out of the country and did not participate in the case hearing.<\/p>\n

The electoral body had on August 2 certificated McGill to contest the October 10 polls but Rogers and his co-complainants filed a case at the Commission to challenge the qualification but the NEC ruled against them.<\/p>\n

They then filed an appeal to the Supreme Court, claiming that McGill was not domiciled in Margibi County as claimed.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur request is based on the false information he provided to the National Elections Commission (NEC) as provided for in His Affidavit of Confirmation of Domicile in which he stated under oath that he\u2019s Domicile in Margibi County, the county of which he wants to represent,\u201d they claimed.<\/p>\n

The complainant cited Article 30 (b) of the Constitution, which, among other things, says that candidates seeking public office should be \u201cdomiciled in the county or constituency to be represented not less than one (1) year prior to the election and be a taxpayer.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to them, McGill cannot be domiciled in District #6 of Montserrado County and at the same time be domiciled in Margibi County \u2014 hence the suit to have him disqualified.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Liberia. The Supreme Court has reaffirmed the National Elections Commission\u2019s (NEC) decision to qualify former Minister of State, Nathaniel McGill, to contest for the Margibi County Senatorial Seat. McGill, who is contesting on the same ticket as President George Weah, was sanctioned by the U.S. government for his alleged involvement in massive corruption. 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