{"id":7136,"date":"2022-01-14T10:24:37","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T10:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/nec-squashes-senator-karnga-lawrences-concern-of-due-process-in-lp-constitution-withdrawal-request"},"modified":"2022-01-14T11:03:26","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T11:03:26","slug":"nec-squashes-senator-karnga-lawrences-concern-of-due-process-in-lp-constitution-withdrawal-request","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/nec-squashes-senator-karnga-lawrences-concern-of-due-process-in-lp-constitution-withdrawal-request","title":{"rendered":"NEC Squashes Senator Karnga-Lawrence\u2019s Concern of Due Process in LP Constitution Withdrawal Request"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Liberia. <\/strong><\/span>The National Elections Commission (NEC) in a letter dated January 10, 2022 has informed the suspended political leader of the Liberty Party, Senator Nyonblee Karnga-Lawrence, that her recent letter raising concerns about the violation of her due process and established rules and procedures of the NEC to her and determine her complaint\/objections, could not suffice because her communications to the Commission cannot be viewed as a complaint or objection.<\/p>\n

Senator Karnga-Lawrence had raised issue with a communication from the NEC informing her that the NEC views all notarized documents, especially party constitution filed by the Chairman and Secretary General a party, are considered valid until withdrawn in keeping with due process through amendment by the party.<\/p>\n

\u201cHonorable Senator, for the benefit of this response, we herein quote the second paragraph of the August 23, 2021 communication the Political Affairs Section sent you: \u2018In keeping with the practice and procedure here at the NEC, when a party, especially through its chairperson and secretary general submits a notarized document such as constitution to the Commission, the general presumption is that said document is proper and remains as such until successfully challenged in keeping with due process or amended by the party,\u2019\u201d the NEC stated in its recent communication to Senator Karnga-Lawrence.<\/p>\n

According to the NEC, there was no objection from Senator Karnga-Lawrence concerning the August 23, 2021 communication. \u201cWe further note that the Commission\u2019s December 13, 2021 letter did not touch on whatever matter of the LP that may be pending before the NEC Political Affairs Section. The letter also did not say that the LP\u2019s notarized 2021 constitution cannot be challenged or amended; rather the letter repeated the information provided in our August 23, 2021 communication to you concerning how said constitution may be successfully challenged or amended by the LP,\u201d the NEC stated.<\/p>\n

This means, Senator Nyonblee Karnga\u2019s quest to withdraw the 2021 amended Liberty Party\u2019s constitution and replace same with the 2015 constitution which will invalidate Mr. Musah H. Bility\u2019s leadership of the party as Chairman, may not be possible the 2021 amended constitution is duly challenged or amended at the party\u2019s convention.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Liberia<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Liberia. The National Elections Commission (NEC) in a letter dated January 10, 2022 has informed the suspended political leader of the Liberty Party, Senator Nyonblee Karnga-Lawrence, that her recent letter raising concerns about the violation of her due process and established rules and procedures of the NEC to her and determine her complaint\/objections, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":7135,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,10,16],"tags":[233,237,234],"class_list":["post-7136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-parties","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-liberia","tag-liberia"],"yoast_head":"\nNEC Squashes Senator Karnga-Lawrence\u2019s Concern of Due Process in LP Constitution Withdrawal Request - Liberia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The National Elections Commission (NEC) in a letter dated January 10, 2022 has informed the suspended political leader o ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/nec-squashes-senator-karnga-lawrences-concern-of-due-process-in-lp-constitution-withdrawal-request\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NEC Squashes Senator Karnga-Lawrence\u2019s Concern of Due Process in LP Constitution Withdrawal Request\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The National Elections Commission (NEC) in a letter dated January 10, 2022 has informed the suspended political leader o ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/nec-squashes-senator-karnga-lawrences-concern-of-due-process-in-lp-constitution-withdrawal-request\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Liberia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-01-14T10:24:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-01-14T11:03:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/liberia\/sites\/37\/2022\/01\/img-61e15863b01cf.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"939\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"756\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/nec-squashes-senator-karnga-lawrences-concern-of-due-process-in-lp-constitution-withdrawal-request#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/nec-squashes-senator-karnga-lawrences-concern-of-due-process-in-lp-constitution-withdrawal-request\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"NEC Squashes Senator Karnga-Lawrence\u2019s Concern of Due Process in LP Constitution Withdrawal Request\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-01-14T10:24:37+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-01-14T11:03:26+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/nec-squashes-senator-karnga-lawrences-concern-of-due-process-in-lp-constitution-withdrawal-request\"},\"wordCount\":373,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/nec-squashes-senator-karnga-lawrences-concern-of-due-process-in-lp-constitution-withdrawal-request#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/liberia\/sites\/37\/2022\/01\/img-61e15863b01cf.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Liberia\",\"Liberia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"parties\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/nec-squashes-senator-karnga-lawrences-concern-of-due-process-in-lp-constitution-withdrawal-request#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/nec-squashes-senator-karnga-lawrences-concern-of-due-process-in-lp-constitution-withdrawal-request\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/nec-squashes-senator-karnga-lawrences-concern-of-due-process-in-lp-constitution-withdrawal-request\",\"name\":\"NEC Squashes Senator Karnga-Lawrence\u2019s Concern of Due Process in LP Constitution Withdrawal Request - Liberia\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/nec-squashes-senator-karnga-lawrences-concern-of-due-process-in-lp-constitution-withdrawal-request#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/nec-squashes-senator-karnga-lawrences-concern-of-due-process-in-lp-constitution-withdrawal-request#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/liberia\/sites\/37\/2022\/01\/img-61e15863b01cf.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-01-14T10:24:37+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-01-14T11:03:26+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"The National Elections Commission (NEC) in a letter dated January 10, 2022 has informed the suspended political leader o ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/nec-squashes-senator-karnga-lawrences-concern-of-due-process-in-lp-constitution-withdrawal-request#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/nec-squashes-senator-karnga-lawrences-concern-of-due-process-in-lp-constitution-withdrawal-request\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/nec-squashes-senator-karnga-lawrences-concern-of-due-process-in-lp-constitution-withdrawal-request#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/liberia\/sites\/37\/2022\/01\/img-61e15863b01cf.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/liberia\/sites\/37\/2022\/01\/img-61e15863b01cf.jpg\",\"width\":939,\"height\":756,\"caption\":\"NEC Squashes Senator Karnga-Lawrence\u2019s Concern of Due Process in LP Constitution Withdrawal Request\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/nec-squashes-senator-karnga-lawrences-concern-of-due-process-in-lp-constitution-withdrawal-request#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"NEC Squashes Senator Karnga-Lawrence\u2019s Concern of Due Process in LP Constitution Withdrawal Request\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/\",\"name\":\"Liberia\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"NEC Squashes Senator Karnga-Lawrence\u2019s Concern of Due Process in LP Constitution Withdrawal Request - Liberia","description":"The National Elections Commission (NEC) in a letter dated January 10, 2022 has informed the suspended political leader o ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/nec-squashes-senator-karnga-lawrences-concern-of-due-process-in-lp-constitution-withdrawal-request","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"NEC Squashes Senator Karnga-Lawrence\u2019s Concern of Due Process in LP Constitution Withdrawal Request","og_description":"The National Elections Commission (NEC) in a letter dated January 10, 2022 has informed the suspended political leader o ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/nec-squashes-senator-karnga-lawrences-concern-of-due-process-in-lp-constitution-withdrawal-request","og_site_name":"Liberia","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2022-01-14T10:24:37+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-01-14T11:03:26+00:00","og_image":[{"width":939,"height":756,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/liberia\/sites\/37\/2022\/01\/img-61e15863b01cf.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/nec-squashes-senator-karnga-lawrences-concern-of-due-process-in-lp-constitution-withdrawal-request#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/nec-squashes-senator-karnga-lawrences-concern-of-due-process-in-lp-constitution-withdrawal-request"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"NEC Squashes Senator Karnga-Lawrence\u2019s Concern of Due Process in LP Constitution Withdrawal Request","datePublished":"2022-01-14T10:24:37+00:00","dateModified":"2022-01-14T11:03:26+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/nec-squashes-senator-karnga-lawrences-concern-of-due-process-in-lp-constitution-withdrawal-request"},"wordCount":373,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/nec-squashes-senator-karnga-lawrences-concern-of-due-process-in-lp-constitution-withdrawal-request#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/liberia\/sites\/37\/2022\/01\/img-61e15863b01cf.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Liberia","Liberia"],"articleSection":["all news","homepage-english","parties","twitter"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/nec-squashes-senator-karnga-lawrences-concern-of-due-process-in-lp-constitution-withdrawal-request#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/nec-squashes-senator-karnga-lawrences-concern-of-due-process-in-lp-constitution-withdrawal-request","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/nec-squashes-senator-karnga-lawrences-concern-of-due-process-in-lp-constitution-withdrawal-request","name":"NEC Squashes Senator Karnga-Lawrence\u2019s Concern of Due Process in LP Constitution Withdrawal Request - Liberia","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/nec-squashes-senator-karnga-lawrences-concern-of-due-process-in-lp-constitution-withdrawal-request#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/nec-squashes-senator-karnga-lawrences-concern-of-due-process-in-lp-constitution-withdrawal-request#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/liberia\/sites\/37\/2022\/01\/img-61e15863b01cf.jpg","datePublished":"2022-01-14T10:24:37+00:00","dateModified":"2022-01-14T11:03:26+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"The National Elections Commission (NEC) in a letter dated January 10, 2022 has informed the suspended political leader o ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/nec-squashes-senator-karnga-lawrences-concern-of-due-process-in-lp-constitution-withdrawal-request#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/nec-squashes-senator-karnga-lawrences-concern-of-due-process-in-lp-constitution-withdrawal-request"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/nec-squashes-senator-karnga-lawrences-concern-of-due-process-in-lp-constitution-withdrawal-request#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/liberia\/sites\/37\/2022\/01\/img-61e15863b01cf.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/liberia\/sites\/37\/2022\/01\/img-61e15863b01cf.jpg","width":939,"height":756,"caption":"NEC Squashes Senator Karnga-Lawrence\u2019s Concern of Due Process in LP Constitution Withdrawal Request"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/nec-squashes-senator-karnga-lawrences-concern-of-due-process-in-lp-constitution-withdrawal-request#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"NEC Squashes Senator Karnga-Lawrence\u2019s Concern of Due Process in LP Constitution Withdrawal Request"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/","name":"Liberia","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7136\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}