Liberia: Supreme Court Rejects 2.8 Percent Budget Allocation for Judiciary

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the Supreme Court has raised objections to the proposed US$17million and a one-off contingency amount of US$3million constituting 2.8%of the 2024 national budget allocated to the Judiciary Branch of Government.

Monrovia —

The concerns center around the essential resources required for the judiciary to operate effectively raising questions about the adequacy of the proposed budget allocation. The statement signed by Cllr. Darryl Ambrose Nmah, director of Public information services termed the allocation as an imposition by both the Legislative and Executive Branches of Government on a Co-Equal Branch of the same government, which it is not prepared to accept.

The release further argued that the lack of adequate financial support to the Judiciary by National Government over the years, have resulted to deteriorating infrastructure, lack of logistics and worsening conditions of service at the Judiciary and this is substantially impairing the duty of the Judiciary Branch of Government as mandated by the provisions of Chapter VII of the Liberian Constitution referred to supra.

 

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