PROCEEDINGS RELATED TO recent actions of majority lawmakers to elect Representative Richard Koon as speaker of the 55th Legislature has been declared as a direct affront to constitutional governance by the Supreme Court.
THE COURT’S STATEMENT was contained in its ruling in response to an amended Bill of Information filed by House Speaker J. Fonati Koffa and his allies, seeking clarity on the Court’s December 6, 2024, opinion that had already delineated the constitutional parameters for legislative sessions and leadership within the House.
THE HIGH COURT further declared in its April 23, 2025 opinion that the Koon-led bloc had controversially claimed to have passed the budget during one of its unauthorized sittings; a move the Court described as a “reckless endangerment” to Liberia’s fiscal credibility.
THE SWEEPING JUDGMENT of the High Court struck down the controversial election of Representative Richard Koon as Speaker of the House of Representatives, ruling that the actions taken by the so-called “majority bloc” he led were unconstitutional, unauthorized, and devoid of legal merit.
THE SUPREME COURT’S decision to nullify the attempted election of Representative Koon, outside of legal norm is a powerful and necessary affirmation of the rule of law a cornerstone of any functioning democracy.
IN A TIME when political maneuvering threatens to erode public trust and institutional integrity, the Court’s ruling serves as a beacon of constitutional clarity.
By describing the bloc’s purported budget session as a “reckless endangerment” to national fiscal credibility, the Court reinforced a critical truth, that no action and no one is above the law.
WE THEREFORE CALL on every branch of government to sanction its operation within constitutional bounds, and any deviation becomes dangerously destabilizing and threatens the very fabric of our democracy.
AS WE SEE it, this ruling is more than a legal correction; it is a national reaffirmation that the rule of law must prevail over political convenience.
IN OUR VIEW the Court’s ruling further reflects a defense of constitutional governance, a protection of the sanctity of the Legislature and a preservation of the democratic soul of this very nation.
NOW THAT THE Court has spoken, it is now up to every public servant, lawmaker, and citizen alike to uphold the rule of law which has preserved humanity from the ‘state of nature’.
