Monrovia-In a landmark growth, the Supreme Courtroom of Liberia has scheduled a listening to for July 1, 2025, to contemplate a petition for a writ of prohibition filed by authorized counsel representing former Finance Minister Samuel D. Tweah and three co-defendants in a high-profile financial sabotage case.
Based on a proper Discover of Task issued by the Excessive Courtroom, events concerned within the case are ordered to seem earlier than the complete bench of the Supreme Courtroom to current oral arguments.
“You might be hereby commanded to inform the events within the above-entitled Explanation for Motion or their Authorized Consultant(s) that the Honorable Supreme Courtroom of the Republic of Liberia will hear ARGUMENT in mentioned trigger on the first day of JULY A.D. 2025, on the hour of 11:00 a.m.,” the courtroom said.
This case stems from severe allegations of financial sabotage, misapplication of entrusted public funds, and abuse of workplace, reportedly dedicated through the tenure of Tweah as Minister of Finance and Improvement Planning underneath former President George M. Weah’sadministration.
The writ of prohibition is believed to be a authorized maneuver aimed toward halting proceedings on the Prison Courtroom ‘C’, the place the case has been underneath preliminary assessment. Choose Roosevelt Willie, who was appointed to preside over the matter in February 2025, has but to proceed to full trial, pending the Supreme Courtroom’s ruling on the petition.
Authorized analysts counsel the upcoming listening to may decide whether or not the case proceeds on the decrease courtroom or is stalled attributable to constitutional or procedural challenges raised by the protection staff.
The petition represents the most recent twist in a case that has gripped public consideration, particularly because it includes probably the most outstanding figures from the earlier administration. The case is seen as a litmus take a look at for the Boakai administration’s ARREST agenda, which features a sturdy emphasis on accountability, transparency, and anti-corruption reform.
If the Supreme Courtroom guidelines in favor of Tweah and his co-defendants, it may quickly halt and even completely derail the case. Nonetheless, a ruling towards the petition would clear the best way for Choose Willie to proceed to trial, doubtlessly making this probably the most consequential prosecutions of former officers in latest historical past.
Because the July 1 listening to approaches, Liberians are watching carefully to see whether or not the nation’s highest courtroom will permit the rule of legislation to take its full course or set new judicial precedents within the ongoing conflict towards corruption.
