Barely two days after apologizing to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for falsely accusing the regional body of receiving US$150,000 to manipulate the presidential run-off election in favor of the ruling Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC), the Spokesman of the Unity Party (UP) campaign, Mohammed Ali, has again written another apology letter to the Supreme Court of Liberia for a statement that he said could bring the image of the Supreme Court and the entire judicial system to unnecessary public scrutiny and disrepute.
In Mo Ali’s letter of apology, which came after the court had issued a contempt charge on him for the “reckless” allegation he made on his Facebook page against Associate Justice Yusuf Kaba, he said, “On November 8, 2023 I made a Facebook post with a picture in which Associate Justice Yusuf Kaba was seated between Hon. Acarous M. Gray and Foreign Minister D. Maxwell Kemayah. Given the heightened political tension relating to the presidential run-off election between my party, the Unity Party (UP), and the Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) and noticing the Associate Justice seated between and among politicians, I wrongfully asserted that it was a political gathering. With such wrong thinking, I made comments in my Facebook post that could bring the image of the Honorable Supreme Court and the entire judicial system to unnecessary public scrutiny and disrepute…”
The apology continued: “In view of my action, I regret my action, which was a misjudgment on my part, and hereby render an unconditional apology to Associate Justice Yusuf D. Kaba, the Supreme Court of Liberia and the entire judicial system of Liberia. I respect our judicial system and will never aspire to bring such a reputable institution to public disrepute. I therefore appeal that Your Honors will temper justice with mercy and purge me out of the Contempt Proceedings.”
