The Six Judicial Circuit Court (Civil Law Court), Temple of Justice, has placed a preliminary injunction on the general assembly and electoral process of the Federation of Liberian Youth (FLY).
James Samuel Kpartor, Provisional Candidate for President; Mandela S. Gbollie, Provisional Candidate for President; Varney C. Hilton of the United Youth for Development Services, together with other FLY members, had petitioned the Civil Law Court for the Preliminary Injunction, seeking to halt the impending general assembly and election of FLY, which were slated to take place October 24 –26, 2025.
It had become increasingly clear in the last two weeks that the general assembly and election of the Federation of Liberian Youths (FLY) would not be held as planned due to growing dissatisfaction and pressure mounted on the Ministry of Youth and Sports by aspirants and member organizations to halt the process for alleged irregularities.
One of the petitioners and provisional candidate, James Samuel Kpartor, had earlier led about 30 associate and full member organizations from several counties, requesting an immediate halt to what they term as the ongoing illegal regularization process of the GA, by the national leadership of FLY.
They argued that the current and out-going leadership of FLY reneged to respect the constitution, which mandates them to inform member organizations about the on-going electoral process, but instead the leadership decided to dubiously conduct the process and exclude the majority of youth organizations from participating.
In their complaint to the Ministry of Youth & Sports, the petitioners named, among other things, the regularization of 10 youth organizations from Sinoe and other counties without informing the leadership of those organizations, but allegedly carried people from Monrovia to represent these organizations, thereby denying the legitimate members the right to represent their organizations.
The aggrieved youth organizations further complained that the FLY General Assembly process was marked by fraud because vital information relating to the regularization of member organizations are largely hidden.
They called for the immediate and timely intervention of the Ministry of Youth & Sports into the process to bring sanity and dignity to FLY and ensure a smooth, free, fair, and transparent transition, because the majority of Liberian youths and organizations are interested in peaceful and well-coordinated transition that will provide equal access and opportunity to all, and allow the young people of Liberia to decide who become their leaders. They said this is cardinal to the federation’s avoiding the ugly past of the last two elections (2018 and 2022), where the young people were treated in inhumane fashions to the satisfaction of some powerful few.
They recounted how in the past elections (2009—2014) political interference and other actions and inactions caused tension, leading to unnecessary violence and confusion.
The Civil Law Court has meanwhile notified the respondents/defendants to appear before it, and failure on their part to file their resistance a writ of permanent injunction will be issued against them. The respondents/defendants (Federation of Liberian Youth, Independent Election Committee of FLY, Ministry of Youth & Sports) and any other persons are restrained from conducting election within the Federation of Liberian Youth (FLY) pending the outcome of the case.
