Daily news bulletin
The Supreme Court of Liberia ruled that the commission was biased in its decision.
The Supreme Court ruled in favor of two presidential candidates and one representative candidate.
The Presidential candidates are Cllr. Marcus Jones and Cornelius Hunter.
The representative candidate is Isaac Johnson.
The Supreme Court ordered the commission to allow the candidates make their corrections.
The Supreme Court give the NEC seven days to make the corrections.
The total of seventeen independent candidates were rejected.
They included five Presidential, three vice presidential and nine representative candidates.
The commission said the rejection of the candidates ranged from failure to submit applications to signature requirements not being met.
Cllr. Marcus Jones says he would tour the country to meet his supporters.
He said his supporters would decide whether he should enter the race or not.
Cllr. Jones is among three independent candidates cleared by the Supreme Court.
Cllr. Jones told Star Radio he has no problem with coming into the race late.
He said he could still make great impact.
Cllr. Jones expressed great confidence in the Supreme Court.
He said the Court proved that it believes in the rule of law.
Cllr. Jones called on the Elections Commission to honor the Supreme Court’s ruling