Anthony Kanneh, Acting National Executive Chairman, UPUSA Impeached
The National Association of Members of the Unity Party in the Americas / Diaspora 
OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, UPUSA
April 24, 2014
Impeachment and Removal from Office as Acting National Executive Chairman of UPUSA
Cognizant of the duties and responsibilities of the National Board of Directors and that of the Association and mindful that the National Leadership in the Diaspora must evolve through the tenet of rigorous participatory democratic and legislative proceedings; the National Board of Directors, with recommendations from the National Executive Counsel, hereby effect impeachment proceedings as follows:
WHEREAS the honorable Anthony Kanneh, Acting Chairman of the National Association of Members of Unity Party in the Americas was duly, in continuation of leadership as provided for by ARTICLE VII: SECTION D AND COUNT IV of the constitution “in the event of removal from office, death, resignation or incapacitation of the National Chairman, the 1st Vice Chairman shall assume the duties and functions of that office”; to serve the Members and fulfill the purposes of said organization’s constitution and professional ethics; and
WHEREAS the provision of the constitution specified in Article VII: Duties and Responsibilities of National Officers;
i. Board of Directors:
ii. In the absence of the National Convention, the Board of Directors shall be the highest decision-making body of the National Association and shall make decisions reserved for Convention. The Board shall be vested with legislative powers and shall have oversight responsibilities over the National Executive Committee of the Association;
iii. The Board shall comprise of seven (7) members who will be appointed by the various chapters of the Association. Each Chapter shall appoint only one Board member after a careful and judicious vetting process;
iv. Board members shall be appointed for a term of four (4) years. They may succeed themselves for as many times as their Regional Chapters may choose or decide;
v. The Board may evolve its own leadership structure and rules by which it shall be governed. It shall also establish criteria and determine cause and extent by which actions may be taken against its members. And with the concurrence of two-thirds (2/3) majority of its members, it may expel a Director;
vi. In the case of a vacancy involving a Regional Chapter representative, the Chairperson of the Board shall through the National Chairman inform the appropriate Chapter to fill the vacancy;
vii. The Board shall have the authority to impeach and remove from office elected officials of the National Association for cause and after due process;
viii. The Board shall approve election guidelines for the election of members of the Executive Committee;
ix. The Board shall approve the annual budget of the National Association and direct all audits of officers and members entrusted with the finances of the National Association;
x. The Board shall approve all contracts with financial obligation of more than $1000. It shall also ratify all agreements between the National Association and other parties;
xi. The Board shall meet in regular sessions at least every three (3) months. A simple majority shall constitute a quorum, and decisions shall be made in the form of a resolution. The Board may convene in the event of an emergency;
xii. During instances of misunderstanding arising from the interpretation or intent of the Constitution and By-Laws of the National Association, the Board shall have the sole authority to intervene and make final determination;
xiii. Only the National Convention may override the decision of the Board; and
WHEREAS, the National Board of Directors, after three weeks of careful deliberations finds actions on the part of Hon. Anthony Kanneh, inimical and counter- productive to the growth and development of the National Association thereby further dampening Inter Regional
Chapter Relationships in the diaspora; due to the gravity of this offence, the Board, in its sitting and judicious prudence, served a six months suspension of Hon. Anthony Kanneh as of November 11, 2013; and
WHEREAS, in complete disregard to the constitution and the decisions of the National Board of Directors; while serving suspension, Mr. Kanneh had engaged in the following actions:
* On November 26, 2013 served an expulsion letter from UP-USA ref. NAUP/USA/ANC/145 to Hon. Leo Mulbah, Secretary to the National Board of Directors , an elected official from Georgia Chapter;
* On November 26, 2013 served an expulsion letter from UP-USA ref. NAUP/USA/ANC/143 to Hon. Samuel E. Greaves, Chairman of Delaware Valley Chapter;
* On November 26, 2013 served an indefinite letter of suspension ref. NAUP/USA/ANC/144 to Hon. Arthur Quaye, Delaware Valley Chapter’s Board Representative;
* On November 26, 2013 served an indefinite letter of suspension ref. NAUP/USA/ANC/142 to Hon. Henry Y. Kessessly Sir, Chairman Minnesota Chapter;
* Led an array of delegation on February 1, 2014 to the funeral of partisan Hawa Kpakah and eulogized on behalf of UP-USA, sat up accounts, collected and disbursed funds to bereaved family on behalf of UP-USA;
In keeping with the configuration of the National Association, Mr. Kanneh continuous actions to expelled these elected officers without affording them due process stands in shape violation as enshrined in ARTICLE XIX REMOVAL OR DISMISSAL OF ELECTED OFFICIAL(s)
Only the Board shall preside over proceedings for impeachment or removal of elected officials. Any elected official may be removed from office by a two-third (2/3) vote of the Board members after being accorded due process as guaranteed by this Constitution.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the National Board of Directors, in its April 24, 2014 sitting unanimously VOTED TO IMPEACH and REMOVE Mr. Anthony Kanneh as Acting National Chairman of the National Executive Council of UPUSA . The decision is supported by enormous evidence of total disregard to the National Association and wanton violation of our
constitution and unprofessional code of ethics. It is by no means philosophical differences but rather the legal authority of this body in the absence of an annual convention. Therefore, the NATIONAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS deemed it illegal and unauthorized, thus anyone interacting with Mr. Anthony Kanneh as Chairman of the National Association of Members of Unity Party in the Americas will be doing so at his/ her own risk. Main while, Mr. Isaiah Teasley will serve as Acting Chairman for UP/USA to replace Mr. Kanneh and will have the legal authority to plan and effectively organize our next Annual Convention at which time a new set of leaders will be elected. We hope Mr. Kanneh could avoid any legal actions by the Board starting from the date this communication is published.
As we strive to improve UPUSA, I remain
Philip Jorgu
Mr. Philip Jorgu
Chairman
National Board of Directors
UPUSA
CC Regional Chairs
UP/USA
CLLR. Varney Sherman
Chairman
Unity Party, Republic of Liberia
Hon. Jeremiah Solunteh
Liberian Ambassador
United States of America
General Secretary
Unity Party, Republic of Liberia
Her Excellency Madam Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
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