Frances Johnson-Allison (formerly Johnson-Morris)
2011 Interview, Chairperson, Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission
Focus: Anti-Corruption, Reducing Divisive Effects of Competition, Elections
Topics: Legal Framework, Management of poll workers, Voter Registration, Voter Education, Vote Counting, Training, Recruitment, Election Security, Election Schedules, Dispute Resolution, Boundary Delimitation/Districting
Keywords: conflict resolution, majority system, human resources, training, districting, political polarization, political parties, conflict negotiation, GEMAP, Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Ministry of Justice, African Union (AU), European Union (EU), United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL), National Elections Commission, corruption, elections, Liberia, Monrovia, Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC), boundary delimitation, electoral systems, post-conflict policing
Interviewer(s): Laura Bacon, Jonathan (Yoni) Friedman, Michael Scharff
Country of Reform: Liberia
Location: Liberia
Date: Thu Jun 30 2011
Abstract
Full Profile
At the time of this interview, Frances Johnson-Morris was the Chairperson of the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC). Previously, she was Liberia's minister of commerce and industry, having taken office in 2007. She served as the chairwoman of the National Elections Commission in Monrovia during the 2005 elections. A lawyer by profession, Johnson-Morris was appointed as minister of justice in 2006, simultaneously holding the office of attorney general. In 1997, she was also the chief justice of the Supreme Court. She was the national director of the Catholic Justice and Peace Commission in Liberia from 2004 to 2005. She was also a resident circuit judge from 1989-1997. Johnson-Morris holds a degree in law from the Louis Arthur Grimmes School of Law, Monrovia, as well as a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Liberia, Monrovia.
