The NEC Boss said if the threshold bill is not passed in time, he foresees many setbacks relating to the holding of these elections come 2011. According to him, the timely passage of the threshold bill will enable his entity meaning the National Elections Commission to demarcate various constituencies, as well as the conduct voters' registration and civic education across the country. He expressed his fear, worry and frustration over the delay by lawmakers to approve the bill, maintaining that the bill is paramount in deciding the political destiny of the state.

The Constitution of Liberia gives the Legislature the legal rights to set a new population threshold following a census after every ten years. It can be recalled that the Liberia Institute for Geo-Information Services (LISGIS) released a preliminary result of the 2008 Housing and Population Census it conducted the 2008, thereby paving the way for a new threshold. The House of Representatives however passed the threshold bill few months ago, but the lawmakers reversed their decision following a motion for reconsideration filed by River Gee County Representative Elijah Flahn Sieh.

Meanwhile, members of the Forum for the Establishment of the War Crimes Court in Liberia, yesterday assembled at the Capitol Building, calling on Lawmakers to speedily pass the threshold bill. The members of the organization, who converged with placards, were seen at the entrance of the Capitol Building having been denied access to the Lawmakers. In a related development, the Chief of Office Staff in the office of Bong County Senior Senator, Jewel Howard Taylor Darious Dillion, threatened a writ of mandamus against the House of Representatives and gave them two weeks ultimatum following the return from their Easter break. But he was clear and quick to say that if and only if they fail to pass the threshold bill currently before that body.