Cllr. Morris was one of three senior government officials affected by late Wednesday night major cabinet reshuffle. According to an Executive Mansion press release, others affected include, Ambassador George Wallace, minister of foreign affairs and Mrs.Olubanke King Akerele, minister of commerce.  

She said in the case of the Foreign Ministry, the present Minister-designate (Akerele) is a trained economist with 20 years experience in the UN system. FPA quoted the president as saying, “When it comes to international relations and managing that, she is an asset. The CV will be available for everybody to look at.”  

The minister of justice designate, Cllr. Philips Banks is no new person in the legal system of Liberia. He once served as justice minister in the Interim Government of National Unity of Dr. Amos Sawyer. Cllr. Philip Banks also served as consultant on Judicial Reform at Governance Reform Commission (GRC). 

Although President Johnson Sirleaf told local reporters that the head of a ministry has to be a demonstrated leader and manager, adding, “It’s a plus if they have added experience and training in the area of the functions of that ministry,” not much was said of Cllr. Morris’s skills, qualities, or attributes that make her suitable for the Ministry of Commerce. 

Observers think Cllr. Morris was highly hit by the reshuffle, because of the many legal problems that are yet to be solved. There are hundreds of inmates, including teenagers whose cases are slow or not arranged at all.  

In early August, President Sirleaf ordered the Justice Ministry to speed up the review of cases for minor offenses and dispose of them.  President Sirleaf freed two female inmates during her visit at the Monrovia Central Prison.

The fact that President Sirleaf ordered the release of the two female inmates who have been in prison for more than a month in the presence of Justice Minister Morris, observers believe, clearly suggests that there are a number of inmates in Liberia whose cases are not properly arranged and investigated.

According to legal analysts, the justice minister on the other hand was not corresponding with the judiciary and law enforcement of the Republic of Liberia, according to the oath she took to uphold and administer justice in Liberia. 

Local media reported the Ministry of Justice had lost a number of key cases which prompted its citation by the United Nations Panel of Expert for failing to put a system in place to implement the U.N. assets freeze imposed by the council. Assets from the likes of Benoni Urey, Emmanuel Shaw and key Taylor loyalists remain active in Liberia. 

According the report published most recently, sometime in June, the experts asserted that the administration had failed to fulfill the assets freeze, a year and half after it took power. According media reports, the panel said Liberian government has yet to freeze the assets of any individuals or entities designated in pursuance of Security Council resolution 1532 (2004).

The government position on the issue is that the present laws are inadequate to implement the assets-freeze resolution. The Minister of Justice reported in December 2006 she had submitted draft implementing legislation to the Executive Mansion, but that the bill had not reached the President.”  

With Cllr. Morris taking much of the blame, the panel reported that she informed them it was not her fault. According to the panel report, experts were informed that in April 2007. Justice Minister Frances Johnson-Morris reportedly gave the bill to the president through the Minister of State for Presidential Affairs.  

As of May 2007, the bill had not been approved by the President and forwarded to the National Legislature. The reports said, the fate of the legislation appears uncertain, given that two prominent members of the House of Representatives (Jewel Howard Taylor and Edwin Snowe) are on the assets-freeze list, and are still receiving salaries and allowances from the Government of Liberia). Meanwhile, the panel reported that the assets of several designated individuals and entities have been frozen in compliance with Security Council resolution 1532 (2004).  

The assets freeze debate has heightened in recent months with former Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General to Somalia and Presidential Candidate, Cllr. Winston Tubman declaring recently that the draft Assets Freeze Act now before the National Legislature violated the Liberian Constitution.  He was quoted by FPA as saying, “I don’t think the Government needs to do that in order to implement Resolutions of the UN Security Council that call for Assets Freezing,” Tubman said.