Eastern Highlands Governor Julie Soso will know her penalty for being in contempt of Court.
The Supreme Court is expected to make its penalty known today after Govenor Soso was found guilty of contempt on June 28.
She appeared with her lawyer on Monday this week and asked the court to give her a penalty fine of between K10,000-K15,000 for her actions.
She apologised to the court and said her actions were unintentional as she was unaware of the Supreme Court order of Feb 15, which reinstated Provincial Administrator Solomon Tato, before signing a letter for him to step down from the PA post the next day.
Lawyer for the Tato also agreed that a fine penalty from the court is appropriate for Soso as a woman leader and also with other circumstances surrounding her.
A three-judge Supreme Court bench, on June 28, found that the actions of Governor Soso in signing a letter dated Feb 16, 2016, was contemptuous.
The letter instructed Tato to step down as provincial administrator and later recommending the appointment of Alvin Inammoi as acting provincial administrator.
Soso's action was contemptuous as it breached the high court's order of Feb 15 reinstating Tato as the Provincial Administrator of Eastern Highlands.
(Caption: File picture of Soso outside the courthouse.)