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Liberian court halts presidential runoff amid fraud allegations
Source: The Guardian
Liberian court halts presidential runoff amid fraud allegations
Election pitting ex-footballer George Weah against Joseph Boakai suspended over complaint about earlier vote
Daniel Nyakonah in Monrovia and Ruth Maclean in Dakar
Wednesday 1 November 2017 16.25 GMT
Liberia’s supreme court has ordered a halt to preparations for next week’s runoff election amid allegations of fraud in the first round.
The former footballer George Weah was to go head to head with Joseph Boakai, the country’s deputy president, next Wednesday, both vying to take over from Ellen Johnson Sirleaf as her 12 years in power come to an end.
But after the first round, one of the losing parties lodged a complaint with the national elections commission, saying there had been late opening of polls and lack of queue control as well as outright fraud. The supreme court has issued a temporary injunction to delay the runoff while it looks into the allegations.
Officials of the national elections commission (NEC) were ordered to appear at the court on Thursday morning to respond to the complaint.
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Election pitting ex-footballer George Weah against Joseph Boakai suspended over complaint about earlier vote
Daniel Nyakonah in Monrovia and Ruth Maclean in Dakar
Wednesday 1 November 2017 16.25 GMT
Liberia’s supreme court has ordered a halt to preparations for next week’s runoff election amid allegations of fraud in the first round.
The former footballer George Weah was to go head to head with Joseph Boakai, the country’s deputy president, next Wednesday, both vying to take over from Ellen Johnson Sirleaf as her 12 years in power come to an end.
But after the first round, one of the losing parties lodged a complaint with the national elections commission, saying there had been late opening of polls and lack of queue control as well as outright fraud. The supreme court has issued a temporary injunction to delay the runoff while it looks into the allegations.
Officials of the national elections commission (NEC) were ordered to appear at the court on Thursday morning to respond to the complaint.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/01/liberia-court-halts-presidential-runoff-amid-allegations
