NEC reported that Rep. Koung (right) won Nimba County senate race with 37,899, which represents 36.12 percent of the votes, while his closest rival, Edith Gongloe-Weh (left), candidate of the ticket CPP obtained 34,153, which amounts to 32.55 percent of all valid votes counted. However, Gongloe-Weh has challenged the results and is demanding a re-run.
The possibility of the Supreme Court to hear and determine the merit of the elections dispute between Nimba senatorial candidates Edith Gongloe Weh and Jeremiah Kpan Koung, from the just-ended December 8 Special Senatorial election is now becoming a reality.
This stems from a Bill of Information filed on Monday December 28 before the Hearing officer of the National Election Commission (NEC), Cllr, Boakai P. Harris, by lawyers representing Senatorial candidate Edith Gongloe Weh of the opposition Collaborating Political Parties (CPP).
Madam Edith Gongloe-Weh
The Collaborating Political Parties (CPP) says its senatorial candidate, Madam Edith Gonloe-Weh was cheated out of her legitimate electoral victory and they are therefore calling on the National Election Commission (NEC) for rerun.
According to a press release issued on Monday, December 28, 2020, the CPP is calling for a rerun of elections at centers where evidence has shown that frauds occurred in Nimba county.
“Our poll-watchers and technical team on elections have uncovered that the Nimba County Senatorial Election was characterized by widespread fraud and irregularities which clearly undermined the credibility of the election and circumvented the will and pleasure of the people”, says the release.
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Wants Liberiaâs reserve invested domestically to increase access to liquidity
The political leader of the opposition Movement for Progressive Change (MPC), Simeon Freeman, has called into question the operational activities of the Central Bank of Liberia (CBL), wondering âwhat the bank is spending the money on, or where is it investing the money.â
At a press conference Wednesday December 23, 2020, Mr. Freeman said if Liberia can invest the money locally in financial instruments, it would increase access to liquidity and it would give rise to a lot of import substitution in terms of industries that would evolve because of liquidity.
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NOTE: On coverage of the elections, my movements were restricted to Monrovia due to financial constraint. I guess the issues provided on Montserrado County were similar to happenings in the other fourteen Counties of Liberia.
This article ends with recommendations solution methods of upholding global pandemic rules, getting the general citizenry to “cooperate with National Referendum”, and how to prevent a crowd-mentality shock