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. Rep. Jeremiah Koung Wins but…
By David Menjor
The Collaborating Political Parties now faces increasing difficulty to make an impact on the results of the senatorial election in Nimba County, which Rep. Jeremiah Koung has won according to the National Elections Commission.
Nimba, which is Liberia’s second most populous county, has now gone to the Movement for Democracy and Reconciliation of Senator Prince Yormie Johnson a party that leans in favor of the ruling Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC).
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While the December 8 senatorial elections were largely peaceful, its aftermath have been marred by violence instigated mainly by complaints of attempted vote count rigging in Nimba, Grand Kru, and Gbarpolu Counties.
The conflict situation brewing in those counties arising from arising from the conduct of the elections is indeed worrisome and warrants the immediate attention of President Weah lest the situation may spin out of control with potentially disastrous consequences for peace and national stability.
The situation in Gbarpolu and Grand Kru are of extreme urgency and should be treated as such. In Grand Kru the Magistrate has been accused of manipulating the vote count in favor of the CDC candidate Dr. Peter Coleman against the leading contender, Nathaniel Barway.