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The National Elections Commission (NEC) yesterday fell short of conducting the Special Senatorial Election (SSE) in Normor Datando Town, Gbarpolu County District #3 on ground that the safety of its staff is yet to be guaranteed.
It can be recalled that on December 8 the paramount chief of Nomodatonau District, McGill Wleh, with support from his fellow residents, seized ballot boxes and prevented the election from going due to what he called ‘illegal attempts by aliens to vote’ in that part of the country.
NEC Chairperson Davidetta Browne Lansanah, said up to the time of her Commission’s press conference yesterday, the whereabouts of one of the 15 temporary election staffs was not known, being a sign of insecurity in the area for the holding of elections.
George Weah
Liberians largely support President George Weah’s plan to shorten presidential terms, according to partial referendum results announced Tuesday, although the under-fire president’s party appeared to be suffering in a simultaneous senatorial election.
The country went to the polls last week to choose new senators, in an election held alongside the constitutional referendum on term limits and allowing dual nationality.
First indications are that voters could have inflicted a serious setback on Weah’s Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) party, however, with the opposition winning in four out of seven counties where results have been reported so far.
NEC headquarters in Monrovia
The opposition Collaborating Political Parties (CPP) has accused the electoral body and the governing Coalition for Democratic Change of working in cahoots to alter the elections results in Nimba and Gbarpolu Counties in favor of the ruling party.
But the electoral body the National Election Commission has dismissed the allegations as baseless and false.
The CPP yesterday alleged that the they have enough evidence to substantiate their claims, such as tally sheets that were manipulated at the tallying centers in favor of Rep. Jeremiah Koung of the Movement for Democracy and Reconciliation, who is supported by the CDC in the Nimba race.