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Chairman of Liberia’s Elections Commission Resigns
The chairman of Liberia’s Elections Commission (NEC) James M. Fromayan has tendered his resignation to Presidential Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in view of pressure from the public to quit.
Liberia’s Opposition Congress for Democratic Change Flag-bearer Differs with Party on Run-off Polls Boycott
The standard bearer of the main opposition Congress for Democratic Change, Wilson Tubman, averred that he was not part of the decision by other stalwarts of the party to boycott the November 8 presidential runoff election in Liberia which the ruling Unity...
Liberian Lawyer Withdraws From 10-year Residency Clause Case
Counsellor Sayma Syrenius Cephus, the legal counsel of the Movement for Progressive Change which petitioned the Supreme Court of Liberia to disqualify six presidential candidates, including incumbent President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, for not meeting the...
Party Political Activities in Liberia Suspended Pending Landmark Supreme Court Ruling
The Liberian Supreme Court has issued an order to the effect that six political parties including the ruling Unity Party should halt all political activities pending a landmark ruling by the court over a residency clause to which they must all adhere.
Residency Requirement Putting Liberian Presidency in Crisis
In the aftermath of the August 23 referendum, a Liberian Lawyer and candidate in the October presidential polls, Marcus Jones, observed that the failure to reduce the residency requirement for the president and vice president from 10 to 5 years places...
Liberian Supreme Court Squashes Truth And Reconciliation Commission Ban on Politicians
The Controversial 30 year ban from politics imposed on Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and a number of politicians and individuals by the now dissolved Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), for their alleged roles in the country’s atrocious...
Key Liberian Opposition Figures Pledge to Form Coalition
The standard bearers of Liberia’s Congress for Democratic Change and Liberty Party which emerged first and third in the first round of the 2005 presidential elections have agreed to form a coalition to contest the 2011 general and presidential elections.
Liberian Opposition Coalition Fielding One Candidate in 2011 Presidential Election
Four opposition political parties over the weekend signed a communiqué to field one presidential candidate against incumbent president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf during the 2011 presidential polls in Liberia. How People Arrived Here: liberian presidential...
