MONROVIA: Liberians vote Tuesday on whether to give football legend George Weah a second term as president, with peace among voters' main concerns in ...
A supporter holds up a painting of Liberian President George Weah ahead of a final campaign rally in Monrovia, on October 8, 2023. Liberians are scheduled to head to the polls for a general election on October 10, 2023. AFPPIX: Liberians vote Tuesday on whether to give football legend George Weah a second term as president, with peace among voters' main concerns in a nation still scarred by back-to-back civil wars.
Trouble also marred the close of Weah's re-election campaign Sunday, with his supporters and opposition members throwing stones at each other and police intervening with tear gas.“What we expect most is peace,“ said Melvine Zoega, 37, among a group of men discussing their concerns in the city of Buchanan, 150 kilometres east of the capital Monrovia.
The authorities have vowed to track down troublemakers and the national electoral commission is seeking to reassure people it can organise fair and credible polls. The European Union, the African Union, the West African bloc, ECOWAS, and the United States have deployed observers, in a region hit by a string of recent coups.Polling stations are open from 0800 GMT to 1800 GMT, with the 2.4 million voters also electing members of the House of Representatives and the Senate.Former vice president Joseph Boakai, who lost to Weah six years ago, is among the frontrunners for the presidency.
Boakai, who served as vice president between 2006 and 2018, presents himself as an honest alternative to Weah, whom he accuses of presiding over a corrupt system.
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