As Liberia prepares for a presidential runoff election, The Carter Center acknowledges the historic opportunity for the country to proceed with a peaceful transition of power from one democratically elected president to another. The Carter Center’s election observation mission has been observing the proceedings and will continue to follow the process, the release confirmed. The Carter Center encourages all political parties to continue to use the existing electoral dispute-resolution mechanisms. The parties should allow the dispute process, including any and all appeals, to proceed and should respect the final decisions of the adjudicating bodies. The Carter Center released a statement two days after the elections that covered its observations of Election Day, election preparations, and the campaign.

Source: Daily Observer October 31, 2017 02:21 UTC