The former President John Mahama-led ECOWAS Observation Mission has described Liberia’s 26 December presidential run-off vote as peaceful and satisfactory with the process up to the counting of ballots transparent and credible. In its four-page Preliminary Declaration read by the Ghanaian Statesman in Monrovia on Wednesday, 27th December, the Mission called for calm and patience as Liberians awaited the results. The Mission congratulated NEC for its professionalism and the measures put in place with the support of an ECOWAS Technical Team, to improve the electoral process. NEC was expected to start releasing the poll results from Wednesday, with the final tally expected within the next 72 hours. Also present were the ECOWAS Special Representative to Liberia Ambassador Babatunde Ajisomo, envoys of ECOWAS member States serving in Liberia, and representatives of other International observer teams.

Source: GNN Liberia December 28, 2017 07:52 UTC