(LINA) – President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has reappointed four former officials of her government after they resigned their posts to contest in the Presidential and Representatives Elections on October 10. Making the disclosure on a local radio in Monrovia on Monday, Presidential Press Secretary Jerolemic Piah named the four former officials as Julia Duncan Cassell, Selena Mappy, Augustus Zayzay, and Varney Sirleaf. According to Piah, Madam Cassell was reappointed Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, the post she previously occupied; while Varney Sirleaf was appointed Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Piah explained that the four officials will be acting in their positions until the president’s tenure elapses. The officials ran for representative seats in their respective districts in the October 10 polls and were all defeated.

Source: GNN Liberia October 24, 2017 07:30 UTC