George Manneh Weah, the President of the Republic of Liberia, the President of the ECOWAS Commission H.E. Jean-Claude Kassi Brou approved the deployment of a team of Election and IT experts to assist the National Elections Commission (NEC) of Liberia in the cleaning of the voter roll in preparation for the Senatorial Elections, Constitutional Referendum and Bye Elections scheduled to hold on 8th December 2020, the former Chairperson of Ghana Elections Commission Madam Charlotte Osei arrives Monrovia on 15th November 2020 to join the technical team that has been on ground. Amongst others, she was the immediate past Executive, and the first female, Chairperson of the Electoral Commission of Ghana where she conducted the 2016 Ghana Presidential and Parliamentary Elections acclaimed by the international and domestic observers as one of the best elections in Africa and beyond. She was also a UN International Non-Voting Commissioner at the Electoral Complaints Commission, Afghanistan. She will also work closely with the ECOWAS office of the Special Representative in Liberia and the UNDP.

Source: Front Page Africa November 17, 2020 06:22 UTC