MONROVIA – Maryland County Senator, Dan Morais, has petitioned the National Elections Commission (NEC) to interpret the agreement binding the three political parties under the Coalition for Democratic Change, especially as it relates to how candidates for elections are to be selected under the framework. The Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) comprise the Congress for Democratic Change (CDC), National Patriotic Party (NPP) and the Liberia Democratic People Party (LPDP). “The Respondent Coalition also decided then that the National Patriotic Party should field a candidate for the Respondent Coalition for the Bong County senatorial seat vacated by the election of Sen. On that basis, the Congress for Democratic Change went through its internal processes and procedures for the second time and nominated Augustine Chea to be the Coalition’s candidate for that by-election. He disclosed that they have respectively been selected through primaries by their constituents to contest the senatorial election.

Source: Front Page Africa July 22, 2020 07:07 UTC