H. Varney G. Sherman, Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee blame the postponement of the Mid Term Senatorial elections to the deadly Coronavirus pandemic and the lack of funds. The committee then recommended that the legislature quickly act to allot funding for the conduct of the elections in December. Monrovia – The Plenary of the Liberian Senate has endorsed recommendations from its joint Committee on Judiciary and Autonomous to postpone the October 13, 2020 referendum and senatorial elections to December 8, 2020. The committee then recommended that the legislature quickly act to allot funding for the conduct of the elections in December. As such the NEC has suggested December 15, 2020 as an ideal date to conduct elections and referendum.

Source: Front Page Africa June 07, 2020 00:45 UTC