(Al Jazeera News) – In strongly worded statements this month that bordered on hyperbole, current and past representatives of the US government urged Liberia to speed up electoral litigation proceedings for a peaceful transition of presidential power. In response to the Liberian Supreme Court’s suspension of a runoff election that should have taken place on November 7 between football star-turned-politician George Weah and the current vice president, Joseph Boakai, the successive US proclamations were misguided at best. First, the US embassy accredited in Liberia claimed on November 15 that “cumulative anomalies observed” during the October 10 presidential and legislative races were insufficient to warrant a rerun and that electoral disputes should be handled expeditiously. Former US Ambassador to Liberia and Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Linda Thomas-Greenfield continued on November 17 by rebuking Charles Walker Brumskine of the opposition Liberty Party (LP) for challenging the election results, which were alleged to be fraudulent. Read more of this story(Visited 33 times, 33 visits today)Commentscomments

Source: GNN Liberia November 27, 2017 07:18 UTC