Monrovia – Ahead of the upcoming run-off Presidential elections, Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has condemned in the strongest terms what she calls the abuse and misuse of social media through the use of invective, hate speech and outright vulgarity. In a nation-wide address Thursday, the Liberian leader said the social media abuse threatens the peace as well as the run-off. “Resorting to profanities on social media contributes nothing to the national discourse, but only serves to taint our national and international image,” the President said. The President’s message came just moments after the National Elections Commission declared campaign open for the run-off election between the Unity Party (UP) of Vice President Joseph Boakai and the coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) George Weah. The runoff comes in the wake of failure by the two political Parties to obtain the constitutional 50 plus one vote to be declared winner of the election.

Source: Front Page Africa October 20, 2017 01:58 UTC