Ghana’s former President John Mahama, Head of ECOWAS Election Observation Mission has congratulated Liberians for the successful 26 December presidential run-off vote and urged them to sustain the level of enthusiasm for national reconstruction and consolidation of democracy in the country. While assuring that ECOWAS would continue to standby Liberia and its people, he also called on the international community to provide the country with more support. In its Preliminary Declaration on 27th December, the ECOWAS Mission expressed its satisfaction with the peaceful conduct of the run-off vote noting that the process up to the counting of ballots was also transparent and credible. The Mission congratulated NEC for its professionalism and the measures it had put in place with the support of an ECOWAS Technical Team, to improve the electoral process. An ECOWAS Commission delegation, which provided support to the Mahama-led Observation Mission was led by the Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security, Mrs Halima Ahmed and also included the ECOWAS Special Representative to Liberia, Ambassador Babatunde Ajisomo and the Director of Political Affairs Dr Remi Ajibewa.

Source: GNN Liberia December 29, 2017 23:26 UTC