Monrovia – The Liberia Elections Early Warning and Response Group (LEEWARG) and its partners, are cautioning political parties and supporters to remain calm as the results are being announced and avoid speculations. In the group in a statement read by Ambassador Tunde O. Ajisomo they also called on supporters of political parties to avoid early celebration and look up to the NEC for the official results as announcing unofficial results has the potential to ignite unnecessary tensions during this critical period of it nascent democracy. “Liberia has entered into a very crucial phase of the electoral process, which is the counting, collating, verification and announcement of the results. “We therefore encourage all political parties and the general public to exercise restraint and wait patiently for the declaration of the official results by NEC. LEEWARG also encourages all party supporters and the entire citizenry to remain calm while waiting on the NEC to execute its constitutional mandate.

Source: Front Page Africa October 12, 2017 04:07 UTC