A rerun would place additional financial burdens on the government that is already financially overwhelmed, said Freeman. He instead wants LP officials to consider the greater good and understand that Liberia is bigger than anyone’s personal ego. In general, a constitutional crisis results when factions within a government ideologically disagree about the extent to which each faction holds sovereignty of legally exercised administrative power. Specifically, a constitutional crisis results from internal conflict among the branches of government (executive, legislative, judiciary) or, in a federal system, between the state and federal levels of government,” Freeman explained. A re-election and an interim government arrangement would send the wrong signal to the world that Liberians are unable to transition peacefully, Mr. Freeman warned.

Source: Daily Observer November 01, 2017 02:26 UTC