Liberia’s ruling United Party said Friday it would not appeal the top court’s rejection of its legal challenge to delay an upcoming presidential run-off vote, seen as a crucial test to the crisis-hit country’s stability. But the Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed the party’s demand that parliament be given the power to set a new vote date. “The Supreme Court has decided, what can we say? We have taken note, and we will go to the election,” Unity Party spokesman Mohammed Ali told AFP Friday. That complaint was also ultimately denied by the court in a 5-1 ruling, which said it lacked evidence to prove the allegations.

Source: GNN Liberia December 22, 2017 21:27 UTC