The October 10 presidential election has finally come and gone and there was no clear and conclusive winner. The Liberian Constitution stipulates as an absolute majority 50% plus one of the vote for anyone to be the outright winner of the presidential election. So with neither of the two leading contenders reaching that constitutional threshold, a run-off is inevitable. Because we are not sure to what extent the leaders of these three parties, LP, ANC and MDR, are able to control their partisans. This alone is tacit proof of the total uselessness and foolhardiness of 20 political parties having contested the presidential elections.

Source: Daily Observer October 19, 2017 02:17 UTC