L-R: Mr. Emmanuel Tando, NEC Chair/host, Beniin, Madam Davidetta Browne Lansanah (Liberia NEC Chairperson), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu (Chairman, INEC, Nigeria) and Mr. Ahmed Newton Barry, chairman, INEC of Burkina Faso assembled in Cotonou to peer-support each other.
Davidetta Browne Lansanah, chairperson of the National Elections Commission (NEC) of Liberia has joined her Nigerian and Burkina Faso counhterparts in a peer support and learning mission on elections matters in the sub-region.
NEC’s communication’s department has disclosed through a press statement that Madam Lansanah has gone to Benin to witness and learn from that country’s own style of democracy relative to elections matters.
NEC Chairperson,
Davidetta Browne Lansanah
The most delayed and long-awaited official final report on the December 8, 2020 National Referendum was yesterday released to the public by the National Elections Commission (NEC) with all eight propositions defeated.
In summary, the reduction of the number of years for all elected officials, including the President, Vice President and Legislators; change of election date from October to November; and dual citizenship for all Liberians holding citizenship in other countries were the propositions that could not meet the benchmark to form a part of the Liberian Constitution.
Had any of the propositions passed, there would have been an amendment to the 1986 Constitution reflecting the propositions that would have passed.
Liberia: Edwin Snowe Certificated as Winner of Bomi County Senator
Liberia: Edwin Snowe Certificated as Winner of Bomi County Senator
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Monrovia – Representative Edwin Melvin Snowe has assured the people of Bomi County that as he enters the Senate, he is going to be an advocate for them. The electorates of Bomi overwhelmingly voted for him.
He didn’t only promise the people of Bomi, Senator-elect Snowe also informed the Elections Commission that he is also going to advocate for it by ensuring that some of the elections laws are reviewed and that the Commission is supported in a timely manner through budgetary allocations.
Liberia: Zoe Pennue Gets Green Light to Senate; To be Certificated on Wednesday
Liberia: Zoe Pennue Gets Green Light to Senate; To be Certificated on Wednesday
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MONROVIA – After a long legal battle between Mr. Thomas Yaya Nimely and Mr. Zoe Pennue, the National Elections Commission (NEC) says it will go ahead on Wednesday to certificate Senator-elect of Grand Gedeh County Zoe Emmanuel as winners of the December 8, 2020 election.
Zoe was given a greenlight by the NEC to take office as Senator of the County and that will be legitimize by his certification on Wednesday February 17, 2021. They made the disclosure Monday through a communication.
Liberia: Elections Commission Board of Commissioners Reaffirms Frank Foko’s Victory in District 9 By-election
Liberia: Elections Commission Board of Commissioners Reaffirms Frank Foko’s Victory in District 9 By-election
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MONROVIA – The Board of Commissioners of the National Elections Commission, (NEC) has reaffirmed Mr. Frank Saah Foko as the winner of the December 2021 electoral District 9, Montserrado County Representative by-election.
The unanimous ruling of the Board of NEC was read on Tuesday by Chairperson Davidetta Browne Lansanah.
However, lawyers representing the Complainant Fubi F. Henries of the Collaborating Political Parties, CPP, led by Cllr. Merfee Kanneh has accepted the ruling but announce an appeal to the Honorable Supreme Court of Liberia.