Liberia’s presidential run-off scheduled to take place on Tuesday has been suspended indefinitely by the country’s Supreme Court.
The court has now ordered the country’s election commission to “urgently and expeditiously” probe the claims of “irregularities and fraud” made by the opposition Liberty Party.
On Monday Liberia’s Chief Justice Francis Saye Korkpor told a packed court in Monrovia that the elections can only take place when these allegations are investigated.
The Chief Justice faulted the election commission for going ahead with preparations for the run-off between former football star George Weah and Vice-President Joseph Boakai without addressing the complaint of the Liberty Party.
A lawyer for the commission, Musa Dean has said that “the highest court of the land has spoken and we have to abide by the ruling”, according to the BBC.
Brumskine of the Liberty party came third in the first round of poll but is challenging the credibility of the election results through the courts.
The run-off was to be contested by the two leading candidates, former football star George Weah and Vice President Joseph Boakai.
The ruling Unity Party is backing the legal challenge to the Liberian election results accusing President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of interfering with election processes last month.
President Sirleaf who is African first democratically elected female president has denied the claims.
This year’s presidential election in Liberia would enable the country experience the transfer of power democratically in decades.
Source: Africafeeds.com
