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Rep. Aspirant urges Liberians to Register, warns Against Trucking of Voters

As the biometric voters’ registration process by the National Elections Commission (NEC) enters its second week, a representative aspirant of Electoral District #12 has called on Liberians to gather in their numbers to get registered.

28/Mar/2023
Politics

‘Don’t sit until its explode before you intervene’ … says RHRAP Boss of Series of Violent Instances in the country

Based on the series of violent instances currently occurring in and around the country especially with the case of Monrovia District #10- Montserrado County, the Rural Human Rights Activists Programme (RHRAP)  is urgently calling on the international community (The US Embassy, The EU and its Embassies near Monrovia, the African Union, ECOWAS, etc.) to prevail on national government, especially the Ministry of Justice, the Judiciary to timely and fairly enforce the rule of law without favor that will lead Liberia to a free, fair, participatory and democratic elections in October 2023.

28/Mar/2023
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Deduplication will be arrested …NEC warns

The National Elections Commission (NEC)  says that the biometric voter registration (BVR) system is designed in a way that any duplicate registration will be detected during the biometric adjudication process through the Central Management System and the voter information of registrants involved will be deactivated.

28/Mar/2023
Politics

NEC receives Funding for Payment of Temporary Biometric Voter Registration Staff

The National Elections Commission (NEC) has said  it has received funding from the Government of Liberia for the payment of Temporary Biometric Voter Registration Staff that are currently serving citizens of Liberia at the 1,065 Registration Centers in Bomi, Gbarpolu, Grand Bassa, Grand Cape Mount, Margibi and Montserrado Counties.

27/Mar/2023
Politics

Old Road turns ‘War Zone’ …But Police restore Calm

Since the start of the Biometric Voters Registration Process,  tension  has been  blowing in  Electoral District #10, Montserrado County,  with riot police of the Emergency Response Unit (ERU) of the Liberia National Police (LNP) spraying up teargas to restore calm on Saturday, March 25, 2023.

27/Mar/2023
Politics

In Ganta City, Nimba County, NEC conducts 3-Day Data Collection Training Workshop

The National Elections Commission (NEC) is conducting a three-day Data Collection training workshop for elections monitors in Ganta City, Nimba county.  Under the theme, “Ensuring Integrity, Transparency, Inclusion and Credibility in the Electoral Processes,” the workshop, which is being held under the aegis of the Monitoring and Evaluation Department, is intended to provide election monitors skills in data collection on the participation of women and marginalized groups in the electoral process.

24/Mar/2023
Politics

Amid Caution By Senator Dillon to Ex-VP Boakai Over Pick of Running Mate Costa’s Supporters warn Boakai On making Worst Decision

Amid caution by Montserrado County Senator Abraham Darius Dillon to  the Standard Bearer of the opposition Unity Party(UP), Ambassador Joseph Nyuma Boakai that  time is not in his(Boakai) favor and the UP regarding the selection of his Running Mate for the much publicized Presidential and Legislative Elections in October of this year, several supporters of Henry Pedro  Costa have warned  losing Costa over the ongoing bickering will be the worst decision the UP and Boakai will be making.

24/Mar/2023