Liberia’s National Elections Commission will commence unveiling the list of certified candidates | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

In only a matter of weeks, Liberia’s National Elections Commission will commence unveiling the list of candidates certified to contest the upcoming presidential and legislative elections. “The bottom line is if you do not have Ombudsman in place, everyone will be allowed to run because the Senate is dragging its feet on the confirmation process of…

THE EUROPEAN UNION Ambassador to Liberia, Tiina Intelmann did not mince words in a stinging letter to Liberian President late last week, regarding the President’s decision to sign an Executive Order to halve Liberia’s Inshore Exclusion Zone (IEZ), currently reserved for artisanal fishermen, reducing it from six nautical miles to just three, allowing industrial vessels, including…