The National Elections Commission (NEC) of Liberia has declared political campaigns open for the November 7 run-off presidential election.
In a statement on its website, NEC confirmed that the run-off would be between football icon, Mr George Weah, and the country’s incumbent Vice President, Mr Joseph Boakai.
“The Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) and the Unity Party (UP) will contest the Nov. 7 presidential run-off election because the two parties obtained the highest number of votes cast on Oct.10,” it said.
Final results of the first round showed that Weah of CDC finished with 596,037 votes, representing 38.4 per cent of the total valid votes cast.
Boakai, who is the standard bearer of the ruling UP, obtained a total of 446,716 votes or 28.8 per cent.
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