Former Liberian warlord Prince Johnson has endorsed George Weah for president ahead of a Nov. 7 run-off vote between the former soccer star and current Vice President Joseph Boakai.
Johnson took more than eight per cent of votes in the first round and his support is seen as a crucial boost for
Weah, who won 38.4 per cent, shy of the 50.1 per cent needed to win outright in one round.
NAN reports that a consignment of ballot papers for the election is expected to arrive in the country on October 28, the National Elections Commission (NEC) disclosed on Wednesday.
NEC chairman, Jerome Korkoya, said the commission had ordered 3,053,435 ballots, the same quantity printed for the first round of the elections.
“The ballots are being printed in Slovenia,’’ the commissioner said.
NEC registered 2,183,629 voters, but 1,641,922 or 75 per cent turned out on October 10 in the first…
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