Action Needed to Prevent Rigging and Violence During Forthcoming Elections allafrica: Liberia
13 March 2023As former leaders of the Press Union of Liberia, we issue this open letter appealing for collective action to prevent rigging of the October 2023 presidential and general elections and avert violence in Liberia. With our country facing increased instability, we call on all parties and candidates to come together and devise a mechanism to ensure free and fair democratic elections.
, a body constitutionally mandated to supervise free and fair elections in keeping with internationally established democratic standards.Accordingly, the mechanism to be devised from such consultations should incorporate a roadmap to ensure a electoral process that is peaceful, free and fair. We also call upon the international community to engage the Liberian government in this regard.
These include three reported attempts to assassinate a former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Gloria Musu-Scott - the– that resulted in death of her daughter. According to Justice Scott, who is also a former senator and a prominent political figure in the opposition Unity Party, her home was earlier attacked - on February 8 and 9 - by individuals who searched for documents in her residence and her vehicle.
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