By Lincoln G. Peters
Bong County Senator Prince K. Moye says he is mobilizing supporters to move into the trenches in his county for opposition Amb. Joseph Nyumah Boakai to win incumbent President George Manneh Weah in a possible run-off.
The National Elections Commission (NEC) is expected to announce the final nationwide presidential and legislative election results today, Tuesday, 24 October 2023.
20 presidential candidates contested the 10 October 2023 polls, and it appears unlikely that percentages obtained by Mr. Weah and Amb. Boakai from the previous tally would prevent a possible run-off.
The final election results were delayed allowing a re-run in Nimba County Electoral District #4 where ballot boxes were stolen in the first round.
With the majority of the votes announced already, the two archrivals โ Mr. Weah and Amb. Boakai were both below 50 percent plus one of the total votes cast to be declared the winner.
Ahead of the NEC releasing the full tally report, the former Liberian vice president addressed his supporters at a press conference on Thursday, 19 October 2023, having seen the majority of the progressive tally reports.
Both men are sharing close percentages from the total votes counted so far, and a re-run ordered by the NEC last Friday in Nimba County does not show prospects of preventing a run-off.
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Meanwhile, Moye reassured UP supporters of delivering the county in the hands of Boakai and making him president.
In an interview with this paper, Senator Moye said they have received the mandate from UP standard bearer Amb. Boakai and they are prepared to finally win the election.
Moye reassured UP supporters of delivering the county in the hands of Boakai and making him president.
Responding to the former vice presidentโs call, Senator Moye said he would ensure that Bong is delivered.
“The standard bearer has spoken; the next president has spoken already, and we are gearing up to move into the trenches to ensure that we win this thing finally. I will deliver Bong County to Unity Party, ” he noted.
Delivering his post-election address at the UP-Rescue Center in Monrovia last week, Amb. Boakai said there is no doubt that a majority of the Liberian people who stood in lines on Election Day went to exercise their rights to eject President Weah from the presidency.
He said Liberians had rejected Mr. Weah for his alleged dismal performance over the past six years during which his party, the Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) ruled the country.
โThrough their votes, the Liberian people have presented to President Weah and his CDC a reality that they feared the most throughout these elections the possibility of a second-round face-off against me and our broad- based Team,โโ Amb. Boakai stated.
