I advise Hon. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to exercise some humility and sobriety in suspending the second round of elections until she can convince the main challenger Hon. Tubman to contest the presidency with her. Elections are held to choose among alternatives for governance. There is no reason to conduct the exercise of an election when there is no challenger. That is both foolhardy and a severe waste of valuable resources for Liberia. Democracy is not easy. Elections for the sake of the exercise does not add value to a democratic dispensation.

I encourage all partners and the UN to take note of this travesty in Liberia and insist on veritable elections to avert Liberia returning to its conflict past. I encourage ECOWAS and the AU to bear on their good offices and give notice to Liberia that the winner of a single-candidate presidential election cannot be a legitimate president. Liberians must hold demonstrations at all Liberia's foreign embassies to demand a suspension of this malignant electoral exercise. The Nobel Peace Prize Committee is advised to rescind the Peace Prize awarded to former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf for reasons of spectacular arrogance and inuring unnecessary conflict.

Hon. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf must understand that citizens have both the right to vote OR not to to vote. The vote is an instrument to express the constitutional right of free assembly and association for religion and industry. The constitutional right of a citizen to vote is underpinned by the rights of such citizen to a free and fair election to choose their government among competing alternatives.




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Présidentielle : sans rival, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf est seule au second tour
                            
                            
                              
Le second tour de l’élection présidentielle au Liberia s’est ouvert mardi 8 novembre. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf est seule en lice après l’appel au boycott de son adversaire Winston Tubman. Au moins deux partisans du candidat du Congrès pour le changement démocratique sont morts lundi lors de manifestations. 

Peu d’incertitudes quant à l’issue du second tour mais de vives inquiétudes entourent cependant la tenue du scrutin. Au moins deux à quatre personnes ont été tuées lundi 7 novembre à Monrovia. Un policier libérien a été arrêté par les hommes de la Minul après avoir admis avoir ouvert le feu sur les manifestants durant les incidents, a confié un inspecteur de police libérien. La Minul a fait état d’un mort et plusieurs blessés, sans en préciser le nombre.

Amnesty international a demandé l’ouverture d’une enquête et a appelé à la retenue les différentes parties. Le président américain Barack Obama a, quant à lui, mis en garde contre toute tentative de « perturber » le second tour de la présidentielle, soulignant que les électeurs avaient le droit de voter librement et sans peur. Jeuneafrique.com




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