NEWS Jewel Taylor Backs Ellen Source: FrontPageAfrica.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- October 25, 2005 Jewel Howard-Taylor, other leading Senatorial candidate Support Ellen Bong County leading senatorial candidate, Mrs. Jewel Howard Taylor has given her support to the Unity Party in the 8 November run-off presidential elections. She said Mrs. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has a lot to move Liberians and their country forward following 14 years of civil war. The former First Lady said she will vigorously campaign for the Unity Party in Bong County to ensure that it wins the 8 November run-off elections. Monrovia, Oct. 25-A renowned Liberian corporate lawyer, Cllr. Varney Sherman has joined the slogan that educated people failed Liberia. Cllr. Sherman Concurs: Educated People Failed Liberia The Coalition for the Transformation of Liberia (COTOL) standard bearer, Cllr. Varney Sherman was speaking Monday when he declared his support for George Manneh Weah, presidential candidate of the Congress for Democratic Change (CDC). Reading a statement at his Congo Town residence, Cllr. Sherman said he and most senior officials of COTOL have decided to accept responsibility for the plight of the Liberian people. “The mere fact that we are educated and sophisticated, dictates that we should shoulder the responsibility for the destitute circumstances of our people. While some educated and sophisticated Liberians, we choose to ignore these accusations; but stand firm against the political movements that have been created out of these elections, Former Independent Candidate Alarms about Threats on His Life Monrovia, Oct. 25-A former independent presidential aspirant, Cllr. Marcus Jones has reported that armed men have been pursuing him to kill him. Addressing a new conference Monday, said armed men wearing masks early Monday morning attacked his home in search of him. He said at about 4:00 a.m. five armed men in a white pick-up went to his Barnersville Old Field residence in search for him; but disappointingly they did not meet him home. Varney Sherman Endorses Weah In a major boost to the candidacy of George Oppong Weah, the standard bearer of the Liberia Action Party, Cllr. Varney Sherman has thrown his support behind the Coalition for Democratic Change standard bearer as his choice for president in the ensuing run-off against Mrs. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf of the Unity Party. Sherman made the pronouncement in a radio broadcast in Monrovia Monday: "Accordingly, for the run-off election of November 8, I have decided to cast my lot with Ambassador Weah and his congress for Democratic Change." Sherman said, in taking side with the Congress for Democratic Change, he is calling on all of LAP's partisans and supporters to join him in supporting and campaigning for Weah to become the next President of Liberia. The LAP standard bearer who finished fourth in the first round with 7.8 percent of the vote pledged to utilize all of his resources to ensure the Weah is elected. Go To Top -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright © 2004 AllGambian.Net. All Rights Reserved. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤