News:
July 23, 2023
Ahead of Liberia’s Presidential and Legislative elections to be held on October 10, 2023, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the African Union (AU) have deployed a joint pre-election fact finding mission to Liberia to assess the Country’s preparedness for the polls.
Professor Attahiru Jega the former chairman of the Independent Nigerian Electoral Commission (INEC) is co-leading the July 23-29, 2023 mission for ECOWAS while Ambassador Calixte Mabari is heading the African Union Commission.
In a statement it noted that other members of the mission are Ambassador Haja Alari Cole, member of the ECOWAS Council of the Wise, madam Jean Mensah EC chair of Ghana, Mr. Elyse Ouedraogo chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission of Burkina Faso, M. Muhammad Sulaiman Isa, Deputy Ambassador of Nigeria to ECOWAS, Dr. Cyriaque Agnekethom, ECOWAS Director Peacekeeping and Regional Security, as well as joint technical team from the ECOWAS and AU Commission.
The joint delegation will hold working sessions with the various stakeholders in the electoral process in Liberia, including government, National Electoral Commission, the Judiciary, Parliament, political parties, Civil Society Organisations, Security Agencies and International Development partners.
The Mission will submit a comprehensive report to inform the support of ECOWAS and AU to the 2023 electoral process in Liberia at the end of the engagement; both did provide similar support to the country during the 2017 elections.
Ghanamps.com