Liberia’s Supreme Court on Thursday ruled dismissing demands for a fresh presidential election due to claims of fraud in the October poll.
The court said it did not found enough evidence of fraud during the election and therefore cleared the way for a presidential run-off poll.
Political parties of candidates who finished second and third in the presidential election, Incumbent Vice-President Joseph Boakai and veteran opposition leader Charles Brumskine respectively made the appeal to the court.
Liberians will now have to choose between former football star George Weah and Vice-President Joseph Boakai who becomes their next president after both candidates failed to secure over 50 percent of votes in October presidential election.
The presidential run-off election as initially scheduled to have taken place last month but a new date would now have to be fixed for it after the clearance from the Supreme Court.
Liberia is a country founded by slaves freed by the US in the 19th Century but has been torn apart by war.
This would be the first time the country would be witnessing the transfer of power democratically.
Source: Africafeeds.com
