Weah Announces Second Term Bid as He Promises Peaceful Polls: Liberia
Delivering his sixth and final Annual Message to the Legislature for his first six years term Monday, 30 January 2023, Mr. Weah also said very soon, he will be asking his people to renew his presidential term.
Weah and his ruling Coalition for Democratic Change government will be seeking re-election during the October 2023 presidential and legislative elections.President Weah used the Annual Message to urge Liberians to commit themselves to a peaceful election by continuing to demonstrate to the international world that they are capable of maintaining the peace.
At the same time, President Weah lauded the Liberia National Police for the confiscation of arms and ammunition at the Freeport of Monrovia. President George Manneh Weah definitively tells Liberians, particularly his supporters that he is seeking re-election in October and will be going across the country to seek their votes, as he delivered his Sixth Annual Message on Monday, January 30, before the Sixth Sitting of the 54th Legislature in joint session.
Mr. Weah is expected to be repetitioned this February by his ruling Coalition for Democratic Change to contest for a second term in office. Releasing a report covering President Weah's five years performance on Wednesday, January 18, in Monrovia, NAYMOTE Executive Director, Eddie Jarwolo, explained that out of 292 promises made by the President over the last five years of his administration, only 24 promises, representing 8 percent have been fully implemented, while 91 promises or 31 percent of all promises are ongoing during the reporting period.
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