Nine temporary employees, who were assisting in the supervision of Liberia’s presidential and parliamentary elections held on October 10, 2023, have been detained.
According to the election commission, these nine temporary staff members were apprehended on charges of vote manipulation and electoral misconduct.
Chairperson of the National Elections Commission, Davidetta Browne Lassanah, informed the press in Monrovia that the arrests took place in Grand Cape Mount County and Montserrado County.
She, however, assured the Liberian public that “the attempted irregularities were rectified and had no impact on the election results.”
In the presidential election, with nearly all the votes counted, incumbent George Weah and former Vice-President Joseph Boakai are in a tight race, and the election is expected to proceed to a runoff.