SAN FRANCISCO, December 14, (THEWILL) –Â Former soccer star George Weah faces Vice-President Joseph Boakai as Liberia holds its delayed presidential run-off vote on December 26.
This was revealed by the Electoral Commission Chief, Jerome Korkoya adding that campaigning could start immediately but must end by December 24.
The run-off was delayed for several weeks by a court challenge by Charles Brumskine, who came third in first round of the election.
The winner replaces Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf as president in what will be, if it goes smoothly, Liberia’s first peaceful handover of power in 70 years.
THEWILL recalls that the Supreme Court on Dec. 7, dismissed a complaint from third-place finisher Brumskine’s Liberty Party, which had said fraud had undermined the first round in October.
