African Union Election African (AUEOM) and the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS Union Election Observation Mission to the Liberia Presidential and Parliamentary Elections, yesterday, released preliminary reports on the conduct of the exercise.
The continental and regional observation missions in their separate statements proffer solutions to the challenges noted from the election held on Tuesday. AUEOM in a statement signed by the Head of Mission and former vice president of the Republic of South Africa, Phumzile Gloria Mlambo-Ngcuka noted that Liberians were able to freely exercise their constitutional rights in peaceful elections.
It said for Liberia to continue to improve its electoral processes, the executive arm of government should work with the legislature to develop a special act to disband all militant groups in its entirety, and criminalise the formation, use, affiliation and support to militant groups and individuals.
The mission also tasked the Liberian government to ensure that any amendments to the New Elections Law are done on time so that they could be implemented in future elections. It called for the strengthening of Liberia’s policies and legal framework that address the challenge of under-representation, participation and inclusion of women, youth and PWDs in politics.