Liberia: President Weah Urges US Support For 2023 Elections

Biden and Weah (right)

President George Manneh Weah has urged President Joseph Biden and the United States government to give “maximum support to Liberia’s elections in 2023 as a way of consolidating democracy, rule of law and enhance growth and development” in Liberia and Africa as a whole.

The President made the call when a select group of he and 5 other African leader joined President Biden at the White House in Washington D.C. to discuss elections, democracy, rule of law and development on the margins of the US-Africa Leaders Summit 2022.

Weah reiterated his strong commitment to the tenets of democracy where the will of the people prevails. The President said “I have participated in a lot of elections and even when the results were not favorable, we respected the results.”

“My administration will ensure a free, fair and transparent process in 2023 and Liberia will remain a bastion of peace, freedom, prosperity and development under our watch,” a release from the Excuetive Mansion has said. 

For his part, Biden urged the leaders in attendance to ensure that the democratic process under their leadership is carried out in a free, fair and transparent manner. He committed US support to the advancement of the ideals of democracy, rule of law, peace and security and development on the continent.

Weah will tomorrow December 15, join other leaders and the US President at the Leaders Forum where he is expected to make a submission to the plenary on peace and security, resource mobilization for development, youth capacity building, and sustainable utilization of natural resources on the continent.

Meanwhile,  Biden met with leaders of six African nations facing elections in 2023 and urged them to ensure that balloting is free and fair. 

Biden held a private meeting at the White House on Wednesday with leaders from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Liberia, Nigeria, Madagascar, and Sierra Leone to discuss elections and democracy in Africa, the White House said. 

The president was joined by Secretary of State Antony Blinken, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, and Samantha Power, the administrator of the US Agency for International Development.