https://www.liberianobserver.com/ Liberia's First Independent Daily en Mon, 29 Apr 2024 13:20:35 +0000 Mon, 10 Apr 2023 03:00:56 +0000 https://www.liberianobserver.com/liberia-public-trust-natl-elections-commission-remains-low   dopoejr@gmail.com (Robin Dopoe) cdb27466-3433-4473-9b42-046b001c8695 Mon, 10 Apr 2023 03:00:56 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/liberia-no-proof-citizenship-no-vote   liberianobserver@gmail.com (Staff Editor) 4399ae11-3ef1-4201-a7ca-3041892b877c Tue, 24 Jan 2023 07:37:26 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/liberia-nec-releases-revised-timetable-october-polls — Campaign begins August 5, and ends 8 October; Election Day October 10 remains unchanged   3ab743ea-c55f-4616-b546-ff06b14f08e1 Wed, 11 Jan 2023 05:55:25 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/liberia-voter-registration-postponed-indefinitely … NEC tight lipped, but here’s why The National Elections Commissions (NEC) has postponed the commencement of the country’s biometric voter registration exercise indefinitely. With no stated reason for its action, the NEC is yet to have a vendor to supply biometric voting materials, as… f8330906-8ffd-4c68-9a33-5860919563f5 Tue, 06 Dec 2022 07:54:45 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/liberia-ekemp-takes-nec-court — For alleged exclusive interference in its bid re-demonstration process’s time  EKEMP and its partners have filed a Writ of Prohibition with the Supreme Court of Liberia on the entire biometric voter registration procurement process. The legal action was taken yesterday morning by the… ca0c5528-a4e4-4311-a8fd-3cd966b74539 Thu, 13 Oct 2022 07:21:45 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/liberia-nec-defends-biometric-voting-system .... “Contrary to reports, NEC has trained technicians and there will be continuous training to conduct a biometric voter registration exercise, which includes the use of facial recognition and fingerprint," the NEC chair Davidetta Browne - Lansanah said. The National Elections Commission… lmsonpon@gmail.com (Leroy M. Sonpon a15bb987-bdb1-45be-a253-d586b402a8f9 Thu, 08 Sep 2022 03:49:51 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/liberia-senate-interfering-necs-function — Says Rep. Fonati Koffa, promises to campaign against the passage of a Senate amendment to the New Election law that declares all election magistrates seats vacant after 90-days.  “It is not the business of the legislature to interfere with administrative matters [of the National… 9af10f61-c6f3-4ac7-a3b0-53f916ee110c Thu, 25 Aug 2022 04:42:59 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/liberia-boakai-questions-necs-neutrality-ahead-2023-elections ... There’s a lot of political leaning in there, lot of incompetence, and people that are unpatriotic, and we don’t believe they belong and cannot lead us to 2023. The political leader of the opposition Unity Party, Joseph Boakai, has warned that the National Elections Commission (NEC) has… 00c104ce-cd8b-4752-9705-77edc63ce87c Tue, 07 Jun 2022 04:41:07 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/liberia-integrity-election-depends-all-participants ... A word from T.Q. Harris As WE THE PEOPLE demand that politicians accept drastic changes particularly to the 2023 election for the greater good, there must also be similar demands imposed on each and every citizen of voting age to ensure that the entire process is transparent. Because the… 4266a53b-7668-474b-976e-1ceed39fa7e4 Mon, 06 Jun 2022 03:36:50 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/liberia-cummings-walks-free-moj-says-it-compelled-drop-charges .... "It is, therefore, difficult if not inconceivable for me to conjecture or to arrive at any obvious conclusion, the actual damage to, if any, that UP and ALP  have suffered having already left the CPP, "Cllr. Cephus wrote the Monrovia City Court. The Ministry of  Justice has… b054c5ce-fe16-474d-9761-604a49999114 Sat, 04 Jun 2022 10:48:00 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/liberia-sen-lawrence-takes-nec-task-recognizing-bility Senator Nyonblee Karnga-Lawrence has demanded that the National Elections Commission stop referring to Musa Bility as chairman of the party, saying he no longer serves in that position. The Liberty Party, in which the Grand Bassa County Senator serves as a political leader, is split… dce047ef-d30c-4df0-9ebf-33f743cc005a Wed, 30 Mar 2022 07:19:12 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/liberia-laccs-report-nec-false-and-misleading …NEC Chair Browne-Lansanah says she never admitted guilt during an appearance before the LACC, as claimed by the anti-graft institution The National Elections Commission has hit back at claims of corruption, conflict of interest, and money laundering involving its Chairperson, Davidetta… 59f58112-b41d-441b-b36b-d5168e1312e7 Mon, 20 Dec 2021 04:00:44 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/liberia-us182k-corruption-scandal-hooks-nec-chair The Chairperson of the National Elections Commission has been hooked for corruption, conflict of interest, and money-laundering by the Liberia Anti- Corruption Commission. The LACC’s findings against Davidetta Browne-Lansanah is a result of a month-long investigation into a Daily… 97ae7c1a-6b28-4394-8e0f-3213cc51313f Thu, 16 Dec 2021 03:45:33 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/lacc-pressured-quell-nec-probe-0 The Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission is said to be under intense pressure to quell the ongoing probe of the National Elections Commission’s (NEC) action to award a contract to a company with family links to the chairperson of the Commission. The probe, which began a month ago, placed… a7015c18-bc4b-48b9-8ce6-9507b9f3d38c Thu, 09 Dec 2021 07:30:24 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/necs-procurement-woes-deepen-ppcc-keeps-distance     8eb43caf-ca04-43ce-99c1-02c89b1d90d3 Mon, 06 Dec 2021 06:52:32 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/final-word-nec-chairperson-davidetta-brown-lansanah-must-go Trying as hard as ever to shake off suggestions of conflict of interest in the National Elections Commission (NEC) and Tuma Enterprises business deal, NEC Chairperson Davidetta Browne Lansanah has, in the opinion of the Daily Observer, failed to dismiss suggestions and accusations of… bcec54b8-4269-4f6c-9a0f-505b8b46308d Fri, 19 Nov 2021 03:48:24 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/lacc-probes-nec-family-affair-deal-tuma-enterprises The Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission has announced a probe into the National Election Commission for allegedly awarding a contract to a company that has a link with the chairperson of the Commission.  The LACC, in a statement disclosed that they have placed the entire leadership… 8b391b4a-2c8d-4cb3-a41e-5aa14101c438 Fri, 19 Nov 2021 03:15:00 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/liberia-lacc-probes-nec-commissioners The Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission has announced a probe of the National Elections Commission in connection with the lease of 20 facial recognition thermometers at the cost of US$182,320. The LACC decision comes after the Daily Observer newspaper reported that NEC was leasing twenty… liberianobserver@gmail.com (Staff Editor) d8646f0a-0e91-4eb4-b827-4c6a668bfc78 Thu, 18 Nov 2021 20:22:56 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily