Liberia: Let's Give NEC the 'Benefit of the Doubt'

opinion

Political parties and individuals desirous of seeking electoral positions were recently warned against early campaigning across the country ahead of the 2017 Presidential and Representative Elections in Liberia. According to the National Elections Commission of Liberia, it had observed that some political parties and individuals were engaged in pre-campaign activities in violation of Chapter VI, Section 6 of the 2014 Guidelines Relating to the Registration of Political Parties and Independent Candidates.

The Commission also observed that self-styled groups under names such as "Movements for... .., Friends of... .." and others in support of political parties, individuals and/or independent aspirants intending to contest the 2017 Elections were also engaged in activities currently contravening its aforementioned guidelines. In its recent warning issued in Monrovia, NEC made it emphatically clear that political campaigning for the 2017 Presidential and Representative Elections is yet to be declared, and that engaging in early campaign activities - political rallies, political broadcasts ( political statements and messages in print and electronic media), use of posters, fliers, buntings, advertisement on billboards, public and private buildings, light poles and the internet, as well as T-shirts, caps and other promotional items and Individual Promotional stickers on vehicles, outside of the campaign period are strictly prohibited under Section 24.3 of the Guidelines.

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