Liberia: Finance Ministry Rejects NEC U.S.$3.9 Million Request

The Ministry of Finance and Development Planning (MFDP) has rejected the National Elections Commission's request for US$3.9 million, to conduct the Montserrado and Bong counties' Senatorial by-election.

Responding to NEC's request over the weekend at the Ministry of Information, Cultural Affairs and Tourism's (MICAT's) weekly press briefings, MFDP Minister Samuel Tweah said Government does not have such a huge amount to spend on the election of two senators who will be expected to end the unfinished tenures of President George M. Weah and Vice President Jewel Howard Taylor, who both held the respective positions.

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