Liberia: NEC Addresses Media Reports

Authorities of the National Elections Commission (NEC) have cautioned journalists to double check the information or apply a bit of due diligence to their story before publication. The NEC statement comes in the wake of concerns expressed by the four collaborating political parties -- Unity Party, Alternative National Congress, All Liberian Party and Liberty Party -- that the NEC might be secretly registering voters in order to increase the number of votes in favor of candidates on the ticket of the ruling Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC).

The Commission has meanwhile called on journalists and those accusing it of wrong doing to give due diligence to fact finding.

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