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| Prince Johnson backs Sirleaf |
| 2011-10-19 |
| [Daily Nation (Kenya)] Retired General Prince Johnson, the third place winner in the first round of Liberia's presidential elections, has pledged support for first place candidate the incumbent President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf. Gen Johnson announced his move today in Monrovia following consultations with the incumbent President in the aftermath of the counting of the first round ballots on Monday. At the end of the final count of the ballots, President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf nested 44 per cent of the total ballots cast, thereby maintaining the early lead since the inception of the vote count on Tuesdays last week. The second place winner is Counselor Winston Tubman who garnered 32.2 per cent of the votes ahead of Johnson who netted 11.8 per cent. Announcing his decision to rally with President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf in the runoff against Mr Tubman, the former warlord turn Senator said he was doing so "because some of her programmes were good for the country". He added: "We will make additions and subtraction to make up for the other part of her programs that are not good so that what we want can be achieved." The West Africa Democracy Radio quoted the former warlord as making the statement in Monrovia at the close of the first round of vote count. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Well, I like her. Harvard grad in economics.(not that I believe Harvard is worth a crap) She stabilized the country in my opinion. |
| Posted by: newc 2011-10-19 13:22 |
| #2 It's just her second election. She was part of the Tolbert administration, that Sgt. Doe displaced in 1980, so she's part of the U.S. colonists bloc (they're called Americo-Liberians, interestingly enough) even though her family's local. Doe was part of the local tribals. The grumble is that she'd promised to serve only one term if elected in 2005. And of course there are the usual charges of electoral corruption, which are likely true but counterbalanced by the same antix on the other side. |
| Posted by: Fred 2011-10-19 10:49 |
| #1 Is it really time to replace Sirleaf? I lost my place in Liberia and failed to track the candidates after her first election. What are we looking at here? |
| Posted by: newc 2011-10-19 00:44 |