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Liberia: 2nd round runoff presidential election to go ahead Dec. 26
AP | Liberia’s Supreme Court has denied a request from the governing Unity Party to halt the December 26 presidential runoff, ruling that the National Elections Commission has acted within the law in setting the election date.
The 2nd-round vote between former soccer star George Weah and Vice President Joseph Boakai had at one point been on hold after the 3rd-place candidate’s Liberty Party alleged 1st-round voting irregularities.
The Supreme Court cleared the way for the runoff the beginning of December ordering the voter lists be fully cleaned up.
The ruling Unity Party then filed a complaint last week against the lists.
Weah beat Boakai in the 1st round in October, but failed to secure an outright majority.
The Supreme Court Thursday upheld the vote date.