As the official campaign kicks off Saturday, August 5, 2023, President George Weah, who is seeking re-election for another six-year mandate will be challenged by 18 other contenders.
Those contesting including the Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) who will be selling their ideas to Liberians during the two-month campaign period so as to woo voters to their sides in the October 10 elections.
As announced by the National Elections Commission (NEC) on Wednesday, those cleared to challenge the Liberian leader include: Joseph Nyumah Boakai, Unity Party (UP); Mr. Alexander B. Cummings, Collaborating Political Parties (CPP); former president of the Liberia National Bar Association (LNBA) Tiawan Saye Gongloe, Liberian People’s Party (LPP), and businessman Simeon Freeman, Movement for Progress Change (MPC).
Others are former Liberia Minister of State without Portfolio, Clarence K. Moniba, Liberia National Union (LNU); Dr. Jeremiah Z. Whapoe, Vision for Liberia Transformation (VOLT); William Wiah Tuider, Democratic National Allegiance (DNA) and businessman Sheikh A. Kouyateh of the Liberia First Movement (LFM).
The rest are, former UN Diploma Sara Beysolow Nyanti, African Liberation League (ALL), Bendu Alehma, Independent; Robert Franz Morris, Executive Officer of Phoenix Services Construction Contracting Company, Independent; Allen R. Brown, Jr., Liberia Restoration Party (LRP); Mr. Lusinee Kamara, Sr., All Liberia Coalition Party (ALCOP); David GB Kiamu, Democratic People’s Party of Liberia (DPPL); Alexander N. Kollie, Reformers National Congress (RNC); Richard Saye Miller, Liberians For Prosperity (LFP); Edward W. Appleton, Jr., Grassroots Development Movement (GDM); Yorfee Luther, Liberia Rebuilding Party (Rebuilders), and Mr. Joshua Tom Turner, New Liberia Party (NLP).
Like in 2017, 20 candidates were poised to contest the country’s highest political seat; however, one of the hopefuls, Dr. George P. Gonpu of the African Democratic Movement of Liberia (ADML) tendered in his withdrawal on July 22.
