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Back to topAPRNEWS : Liberia’s leader Weah is facing a tight runoff vote for a second term against challenger Boakai
APRNEWS - Liberia’s leader Weah is facing a tight runoff vote for a second term against challenger Boakai
Wednesday, 15 November 2023
APRNEWS : Liberia’s leader Weah is facing a tight runoff vote for a second term against challenger Boakai
APRNEWS - MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Liberian President George Weah faced a tight runoff election Tuesday as he seeks to defeat a repeat challenger and win a second term in the West African nation.
APRNEWS - The former international soccer star easily defeated Joseph Boakai in the 2017 runoff, but results from the first round of balloting last month showed the two neck and neck. Weah took 43.83% while Boakai brought in 43.44% of the total.
“We are going to an election where nobody has a competitive edge with a wide margin,” said Ibrahim Nyei, executive director at the Ducor Institute for Social and Economic Research.
In the weeks since the Oct. 10 first round, the candidates actively sought the endorsements of the other opposition parties. Boakai won the backing of the third, fourth and fifth-place finishers. While that amounts to only 5.6% of the vote, it could tilt the runoff in Boakai’s favor.
