At least thirteen political parties challenged Taylor in the ’97 elections, prompting Sirleaf to stress years later in an interview with FrontPageAfrica, the importance of opposition collaboration. “No political party as I see it, based on my political experience will win this election without a coalition. I don’t think any political party can win on its own, given the number of parties. In fact, over the past few weeks, the fight has intensified over allegations of tampering with the Collaborative Framework Document of the four political parties. There should be no one on the defense, we are simply saying let Collaboration have a genuine approved document that represents us.
