The investigation found that the Chairperson of the National Elections Commission did not disclose her interest in TUMA Enterprises while presiding over the procurement committee. Before that, the electoral body chair was briefly detained and was later served the writ of arrest and the indictment, consistent with the law. Since the investigation, NEC and its chairperson have tried to refute claims of corruption, conflict of interest, and money laundering involving its Chairperson, Davidetta Browne-Lansanah, as levied against her by Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission. The electoral body, in a response, categorically denied a LACC investigative report that the NEC Chairperson admitted to a conflict of interest and other findings from the probe. We appeared before the LACC with our legal counsels, submitted the requested documents, along with written statements.


Source:   Daily Observer
December 25, 2021 11:02 UTC