Gbarnga, Bong County – Bong County citizens are divided over the local chiefs’ decision to support the Traditional Council of Chief’s role in mitigating the stalemate surrounding the 2017 presidential election. On Monday, Chief Zanzan Karwar, head of the National Traditional Council of Liberia, held an hour-long meeting with local chiefs under the banner of the Bong County Peace Council of Elders to get their support in addressing the impasse over the election. “It looks like our chiefs are fighting a proxy war for politicians.”Ometo Mulbah, another resident of Gbarnga, praised the chiefs for their intervention. Steve Kennedy, a resident of Sergeant Kollie Town in Suakoko District, said chiefs in the county allow politics to divide political leaders in the county, noting that they contribute to the political divide. David Flomo, former president of the Bong County Citizens in America, said the chiefs should step aside and allow the court to decide.

Source: Front Page Africa November 15, 2017 02:26 UTC