MONROVIA – Mr. Mo Ali Secretary-General of the Unity Party has told hearing officers of the National Elections Commission (NEC) that there was no withdrawal clause in the Framework Document of the Collaborating Political Parties (CPP) signed by the Unity Party. According to Mr. Ali who took the witness to testify on behalf of his political party, when the UP signed the Framework Document that brought the four collaborating parties together, there was no clause in it for withdrawal. “To the best of the knowledge of UP we were operating under the Framework document of May 19, 2020. The Framework Document before you is not the same filed with the NEC as per the findings of the report and copies of the Framework Document was never severed to constituent parties of the CPP by the chairing ANC,” Mr. Ali said. Both the ANC and the LP argue that “Section 8.5 (2) of the CPP framework document states that: Constituent Party desiring to withdraw from the CPP shall first exhaust the dispute resolution mechanism stipulated in the framework document.

Source: Front Page Africa April 17, 2022 21:24 UTC