By AFPMore by this AuthorMONROVIA,Liberia's Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the electoral commission to proceed with a presidential runoff delayed for a month by fraud complaints, but said the national voter register must be corrected of anomalies first. The Supreme Court put a temporary stay on the poll while the NEC heard the complaints of the parties that came in second and third. The commission found the parties' allegations either unfounded or exaggerated and ruled it had not carried out a fraudulent election, a decision maintained upon appeal. The Supreme Court was unhappy with the conduct of NEC Chairman Jerome Korkoya, its judgement showed, accusing him of "expressed bias" against the parties which meant he "could not be expected to display impartiality" in hearing their complaints. As a result the commission was prohibited from airing its views in public on "any matters which may grow out of the runoff election," Banks said.

Source: Daily Nation December 08, 2017 03:56 UTC