Monrovia – The National Civil Society Council of Liberia (NCSCL) has called on the ruling Coalition for Democratic (CDC) and opposition political parties to stop what it termed as the political weaponizing, pre-election campaigning, and escalating existing inter-party or legal battling. These trends are manifesting ahead of Liberia’s high stakes 2023 elections, the Council warned. Regarding pre-election campaigning, the Council singled out President George Weah’s gesture to the chiefs and county’s health teams in February this year. “We observed that opposition political parties continue to use concerning social and economic issues in Liberia to weaponize the CDC-led Government. The Council noted that these are just a few cases among several studied which reflect the general patterns of Liberia’s pre-election democratic context.

Source: Front Page Africa April 13, 2022 08:48 UTC