Electoral District #2 Montserrado County Representative Candidate, Bishop Nimley J. Donyen rejects the National Elections Commission result from the distrust calls for recount as he claims victory over his rival.
He claims victory over his rival , the Unity Party Candidate,Seckou Kanneh with 1317 votes margin stating that he obtained a total votes of, 9,444 while Kanneh got 8,127 votes
In his complaint filed yesterday, Wednesday October 17. 2023 to the Hearing Officer at NEC, he said “Mathematics does not lie. The tally sheets from the Nineteen Voting Precincts of Electoral District Number Two, Montserrado County, say that I got the highest votes in Electoral District Number Two, Montserrado County, Republic of Liberia, at the end of the October 10, 2023 General Election in said District.
“Unfortunately, the National Elections Commission (NEC) of Liberia erred by not announcing me, Independent Candidate Nimely J. Donyen, as winner of the October 10, 2023 Election. I am therefore asking the National Elections Commission (NEC) of Liberia to correct the mistake and announce me, Independent Candidate Nimely J. Donyen, winner of the Representative Seat of Electoral District Number Two, Montserrado County, Republic of Liberia. To make it easy for NEC to realize her mistake, I request a perusal of all the tally sheets and a recount of the ballots”.
However, he is calling on his supporters to remain calm and any deal to announce a wrong winner in the distrust will meet strong resistance.
He claims that he is the winner of the election and is demanding NEC to see an urgent reason to have their mistake corrected or will use unspecified actions to protect his votes.
In May 2023, this declaration was signed between the National Election Commission and political parties, aiming to ensure that 30% of women could contest on political party tickets in the October 10 Presidential and Legislative elections.
Prior to the Farmington Declaration, the Liberian legislature had endorsed a mandatory 30% gender quota for women’s participation in elections, though it was not formally enacted into law, based on a veto of the bill by Pres. George Manneh Weah.
Out of the 1,025 candidates participating in the October 10 elections, only 159 (15%) were women, marking an increase compared to the 2017 elections.
Preliminary findings from the European Union Election Observation Mission in Liberia highlight that female candidates aspiring to hold public office often struggle to finance their campaign activities, as they contend with substantial fees imposed by election stakeholders.
