Africa-Press – Liberia. The Eminent Women of the Women’s Situation Room (WSR) have condemned utterance by the opposition Unity Party (UP), announcing itself as the winner of the presidential and legislative elections.
Through a press release issued Thursday, 12 October 2023, WSR said it was concerned that the NEC had announced only 0.27% of the actual votes cast (16 of 5,890 polling places) when UP said it had won the election.
The organization noted that the 0.27% announced by the NEC could not determine the winner of the presidential and legislative elections.
The Women’s Situation Room (WSR) is concerned about the utterances coming from the Unity Party (UP) press conference held Thursday, October 12, 2023, at their campaign headquarters, Gbangay Town, Airfield, Monrovia,” the release said.
It observed that during the press conference, the UP told its partisans to go and celebrate because its tally sheets had shown that they had won a one-round victory.
“Therefore, to tell their partisans to go out and celebrate is premature and inconsistent with the Farmington Declaration,” said WSR.
It further warned that UP’s action will be seen as a provocation to other political parties who are contending and will bring their constituents into the streets to cause confusion and violence.
“The Women’s Situation Room is against any type of violence and calls on all political parties including the exuberant Unity Party to … cease from coming out on the streets with any kind of celebration and to wait until NEC can announce the final results.”
At the same time, the WSR has urged the NEC to speed up the information and announcement of the results.
The Women’s Situation Room said it remains committed to encouraging everyone in their capacity to maintain peace and order now, and after the final count has been announced.
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