{"id":27117,"date":"2022-11-23T12:11:59","date_gmt":"2022-11-23T12:11:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/liberia-nec-kicks-ekemp-out-but"},"modified":"2022-11-23T12:24:41","modified_gmt":"2022-11-23T12:24:41","slug":"liberia-nec-kicks-ekemp-out-but","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/liberia-nec-kicks-ekemp-out-but","title":{"rendered":"Liberia: NEC Kicks EKEMP Out, But\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Liberia. <\/strong><\/span>The Chairperson of the National Elections Commission has submitted a \u201cno objection,\u201d request to the Public Procurement and Concession Commission (PPCC) to award a dutch company the contract for the supply and delivery of biometric equipment, and software for the 2023 voter registration exercise.<\/p>\n

The selection of Laxton, however, has been rejected by some of the other elections commissioners, who claim that the decision was made once again unilaterally by the Chairperson, Davidetta Browne Lansanah.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe has hijacked the process. She recused herself from the process when she returned from Nigeria recently and we were proceeding rightfully but she has again forced her way in by unilaterally selecting Laxton, a company that fell short of meeting certain basic requirements as provided in the Commission\u2019s bid document,\u201d said one of the Commissioners who asked for anonymity.<\/p>\n

Lansanah had at some point recused herself from the procurement process, leading to Cllr. Teeplah Reeves, Co-chair of the Commission, to preside over discussions that would have led to the selection of a company to procure biometric materials, technical support and training for next year\u2019s elections.<\/p>\n

While the NEC Board did not have a meeting to review the decision, the Daily Observer is reliably informed that the NEC chairperson informed her colleagues about the decision to select Laxton.<\/p>\n

The recusal came after Lansanah had failed to convince the PPCC that EKEMP \u2014 a company which she allegedly preferred \u2014 was qualified to do the job as requested.<\/p>\n

Laxto, the dutch company who claimed on its website to have been trusted by over 300 government bodies around the world, has been selected in place of EKEMP, a Chinese company, which the NEC had earlier claimed to have won the bid for the supply of biometric equipment materials.<\/p>\n

EKEMP lost the right to the bid after PPCC withheld its grounds, denying the electoral body\u2019s request for no objection twice. This was based on EKEMP\u2019s inability to print the PVC card on the spot as required by the NEC, and within time, which showed uncertainty on the usage of its equipment and raised doubts about its effectiveness.<\/p>\n

This rigmarole lead to nearly three months of stalemate. The NEC is expected to begin the conduct of voter registration exercise by December 15, according to the updated elections timetable released by the electoral body.<\/p>\n

But Laxton, during its bid demonstration, allegedly informed the NEC procurement panel that it would deliver materials in 147 days (approximately April 2023) as of the date of award of contract, a period that appears to be too far out of the appropriate timeline for the smooth conduct of the 2023 voter registration exercise.<\/p>\n

The company also used laptops and biometric tablets to print sample biometric voter cards, but failed to conduct deduplication away from internet connectivity \u2014 an area which has now become a point of contention.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis means [it would be] April 2023, before we conduct the registration process. Imagine this. It is an attempt to sabotage the entire electoral process. It is about greed,\u201d the commissioner said. \u201cIt is about self and we are tired of this hauling and pulling.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lansanah, at a press conference on October 25, claimed then that the company lacks the capacity to pre-finance, a major requirement under the public procurement law and as reflected in NEC\u2019s bid document, too.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the joint venture Waymark and Mwetanna and the partnership HID Global and Professional Services International (PSI) were the next in line in terms of meeting the benchmark, each for consideration.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Liberia. The Chairperson of the National Elections Commission has submitted a \u201cno objection,\u201d request to the Public Procurement and Concession Commission (PPCC) to award a dutch company the contract for the supply and delivery of biometric equipment, and software for the 2023 voter registration exercise. 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