Africa-Press – Liberia. <\/strong><\/span>Senate Pro-Tempore Albert Chie has disclosed that the 54th Legislature will not carry out the crucial task of demarcating electoral districts for the October 10 polls.<\/p>\nThe Senator\u2019s announcement comes as more than half of the Legislature\u2019s members, including himself, are up for reelection. There are concerns among the public that there is a fear among lawmakers \u2014 particularly representatives \u2014 that any district may potentially have an impact on them.<\/p>\n
But Chie denied such and blamed the Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services (LISGIS) for submitting the census report late, which he claimed hindered the timely completion of district demarcation.<\/p>\n
He added that the situation left the Legislature with insufficient time to carry out the necessary redrawing of electoral boundaries.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe census final report was submitted to the Legislature around the end of June,\u201d Chie said on Monday in an interview with reporters. “As a result, he said it was too late for it to be used to set up a threshold for the demarcation of constituencies for the October 10, elections.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Senate Ad-hoc committee on the Census Report will continue its work with the aims of establishing demarcation for 2029 elections,\u201d the Grand Kru County Senator said.<\/p>\n
His remarks come a few months after some Representatives became jittery for fear of losing their strongholds in their respective constituencies if changes occurred to electoral distric boundaries.<\/p>\n
The LISGIS census bends lawmakers\u2019 hands to \u201creadjusted\u201d electoral districts to reflect changes in Liberia’s population distribution, but they may not \u2014 in violation of the Constitution \u2014 which mandates such.<\/p>\n
Chie’s announcement also comes just weeks after the House has mandated LISGIS to provide a breakdown of the country\u2019s population by electoral districts.<\/p>\n
The House\u2019s decision came following LISGIS\u2019 submission of the final report of the 2022 Census, which shows that Liberia\u2019s population increased by almost two million, with Montserrado and Nimba counties accounting for nearly half of the national population.<\/p>\n
The district report, as being requested by the House, is aimed at getting a detailed breakdown of the country\u2019s population by electoral districts, which would aid in the pending demarcation.<\/p>\n
The House is of the view that a segregated report will facilitate targeted development initiatives and resource allocation at the \u2018district level\u2019.<\/p>\n
According to LISGIS, the current population for Liberia stands at 5.2 million, an increase of 50.4 percent when compared with the 2008 census result of 3.5 million.<\/p>\n
This represents a population gain of over 1.7 million people in the space of 14 years with urban growth up by 52 percent, while rural growth is down by 48 percent.<\/p>\n
The data also shows that 50.4 percent of the country\u2019s 5.2 million people are male, while 49.6 percent are female \u2014 giving a national sex ratio of 101.5 males for every 100 females.<\/p>\n
It is the same as the 2008 census result, where the female population was 49.4 percent compared to 50.6 percent for males. This resulted in a sex ratio of 102.3, which was the same in 1984.<\/p>\n
Estimates for each county showed that Liberia\u2019s population remained heavily concentrated in four counties \u2014 Montserrado, Nimba, Bong, and Lofa County.<\/p>\n
These counties constitute nearly two-thirds or 65 percent of the total population \u2014 following a similar pattern in 2008 \u2014 which could inform many long-term national projections.<\/p>\n
The counties sharing the least population distributions are Rivercess, Gbarpolu, Grand Kru, and River Gee. These counties are among the poorest in the country, lacking basic social services, fueled by decades of government neglect.<\/p>\n
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