{"id":101197,"date":"2023-11-18T16:50:59","date_gmt":"2023-11-18T15:50:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/i-have-utmost-respect-for-democracy-george-weah-concedes-defeat-to-boakai"},"modified":"2023-11-18T19:30:12","modified_gmt":"2023-11-18T18:30:12","slug":"i-have-utmost-respect-for-democracy-george-weah-concedes-defeat-to-boakai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/i-have-utmost-respect-for-democracy-george-weah-concedes-defeat-to-boakai","title":{"rendered":"I have utmost respect for democracy \u2013 George Weah concedes defeat to Boakai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Liberian President George Weah, on Friday, conceded defeat after provisional results from the week\u2019s runoff vote indicated opposition party candidate Joseph Boakai was beating him by just over one percentage point.<\/p>\n<p>Election officials said that with 99.58 per cent of ballots counted from Tuesday\u2019s election, Boakai was in the lead, with 50.89% to Weah\u2019s 49.11%.<\/p>\n<p>The results were a dramatic reversal from the election six years ago when Weah easily beat Boakai in the second round.<\/p>\n<p>Weah gave a concession speech even before official results were announced, coming at a time when there have been growing concerns about the decline of democracy in West Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Weah said he had \u201cthe utmost respect for the democracy process that has defined our nation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Liberian people have spoken, and we have heard their voice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI urge you to follow my example and accept the result of the elections. Our time will come again in 2029, Weah said in an address to the nation, adding that Boakai \u201cis in a lead that we cannot surpass.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Recall that the West African region had seen a spate of military coups over the last several years, including one earlier this year in Gabon in the aftermath of a presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>Weah, a 57-year-old former international soccer star, won the 2017 election after his promise to fight poverty and generate infrastructure development.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Liberian President George Weah, on Friday, conceded defeat after provisional results from the week\u2019s runoff vote indicated opposition party candidate Joseph Boakai was beating him by just over one percentage point. Election officials said that with 99.58 per cent of ballots counted from Tuesday\u2019s election, Boakai was in the lead, with 50.89% [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":101196,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[1570,2140,11920,10948,254],"class_list":["post-101197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-boakai","tag-george-weah","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>I have utmost respect for democracy \u2013 George Weah concedes defeat to Boakai - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Liberian President George Weah, on Friday, conceded defeat after provisional results from the week\u2019s runoff vote indicat ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/i-have-utmost-respect-for-democracy-george-weah-concedes-defeat-to-boakai\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"I have utmost respect for democracy \u2013 George Weah concedes defeat to Boakai\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Liberian President George Weah, on Friday, conceded defeat after provisional results from the week\u2019s runoff vote indicat ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/i-have-utmost-respect-for-democracy-george-weah-concedes-defeat-to-boakai\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-11-18T15:50:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-11-18T18:30:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/11\/sm_1700315711.95519.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1728\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/i-have-utmost-respect-for-democracy-george-weah-concedes-defeat-to-boakai#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/i-have-utmost-respect-for-democracy-george-weah-concedes-defeat-to-boakai\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"I have utmost respect for democracy \u2013 George Weah concedes defeat to Boakai\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-18T15:50:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-18T18:30:12+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/i-have-utmost-respect-for-democracy-george-weah-concedes-defeat-to-boakai\"},\"wordCount\":247,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/i-have-utmost-respect-for-democracy-george-weah-concedes-defeat-to-boakai#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/11\/sm_1700315711.95519.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"Boakai\",\"George Weah\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/i-have-utmost-respect-for-democracy-george-weah-concedes-defeat-to-boakai#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/i-have-utmost-respect-for-democracy-george-weah-concedes-defeat-to-boakai\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/i-have-utmost-respect-for-democracy-george-weah-concedes-defeat-to-boakai\",\"name\":\"I have utmost respect for democracy \u2013 George Weah concedes defeat to Boakai - 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