Who replaces John Whitfield?
Registered voters in Grand Bassa County are by now voting in their county senatorial by-election. The Grand Bassa County Senatorial By-Election is a result of the death of Senator John Francis Whitfield. Senator Whitefield, who represented Grand Bassa County in the Liberian Senate on the ticket of the former ruling National Patriotic Party(NPP), died January 17, 2013 at the St. Joseph Catholic Hospital in Congo Town, outside Monrovia following an abrupt illness.
Read more...- 07 May 2013
- Written by Emmanuel Weedee
Campaign intensifies for Grand Bassa Senatorial By-Election
The National Elections Commission (NEC) through its Director of Public Information, Mr. Joey B. Kennedy, has called on candidates in the ensuing Grand Bassa County Senatorial by-election to conduct themselves in a more peaceful manner. The Grand Bassa County Senatorial By-Election is triggered by the death of Senator John Francis Whitfield.
Read more...- 18 April 2013
- Written by Emmanuel Weedee
Another opposition Political Party rejects NEC Chairman-Designate
The National Reformation Party of Liberia (NRP) is calling on President Ellen Johnson- Sirleaf to immediately withdraw the nomination of Cllr. Jerome Kokoya as Chairman of the National Election Commission (NEC). The Liberian leader recently appointed several commissioners to the NEC. Among them is Cllr. Kokoya.
Read more...- 27 March 2013
- Written by Obediah Johnson
NEC Boss calls on registered Bassa citizens to vote in May By-Election
The Acting Chairman of the National Elections Commission (NEC), Cllr. Elizabeth Nelson, has called on registered voters of Grand Bassa County to turn out en masse to vote for the candidate of their choice in the ensuing may 7 Senatorial By- Election in the county. Cllr. Nelson said this is important to ensure that citizens of the county play an active role in electing a senator that would effectively represent them in the Liberian legislature.
- 25 March 2013
- Written by Our Staff Writer
CDC threatens Grand Bassa By-Election
The opposition Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) has called on President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf to immediately withdraw the nomination of Cllr. Jerome Kokoya as Chairman of the National Elections Commission (NEC) of Liberia or else the party will threaten the ensuing Grand Bassa County Senatorial By-Election through legal and other democratic means.
Read more...- 22 March 2013
- Written by Eugene K. Myers/Emmanuel Weedee