Ensure free, fair polls, UN tells stakeholders in Liberia

The United Nations Security Council has called on stakeholders in Liberia to ensure that upcoming presidential polls are ‘free, fair, credible and transparent.

The 15-member Council tasked the government to put in place an election security plan for the October 2017 elections which will see a transfer of power from Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to a new leader.

They also called for the full participation of women in the upcoming process.

The Security Council also encouraged the government of Liberia to accelerate its accountability and transparency efforts to bolster public confidence in the conduct of elections and transfer of power.