By Tobias Lengnan Dapam
As Liberia prepares for its general elections in October, the Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament, Sidie Tunis and President of the ECOWAS Commission, Omar Touray have assured the government and people of the country that the Commission will support them in consolidating their democracy.
They gave their assurances while speaking at the opening of the Delocalized meeting of the ECOWAS Parliament’s Joint Committees on Political Affairs, Peace, Security and the African Peer Review Mechanism, Judicial Affairs and Human rights, Social Affairs, Gender and Women Empowerment in Monrovia, Liberia.
Specifically, Tunis assures of ECOWAS Parliament’s fullest support.
“I am aware that an ECOWAS pre-election mission is currently in Liberia to assess the country’s preparedness for the upcoming elections.
“In doing so, I extol the efforts of the ECOWAS Commission and express the Parliament’s to support Liberia’s next democratic transition,” Tunis said”
On his part, Touray who was represented at the event by Mrs Josephine Nkurumah, Permanent Representative of the ECOWAS Commission to Liberia lauded the country on the 20th anniversary of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) signed in Accra, Ghana on Aug. 18, 2003.
He commended the country for advancing democratic rule and sticking to the CPA agreement signed between the Government of Liberia, the Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD), the movement for Democracy in Liberia (MODEL) and political parties which ended the brutal Liberian Civil war.
Speaking on behalf of Touray, Nkurumah said “Twenty years of uninterrupted peace since the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) signed in Accra, Ghana.
“The ECOWAS Commission will continue to work with Liberia as it consolidates its peace journey and its democratic process.
“The President of the Commission expresses his commitments to national and international efforts that the Liberian general elections in October 2023 will be credible, peaceful, fair and transparent.
“At the critical time of the subregion when we are experiencing volatility and threats to our collective democratic advancement, discussions on inclusivity and participatory our democracy cannot be timelier,” Touray said.
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