By Calvin Quays|LPR News, Monrovia
The National Democratic Coalition (NDC) has warned the National Elections Commission (NEC) against creating confusion by refusing to clean up the 2017 voter roll as mandated the Supreme Court of Liberia.
The party said it foresees electoral violence if the 2017 voter’s roll is not cleanup to meet the satisfaction of all political parties.
According to the Chairman of NDC, Professor Alaric Tokpa, the NEC has refused to allow political parties to get involve with the process of cleaning up the voter roll to ensure that a credible free and fair of the pending senatorial elections across the country.
Professor Tokpa made the statement recently in Monrovia when addressing national issues confronting the nation under the leadership of President George Manneh Weah which according to him, might lead Liberia back to civil conflict if nothing is done to address these sensitive issues.
He Liberia Public Radio that the Comprehensive Peace Agreement signed in 2003 in Accra, Ghana assured Liberians for the protection and good governance to ensure the democratic process and democracy are maintain to sustain peace and stability in Liberia.
However, the government of President Weah he said ‘lacks the ability’ to protect its citizens as the results of the constant raping of children and women without any serious intervention of the central government make the people more vulnerable in the state.
Professor Tokpa pointed out that there is the need for stakeholders to review the Comprehensive Peace Agreement which called for peace and security for the people under a democratic government, but President Weah his officials have not been able to demonstrate that leadership ability since he took the mantle of authority almost 3 years ago.
He asserted that “the current situation that is ongoing in the country and in the government, Liberians should not keep quiet and just look at the situation’ but they should begin to talks about these issues to draw the government and international community attention to ensure that the President Weah and his officials do the right thing for which are pay with the Liberian people money”.
However, he added that the NDC will seat and allow the undermining the democratic process which has initiated by the Comprehensive Peace Agreement after 250,000 Liberians died due to lack of free and transparent elections results.
Professor Tokpa emphasized that political parties representatives have been denied the participation of the 2017 voter roll clean up and this could lead to the justification for other to initiate war, noting that Liberians are anger and bitter over what is going on in the country.
According to him, NEC should ensure that peace and security are maintain in Liberia by involving the Inter-Party Consultative Committee which all political parties representatives are represented should be involve in the cleanup exercise of the 2017 voter roll to avoid electoral violence.
