Liberia’s Vice President, Jospeh
Boakai, has conceded the Dec. 26 presidential runoff election to former soccer
star, George Weah.
In a nationwide broadcast from
his party’s headquarters in Monrovia on Friday, Boakai who was flanked by his
supporters and party leaders, said he had already called Weah to congratulate
him.
“I, Joseph Boakai, a man of
peace, humility and with a deep faith in God hereby accept the results of the
elections as announced by the National Elections Commission (NEC).
“I congratulate Ambassador Weah
and pray that God will guide and empower him as takes the onerous
responsibility of steering the affairs of our nation.
“Even though I will not be the
captain of the ship, it is my fervent desire that the ship of state always
sails smoothly.
“We must work to unite our people
because Liberia is bigger than all of us,” he said
Dressed in black, the vice
president said he would not succumb to any temptation to impose pain, agony and
uncertainty on the people of Liberia.
“My ambition to serve will never
push me to stoop too low to violence.
“The truth of the matter is that
what I was seeking was not power or title but instead the opportunity to
serve,’’ Boakai noted.
With 98 per cent of the votes so
far counted, Weah of the Coalition for Democratic Change polled 61.5 per cent.
Boakai is trailing far behind
with 38.5 per cent of the votes.
The Chairman of NEC, Mr Jerome
Korkoya, who made the announcement on Thursday, said the final results would be
released on Friday.
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