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NEC Sets Hearing Tomorrow
The Montserrado County National Election Commission (NEC) , Hearing Office in Bentol has, listened and transferred the electoral dispute case between an Independent Candidate, Bishop Nimley J. Donyen and Unity Party Candidate, Sekou S. Kanneh to NEC headquarters for inquiring as Bishop Donyen claims victory over his rival with 1000 plus votes.
Bishop Donyen legal representation, Atty. Roland Bishop Doe informed the Journalists that tally sheets from six polling places were altered, which hugely reduced his client vote place UP Sekou in better position.
Following NEC results announcement, Bishop Nimley J. Donyen rejects the result, calls for recount as he claims victory over his rival.
He claims victory over his rival , the Unity Party Candidate,Seckou Kanneh
with 1317 votes margin stating that he obtained a total votes of, 9,444 while Kanneh got 8,127 votes
In his complaint filed on Wednesday October 17. 2023 to the Hearing Officer at NEC, he said that Mathematics does not lie.
“The tally sheets from the Nineteen Voting Precincts of Electoral District Number Two, Montserrado County, say that I got the highest votes in Electoral District Number Two, Montserrado County, Republic of Liberia, at the end of the October 10, 2023 General Election in said District.
“Unfortunately, the National Elections Commission (NEC) of Liberia erred by not announcing me, Independent Candidate Nimely J. Donyen, as winner of the October 10, 2023 Election. I am therefore asking the National Elections Commission (NEC) of Liberia to correct the mistake and announce me, Independent Candidate Nimely J. Donyen, winner of the Representative Seat of Electoral District Number Two, Montserrado County, Republic of Liberia. To make it easy for NEC to realize her mistake, I request a perusal of all the tally sheets and a recount of the ballots, ” Bishop Nimley claims.
However, he is calling on his supporters to remain calm and any deal to announce a wrong winner in the distrust will meet strong resistance.
He claims that he is the winner of the election and is demanding NEC to see an urgent reason to have their mistake corrected or will use unspecified actions to protect his votes.
Speaking with the UP candidate at the NEC Hearing Office in Bentol, he failed to comment even though Journalists were eager to speak with him.