• “Charles Taylor Has Been Converted” –Recalled Ambassador Sheriff, Source: FrontPage Africa
• Senator Taylor vows to take women agenda beyond, Source: The New Dawn
• CDC: ‘Liberian Presidency is More than a Debate’, Source: Daily OBSERVER
• NEC continues training on tactile ballot, Source: The New Dawn
• Petition To Bar Parties From Polls Dismissed, Source: The NEWS
• NAYMOTE conducts natural resources management forum, Source: The New Dawn

“Charles Taylor Has Been Converted” –Recalled Ambassador Sheriff, Source: FrontPage Africa

Recalled Liberian Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Dr. Mohammed Sheriff, says his comments to the BBC about former President Charles Taylor was miscarried by local Liberian newspapers. Speaking to the VOA recently, Dr. Sheriff said his comments in reference to Mr. Taylor were simply in connection with reconciliation. He was quoted as telling the BBC that Mr. Taylor is a changed man who should be freed and allowed to return home and participate in Liberian politics.

“I did say that former President Taylor has learned his lesson in prison; that he has been converted to understand and if he is to come out of prison today, I believe former President Taylor will not be interested in politics, not because people will demand him not to, but because he himself will not love to get engaged in local politics,” the recalled Liberian diplomat told the VOA.

Dr. Sheriff added: “We have had other people that have been converted; they later came to Liberia and are living among the citizens peacefully. Some of them have been elected to positions of trust in the national legislature, and they have performed very well and peacefully. This is how we consolidate peace in Liberia by having trust in our people.”

Senator Taylor vows to take women agenda beyond, Source: The New Dawn

The vice presidential candidate of the Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) Senator Jewel Howard Taylor is promising to take issues affecting Liberian women to another level if the Coalition wins the Presidency in October. Senator Taylor said if women rally support and elect the next Vice President of Liberia, that platform will become a stronger channel for the continuation of women agenda in the country.

Speaking Friday, 22 September during an interactive engagement with eminent women of Liberia at Bella Casa Hotel in Monrovia, the CDC vice presidential candidate notes that women still have many miles to travel in their collective fight for political and economic empowerment. She says in order to move from their current level of achievement to the next level, much need to be done.

CDC: ‘Liberian Presidency is More than a Debate’, Source: Daily OBSERVER

The Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) says the Liberian presidency is more important than just taking part in a debate. In a press release issued Tuesday, the CDC said, “the advent of 2017 Presidential and General Elections has brought about exciting times for Liberians both at home and abroad.”

That excitement, said the party, stemmed “from the fact that for a lot of Liberians, this is a time where one can freely choose sides and express their political will (of sorts). Of recent, we see lots of people distracting themselves from the key strategic imperatives of the 2017 elections, and are rather focused mainly on debates as if debates can make someone win an election.”

The CDC said if debates were more important, Hillary Clinton would have won the US election, because she won all the debates, yet ended up losing to Donald Trump in the presidential elections.

NEC continues training on tactile ballot, Source: The New Dawn

The National Elections Commission (NEC) is continuing a training and awareness in Kakata, Margibi County on the usage of the tactile ballot guide that will be used by the visually impaired during the upcoming October elections. The training also includes the legal framework on electoral inclusion and introduction to disability rights and elections. Participants from Bong, Lofa, Rivercess, Sinoe and the host county were selected from a cross-section of visually impaired people and rural journalists.

Petition To Bar Parties From Polls Dismissed, Source: The NEWS

The Supreme Court has dismissed the petition filed by Cllr. L. Koboi Johnson to bar 11 political parties from participating in the October 10 Presidential and Legislative Elections. Cllr. Johnson filed the petition at the high court early September, alleging that the 11 political parties including the United People’s Party (UPP), Movement for Progressive Change (MPC), Vision for Liberia Transformation (VOLT), Change Democratic Action (CDA), Redemption Democratic Congress (RDC), and the Democratic Justice Party (DJP) were in violation of the December 15, 2014 amended Elections Law requiring registered political parties to submit to the National Elections Commission a listing of 37 candidates each to contest in 50 percent of the 73 Electoral Districts in Liberia.

The high court’s decision indicated that an allegation without proof is dismissible as a matter of law. According to the court, Cllr. Johnson has failed to present any evidence to substantiate his allegation that the political parties did not send their listing to warrant their disqualification from participating in the ensuing elections.

NAYMOTE conducts natural resources management forum, Source: The New Dawn

The National Youth Movement for Transparent Election (NAYMOTE) Friday ended a daylong natural resources management coalition meeting with stakeholders from two districts in Maryland County. With a focus on natural resources management, the forum allows citizens advance recommendations that could be crafted into law to govern usage of the County Development Fund (CDF) presented every year by the government. The participants advanced six-count recommendations on the usage of the CDF.