After Losing To George Weah, Liberia Ruling Party Expels President Johnson Sirleaf

Liberia’s ruling Unity Party has expelled the west African nation’s outgoing president, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, following its candidate’s defeat in a presidential run-off election last … Continue reading After Losing To George Weah, Liberia Ruling Party Expels President Johnson Sirleaf

By Ignatius Igwe

Updated January 14, 2018

Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf delivering a speech during the opening of the 2017 International Conference on the emergence of Africa in Abidjan. Liberia’s outgoing President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf says she will actively campaign for the handful of female candidates contesting elections in October, while her male vice-president seeks to replace her. There is just a single female candidate among 20 contenders running for president this year in Liberia, as Sirleaf steps down as Africa’s first female head of state following more than a decade in power. SIA KAMBOU / AFP

Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
SIA KAMBOU / AFP

Liberia’s ruling Unity Party has expelled the west African nation’s outgoing president, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, following its candidate’s defeat in a presidential run-off election last month, the party said in a statement distributed on Sunday.

The statement said Johnson Sirleaf had violated rules, including a requirement to support the party’s candidates in elections.

Former football star George Weah defeated the Unity Party’s Joseph Boakai in a landslide.

Reuters