October 15, 2005
Liberian goal
In some ways it is refreshing that it is taking many days to count the votes for the election in Liberia. No projections, no exit polls, no spin — just simple vote counting. At this point it is a close race between former soccer star George Weah and the Harvard educated Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf. Due to election rules stating a candidate must get at least 50% of the vote to win, it appears
that there will be a runoff between the two.
As I noted earlier in this blog I am pulling for George(who besides being a soccer star is also a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, and worked hard on HIV/AIDS education in Liberia) however, the more I read about the two candidates the more I am convinced that Liberia is going to be better off no matter who wins. This is a good thing for a country that recently was engaged in a civil war.
Posted by dmason at October 15, 2005 11:20 AM