About Elections Day in Liberia
President George Manneh Weah has by Proclamation declared Tuesday, December 8th 2020, as “Elections Day”, to be observed as Public Holiday throughout Liberia; with straight adherence to the prescribed COVID-19 Health Protocols.
The Proclamation calls on all citizens and foreign residents within the borders of Liberia, to respect, specifically, this Public Holiday, as such, and hereby direct that all government offices, business houses, private and public institutions of learning and market places be closed on that day, from Six O’clock Ante Meridian to Six O’clock Post Meridian.
The proclamation says the National Elections Commission has scheduled the holding of the Three categories of elections: The National Referendum, the Senatorial Elections throughout the country and the two by-elections for Tuesday, December 8th 2020.
According to the Proclamation, the Joint Resolution #003/2020 adopted by the Liberian Senate and House of Representatives of the 54thNational Legislature of the Republic of Liberia authorizing the postponement of the October 13th 2020 Senatorial Elections and the National Referendum to December 8th 2020, approved on June 26th 2020 and published into handbills by the Authority of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on June 30, 2020.
