Liberian President Sirleaf sets up transition team

28 Décembre 2017

Monrovia, Liberia, December 28 (Infosplusgabon) - Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has constituted a Joint Presidential Transition Team to oversee the transfer of power from her administration t0 the incoming one.

The country voted Tuesday for a new president in a run-off poll pitting incumbent Vice President Joseph Boakai against ex-footballer George Weah in a two horse race after first round election on 10 October.

The National Elections Commission (NEC) is slated to announce the first batch of results on Thursday, some 48 hours after polling stations closed Tuesday.

An Executive Mansion (State House) release noted that the transition team was necessary because the Constitution and laws of Liberia do not provide the protocol and mechanisms for the orderly transfer of power from one democratically elected President to another.

The release said purpose of the Executive Order setting up the transition team is to establish mechanisms for the proper management and orderly transfer of executive power from the current administration to the incoming President.

The President of Liberia shall appoint 15 persons to the team and they shall include the Ministers of State for Presidential Affairs; Justice; Foreign Affairs; Finance and Development Planning; Governor of the Central Bank of Liberia; Internal Affairs; National Defense; Director of the Executive Protective Service; Information, and other members to be appointed at the discretion of the incumbent President.

The President-elect shall appoint 15 persons to the transition team, all of whom must be Liberian citizens, and shall be named not later than 24 hours after the declaration of the President-elect by the NEC.

The President and the President-elect shall be co-chairpersons of the transition team or may designate any member of the team to act as a Co-Chairperson in their absence.

The release said decisions of the transition team shall be made by consensus and any disagreement shall be resolved by the President and President-elect, acting jointly.

The team shall commence its functions and exercise the powers and authority granted no later than 48 hours after the declaration of the President-elect by the NEC and shall cease to function after the publication of its final report which shall be no later than 31 January 2018.

FIN/INFOSPLUSGABON/ERD/GABON 2017

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