{"id":297601,"date":"2023-11-18T12:02:35","date_gmt":"2023-11-18T11:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=297601"},"modified":"2023-11-18T12:02:35","modified_gmt":"2023-11-18T11:02:35","slug":"liberias-george-weah-concedes-defeat-to-boakai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/11\/18\/liberias-george-weah-concedes-defeat-to-boakai\/","title":{"rendered":"Liberia\u2019s George Weah concedes defeat to Boakai"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>The 78-year-old Boakai lost to Weah, 57, by a large margin in the second-round presidential vote in 2017<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Boakai was 28,000 votes ahead of Weah, according to Friday\u2019s figures<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Liberian leader and football legend George Weah conceded defeat to opposition leader Joseph Boakai after a tight presidential run-off, saying it was \u201ctime to put national interest above personal interest\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The latest and nearly complete results showed Boakai leading with nearly 51 percent of the votes in Liberia, Africa\u2019s oldest republic founded by freed American slaves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe results announced tonight, though not final, indicate that\u2026 Boakai is in a lead that we cannot surpass,\u201d Weah said in a speech on national radio late on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>He said his CDC party \u201chas lost the election but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/11\/17\/ecowas-urges-timely-release-of-liberia-run-off-presidential-poll-result\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liberia<\/a> has won,\u201d adding: \u201cThis is the time for graciousness in defeat\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The 78-year-old Boakai lost to Weah, 57, by a large margin in the second-round presidential vote in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>With more than 99.5 percent of the polling stations reporting vote tallies after Tuesday\u2019s second-round vote, Boakai had garnered 50.89 percent of ballots cast, according to the election commission.<\/p>\n<p>Boakai was 28,000 votes ahead of Weah, according to Friday\u2019s figures. The two finished neck-and-neck in the first round last month, with a national lead of just 7,126 votes for Weah.<\/p>\n<p>The election of Weah \u2014 the first African footballer to win both FIFA\u2019s World Player of the Year trophy and the Ballon d\u2019Or \u2014 had sparked high hopes of change in Liberia, which is still reeling from back-to-back civil wars and the 2014-2016 Ebola epidemic.<\/p>\n<p>But critics have accused his government of corruption and him of failing to keep a promise to improve the lives of the poorest.<\/p>\n<p>The United States congratulated \u201cpresident-elect Boakai on his victory and President Weah for his peaceful acceptance of the results\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe call on all citizens to follow President Weah\u2019s example and accept the results,\u201d US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said in a statement.<br \/>\n\u2013 \u2018Liberian people have spoken\u2019 \u2013<\/p>\n<p>Weah said he had spoken to Boakai \u201cto congratulate him on his victory\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Liberian people have spoken, and we have heard their voice. However, the closeness of the results reveals a deep division within our country,\u201d Weah said in his speech.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet us heal the divisions caused by the campaign and come together as one nation and one united people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Weah who remains president until the handover of power in January pledged to \u201ccontinue to work for the good of Liberia\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>It will be the second peaceful handover of power from one democratically-elected government from another in two decades.<\/p>\n<p>The elections were the first since the United Nations in 2018 ended its peacekeeping mission, created after more than 250,000 people died in the two civil wars in Liberia between 1989 and 2003.<\/p>\n<p>International observers, including the European Union, have commended Liberia for holding a peaceful election.<\/p>\n<p>Regional bloc ECOWAS, the Economic Community of West African States, said the poll was \u201clargely\u201d peaceful, but noted isolated incidents that led to \u201cinjuries and hospitalisations\u201d in four provinces.<\/p>\n<p>Clashes during the campaign left several dead before the first round and raised fears of post-election violence.<\/p>\n<p>Around 2.4 million Liberians were eligible to vote on Tuesday and the turnout was roughly 66 percent, according to the electoral commission website.<\/p>\n<p>Boakai is an old political hand, having served as vice president to Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Africa\u2019s first elected female head of state, from 2006 to 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Liberia is home to around five million people and one of the poorest countries in the world.<\/p>\n<p>More than a fifth of the population lives on less than $2.15 a day, according to the World Bank.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 78-year-old Boakai lost to Weah, 57, by a large margin in the second-round presidential vote in 2017 Boakai was 28,000 votes ahead of Weah, according to Friday\u2019s figures Liberian leader and football legend George Weah 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