MONROVIA, Montserrado – The stakeholders of the Liberia Kickball Federation are set to elect new leaders after four years of Yoryor Kollie’s administration. The election is set to take place on Saturday, June 30.
According to a release from the Liberia Kickball Federation, positions to be voted for are the presidency, the vice president for administration, the vice president for operations, the secretary general, and the assistant secretary general.
With the official list of candidates yet to be announced by the election commission, two persons have announced their candidacies for the office of the president while the names for the other positions are still unknown. The chairman of the Grand Bassa subcommittee, Emmanuel Surprise Whea, has announced his intent. Another candidate, Emmanuel Ward, has also said he will be contesting the hot seat.
The federation gave interested candidates up to Thursday, June 21 to register. According to the release from the federation, those eligible to contest for the various positions will be announced on Friday, June 22 before the debate that is scheduled for Saturday, June 23. Eligible candidates will have up to Saturday, the 28th of June for campaigning and will have a break on Sunday before the election on Monday, June 30.
Yourvor Kolllie’s outgoing administration came to power after the 2014 elections without several key positions being contested for. Candidates failed to meet up with constitutional requirement of a bachelor’s degree and being married before contesting. In 2016, when the constitution was amended to remove both prerequisites, a by-election was held to bring in power the vice president for administration, the vice president for operations, and the assistant secretary general.
The by-elections brought to power Amie T. Wisseh as vice president for administration, Evan B. Somah as the vice president for operations and current presidential candidate, Emmanuel Surprise Whea, as assistant secretary general.
Featured photo courtesy of Augustus Audekina-Doe
