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Title: | Lessons from Liberia's 2005 presidential election: what worked and what needs to work in the next election |
Author: | Kimaru, Christopher M. |
Year: | 2009 |
Periodical: | Liberian Studies Journal (ISSN 0024-1989) |
Volume: | 34 |
Issue: | 1 |
Pages: | 90-108 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Liberia |
Subjects: | presidential elections 2005 |
Abstract: | This paper examines the factors that contributed to the success of the 2005 presidential elections in Liberia, in which Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf was elected president. Particularly, it evaluates the process used to attain this successful election, looking at four clusters of procedures set by the UN to build an atmosphere of trust, viz. establishing an independent agency to oversee the electoral process; making elections accessible to all voters; authorizing and encouraging the observation of elections by domestic and international observers; crafting an electoral law that guarantees a measure of representation and perhaps a share of power for all significant constituencies contesting the election. The paper also pays attention to the significance of elections in a democracy and stresses the importance of a continued involvement of civil society in the political process, especially in voter education. Notes, ref. [ASC Leiden abstract] |