Voters head to the polls to vote in Liberia’s presidential run-off election, in which voters were choosing whether to hand former football star George Weah a second term in office, despite a mixed record, or elect political veteran Joseph Boakai. The run-off, which followed a first round of voting on October 10, was expected to be close between the two rivals, who also faced off in 2017.
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00:00 [crowd noise]
00:09 So we need people to come and vote for the right for the country to be in peace.
00:14 That things will be fine for all.
00:16 We want development.
00:18 We want schools.
00:20 [crowd noise]
00:35 The ruling party is panicking.
00:38 They're trying to do all kind of things to trick shortcuts.
00:41 But we're not going to let them do that.
00:43 Shortcuts? What do you mean?
00:45 Trying to stop violence, trying to free my violence.
00:50 We hear about all of that, but we're not afraid.
00:53 [crowd noise]
01:01 Well, first of all, I would like for us to commend the peace
01:05 that we continue to see at all polling stations.
01:08 We salute the Liberian people for that one aspect.
01:11 Secondly, we are a little bit concerned on the turnout.
01:16 It seems to be almost a third of what the first election was,
01:20 but we think a third.
01:22 But we think that by the time this thing comes to an end,
01:25 we'll be able to make the right assessment.
01:27 [BLANK_AUDIO]