The President of Liberia and his opponent Boakai meet again in the second round of the presidency

Liberians are voting today Tuesday in the second round of elections between President George Weah and former Vice President Joseph Boakai after a fierce contest in the first round where no one could get more than 50 percent of the vote. Famous footballer George Weah, 57, led in the first round of the election in October, getting 43.83 percent of the vote, and Boakai got 43.44 percent. Boakai, 78, is a veteran politician who from 2006 to 2018 was the deputy of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the first female president in Africa to be democratically elected. Analysts say the small difference in votes between them, ie 7,126 votes in the first round and the absence of a strong third candidate, is a clear sign that this second round, which is being held today, will also have a fierce competition. In the 2017 election, George Weah Weah won with more than 61 percent of the vote.

The second round of the presidential election in Liberia has a fierce competition This is the fourth presidential election after the country's civil war, but the first without the presence of a United Nations delegation. Some voters are disgusted with Weah's performance, especially regarding corruption, the high level of youth unemployment, food inflation and economic problems in general. Supporters of the ruling party say the Liberian government's move to pass a new law in July 2022 that gives the anti-corruption commission the power to prosecute is evidence of how the government is fighting corruption. However, opponents say that two officials who were found to be corrupt ran for parliamentary seats on the ticket of the ruling party. President George Weah says, the epidemic of UVIKO-19 and the war between Russia and Ukraine have greatly hindered his government's plans to revive the economy.