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STORY: LIBERIA / ELECTION WRAP
TRT: 1:45
SOURCE: UNMIL
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 7-9 NOVEMBER 2011, MONROVIA, LIBERIA
1. Wide shot, aerial view of Monrovia
2. Various shots, UN peacekeepers patrolling the streets
3. Various shots, UN Coordinator in Liberia Ellen Margrethe Løj visiting Liberians
4. Various shots, CDC Party supporters dancing in the street
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Speciosa Kazibwe, Head of the African Union Commission Election Observer Mission to Liberia:
“It is the considered view of the African Union Observer Mission that the run-off presidential election of 8 Nov ember 2011 was conducted in an atmosphere of peace and in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Liberia and in compliance with the African Union Declaration on the Principles Governing Democratic Elections in Africa.”
6. Various shots, voters enter polling center at William V.S. Tubman High School
7. Wide Shot, banner, voters and polling staff at high school
4. Close-up, voting precinct code sheet
5. Various shots, Liberians voting
6. Med shot, three International observers monitor
7. Med shot, polling staff empty ballot papers onto floor for sorting and counting
8. Med Shot, International observers monitor polling staff counting ballot papers
9. Wide Shot, man in African Union observer jacket watches polling staff as National Elections Commission (NEC) staff count ballots
10. Close-up, polling staff count ballots papers count ballot papers
11. Wide Shot, polling staff count papers into piles marled with names of the two political parties competing in the election
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was declared winner of Liberia’s recent presidential run-off, which was confirmed to be free, fair and transparent by international observers despite previous claims of fraud in the first round made by one of the parties competing in the presidential race.
SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) Speciosa Kazibwe, Head of the African Union Commission Election Observer Mission to Liberia:
“It is the considered view of the African Union Observer Mission that the run-off presidential election of 8 Nov ember 2011 was conducted in an atmosphere of peace and in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Liberia and in compliance with the African Union Declaration on the Principles Governing Democratic Elections in Africa.”
United Nations (UN) police and military were on hand to assist in creating a peaceful environment for Liberians to go to the polls on that day. UN personnel were on the ground and in the air.
On polling day, the Coordinator of the United Nations in Liberia, Ellen Margrethe Løj visited polling stations in Monrovia and outlying areas. The UN envoy also visited with the UN peacekeeping (UNMIL) troops securing the perimeters of the offices of the Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) where the day before there had been clashes between CDC supporters and Liberian law enforcement personnel. The SRSG met with a few of the supporters who were on the grounds and personally expressed her regret for the loss of life and the injuries that had occurred the day before. She urged all to exercise maximum restraint and not resort to violence.
The process of sorting and tallying votes cast during the Run Off Election has started throughout the country. International Observers of the run-off election, including those from the Economic Commission of West African States, or ECOWAS, and from the African Union and the Carter Center, have issued statements to the press following the close of the polls on 8 November.
