Written by Moses Wenyou
Source: Star Radio Liberia
The National Elections Commission has announced the official timetable for the conduct of the 2011 General elections.
The Chairman of NEC however said the comprehensive activity schedule would be published next week in local dailies and on the commission’s website.
Mr. James Fromayan told a news conference Friday the key electoral dates would be subject to change based on prevailing circumstances at a given time.
According to Mr. Fromayan, the NEC has put in place the necessary mechanism for the delimitation of electoral districts in line with the joint resolution.
The NEC Chairman clarified the delimitation process would now commence after the entire voters’ registration exercise which is expected to begin January 10, 2011.
He said the distribution of the nine additional seats as provided by the joint resolution would be based on percentage of seats currently occupied by the six most populated counties in the House.
Mr. Fromayan said Montserrado with existing fourteen seats will have additional three seats while Nimba with seven seats will have two additional seats.
He said Bong County’s six existing seats will be increased by one while Grand Bassa, Margibi and Lofa counties will also have their four seats increased by one.
Mr. Fromayan assured international best practices which requires consultations with locals would be used by the NEC to carry out the delimitation exercise.
