Everything about the Sierra Leone elections under the dictatorship of Julius Maada Bio is evil and wicked unlike the shining example shown in Liberian elections under President George Oppong Manneh Weah. When the former leader of the APC Ernest Koroma called for the general elections in 2018, he did it with all honesty, the same thing with George Weah. The National Elections Commission NEC office was not dominated by one ethnic tribe but diverse. (Photo: President Weah is a democrat while Maada Bio is a killer).

Ernest Koroma allowed a free and fair election campaign in every corner of the country. Ernest did not impede any of his opponents from campaigning in their strongholds. It is the same with George Weah. George Weah allowed Joseph Boakai to campaign everywhere in Liberian. Weah never encouraged his CDC supporters to mount roadblocks or impede them from entering any of their strongholds, towns and villages as was done by brute Maada Bio.

When George Weah, was the incumbent President of Liberia his wife never made hate speeches to her opponents that “those who are not supporters of the Unity Party UP are not Liberians. During Joseph Boakai’s campaign, George Weah’s supporters did not manned roadblocks preventing Boakai from entering certain towns nor were his party offices burned down as what happened in Bo and Segbwema in Sierra Leone under Maada Bio. George Weah allowed Joseph Boakai free access. (Photo: Bio has destroyed Sierra Leone democracy).

During the campaign in Liberia, George Weah never sent the police or the military to suppress Boakia’s supporters with guns. In fact, they were not allowed close to the election booths or stations. In Liberia, the Police or the Military never took sides of any political party unlike in Sierra Leone under Maada Bio.  In Liberia during the election, the military never attacked the headquarters of Joseph Boakai’s Unity Party office killing people, even though they were the incumbent. Maada Bio ambushed and burnt down APC offices in Sierra Leone.

George Weah did not call in the Chief Justice to swear him in as President whilst the votes were still being counted, unlike Maada Bio who forcefully took the oath of office when the counting was still going on. Weah did not suppress the opposition to accept the outcome of the election. George Weah’s supporters and ministers were not seen breaking ballot boxes at polling stations. Neither did he force the Proportional Representation PR system in order to rig the Liberia elections.

In Liberia, George Weah never had well-armed paramilitary forces like Maada Bio’s brutal  “Soja Team”, who were involved in many summary executions of their opponents and innocent civilians like APC social media activist Evangelist Samson, real Hassan Dumbuya who was gunned down by a soldier in Makeni on August 14, 2022, in broad daylight. So, there are lot of lessons there for us all to learn from the Liberian elections. Bravo to George Wean and shame on you Maada Bio.