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Claim: The youth league chair of the former ruling CDC has alleged that “President Boakia won with less than 18,000 votes.”
Verdict: False! The final 2023 national presidential run-off election results show President Boakai won with over 20,000 votes.
Full Text
President Joseph Boakai is scheduled to report to Liberians on his one-year rule in a few days, according to Liberia’s Constitution.
Article 58 of the 1986 Liberian constitution requires the President to report to the national legislature on the state of the Republic.
Liberians are in high spirits about hearing from their leader and have begun discussing the president’s performance.
Making comparisons between the first year of the rule of former President George Weah and the first year of President Boakai, the Youth League Chair of the former ruling Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC), Emmanuel Johnson said that former President Weah reconciled the country, but his successor has failed to do the same.
According to Johnson, “even though he (Boakai) won with less than 18,000 votes, he has never taken any step to reconcile the country.”
He made the claim when he appeared as a guest on a radio programme. He can be heard at the 2:08:46 to 2:08:55 of the show.
When writing this report, the show attracted 25.7K views, 551 comments, 309 reactions, and 75 shares.
Since this claim delves into issues of political legitimacy, DUBAWA decided to check Johnson’s assertion’s truthfulness.
Verification
DUBAWA searched the National Elections Commission’s official website to find the official results they announced.
The final results from the 2023 run-off presidential election show President Joseph Boakai had 814,481 votes, constituting 50.64% of the total valid votes cast, while former President George Weah got 793,914, constituting 49.36%. President Boakai won with 20,567 votes.
Conclusion
The CDC Youth League Chairperson’s claim that President Boakai won with less than 18,000 votes is misleading.
