“My fellow citizens, I will be coming to you shortly to ask you to renew… for a second time the mandate that you gave me six years ago,” Weah said in his annual State of the Nation address.
Weah pledged “a mandate of opportunity, a mandate for transformation, a mandate for development”.
He also defended his first term, saying: “Let me assure you that the state of our nation is strong. The state of our nation is stable… The state of our nation is peaceful and secure. We intend to keep it this way.”
The election is slated for October 10 of this year, 2023 where over a dozens of political parties are expected to contest for the Executive Mansion.