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Liberia’s Supreme Court has delayed until Friday a hearing on disputed presidential elections, increasing the chances of Tuesday’s run-off poll being postponed, AFP news agency reports.
“Procedural reasons” prevented the case from being heard today, a court spokesman told AFP.
The opposition Liberal Party’s Charles Brumskine has challenged the outcome of last month’s election, saying it was marred by “massive fraud and irregularities”.
The electoral commission is expected to defend the way it ran the election.
The run-off election is due to be contested by former football star George Weah and Vice-President Joseph Boakai – the two candidates who obtained the highest number of votes in the 10 October poll.
Mr Brumskine came third. The run-off was called because Mr Weah, who bagged the most votes, failed to secure a majority of more than 50%.
Liberia’s president and Nobel Peace laureate Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who took office after a civil war ended in 2003, is stepping down at the end of her two terms.
Liberians are hoping that, despite the legal row, there will be a peaceful transition of power.
