Editorial: The Weah Administration’s Peaceful Transfer Of Power

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑 President George Manneh Weah appears to be setting the democratic pace for the subregion, with President Weah graciously conceding defeat to his opposition and working with the in-coming administration for a smooth transfer of power in January 2024.

𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐖𝐄𝐀𝐇 𝐈𝐒 being regarded by many as a champion of democracy in the West African subregion, and Africa by extension. The opposition leader of Uganda, Bobi Wine, has stated that Weah has earned himself a place amongst African noble statesmen and hope other African leaders can draw lessons and appreciate that people must not die and nations collapse in the name of their holding onto power.

𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐋𝐘, 𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐖𝐄𝐀𝐇 named himself and the President-elect, Ambassador Joseph N. Boakai, as Co-Chairpersons to the Joint Presidential Transitional Team (JPTT), proclaiming Executive Order #123, in which he authorized the President-elect to designate twenty (20) persons to the team.

𝐀𝐂𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐋𝐘, 𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐓-𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐂𝐓 𝐁𝐎𝐀𝐊𝐀𝐈 has named a 20-man transitional team to serve on the Joint Presidential Transitional Team (JPTT), which was set up recently by President Weah to stir the transitional affairs of the state and lead the country to a peaceful transfer of power from the Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) government to the Unity Party (UP) Alliance government in January 2024.

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐓𝐄𝐀𝐌 𝐖𝐈𝐋𝐋 work along with the CDC government’s team already named by President Weah to execute Chapter 2, Article 5 (c) of the 1986 Constitution, which authorizes the sitting President to develop a system of appropriate protocols and mechanisms for the smooth transfer of power from the incumbent President to the in-coming President.

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐉𝐏𝐓𝐓 𝐖𝐀𝐒 mandated to commence its function and exercise the powers and authority granted by the Executive Order no later than forty-eight (48) hours after the declaration of the President-elect by the National Elections Commission (NEC), and to cease to function after the publication of its final report, which shall be no later than forty-eight (48) hours before the inauguration of the President-elect and Vice President-elect.