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Quick Check: Mo Ali’s Claim Beysolow Nyanti Was ‘Lone Presidential Candidate’ In 2023 Elections Is Misleading

Summary:

  • The Managing Director of the LWSC claimed that Minister Sara Nyanti was the lone Presidential candidate in the 2023 elections.
  • But a review of the 2023 final Presidential candidate list published by the NEC shows that there were two female presidential candidates.
  • Ali claim is misleading

On April 20, Mohammed Ali, Managing Director of the Liberia Water and Sewer Corporation (LWSC) and a senior partisan of the ruling Unity Party, claimed in a Facebook post that Sara Beysolow Nyanti was the lone female presidential candidate in the 2023 elections.

Ali used the post to argue that the concept of feminism in Liberia is “selective,” suggesting that prominent feminists failed to support Nyanti during the 2023 election.

The Claim

Excerpt from Mohammed Ali’s post: “Sara Beysolow Nyanti was the lone female presidential candidate in the 2023 election. I never heard any of the loud ‘feminists’ declaring support for her.”


Mr. Ali made the claim on his verified Facebook account

Rating Justification

To verify this claim, we consulted the Final Presidential Candidate List Report 2023 published by the National Elections Commission (NEC).

This official document provides the full list of presidential candidates and their running mates, who were certified to contest the election.

According to the NEC’s report, two women contested the presidency in 2023: Sara Beysolow Nyanti of the African Liberation League (ALL) and Bendu Alehma Kromah, an Independent Candidate.



The final list of candidates who were certified to participate in the 2023 presidential election shows that there were two female candidates

Conclusion

Based on this finding, we conclude that the claim made by Mohammed Ali that Sara Beysolow Nyanti was the lone female presidential candidate in the 2023 elections is misleading.

Verified information from the National Elections Commission confirms that there were two female candidates on the final ballot: Sara Beysolow Nyanti and Bendu Alehma Kromah.


Siaway Miapue
Siaway Miapuehttps://localvoicesliberia.com/
Miapue is a passionate Investigative Journalist with seven years’ experience in mainstream journalism. He produces compelling stories that resonate with a broad audience. He’s a recipient of Liberia's first Young Journalist Award in 2023 funded by USAID Media Activities through global development media organization, Internews. Miapue has a niche for health and environmental reporting and also has strong interest in fact checking. He is completing his BSc in public health at the University of Liberia.
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