After Losing To George Weah, Liberia Ruling Party Expels President Johnson Sirleaf

After Losing To George Weah, Liberia Ruling Party Expels President Johnson Sirleaf

Liberia’s ruling Unity Party has expelled the west African nation’s outgoing president, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, following its candidate’s defeat in a presidential run-off election last month, the party said in a statement distributed on Sunday.

The statement said Johnson Sirleaf had violated rules, including a requirement to support the party’s candidates in elections.

Former football star George Weah defeated the Unity Party’s Joseph Boakai in a landslide.