Monrovia – Senator George Weah (CDC, Montserrado County) took a breather from the brutal campaign trail Friday to pay a courtesy call on President Denis Sessou Nguesso of the Republic of Congo.
During the talks, the Standard bearer of Liberia’s main opposition Coalition for Democratic Change sought to foster friendship and bilateral relationship.
The meeting is the latest in a long line of high-profile meetings with various African heads of states in recent months.
Speaking via phone with FrontPageAfrica Saturday, upon his return from Brazzaville, Senator Weah, who is the reigning Chairman of Liberia’s delegation to the Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States(ECOWAS) said his meeting with President Nguesso was aimed at ensuring he and other African leaders that Liberia will undergo a smooth political transition following the October 10, 2017 presidential and legislative elections.
Senator Weah has also has been pleading with other African heads of states, who are major decision makers in both ECOWAS and the African Union to ensure that this year presidential election is free, fair and transparent.
Denis Sassou Nguesso has been the President of Congo since 1997. He was previously President from 1979 to 1992.
During his first period as President, he headed the single-party régime of the Congolese Labor Party for 12 years.
Under pressure from international sources, he introduced multiparty politics in 1990 and was then stripped of executive powers by the 1991 National Conference, remaining in office as a ceremonial head of state.
He stood as a candidate in the 1992 Presidential elections but was defeated, placing third. Nguesso was an opposition leader for five years before returning to power during the Second Civil War from 1997 to 1999.