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By Evelyn Kpadeh Seagbeh
MONROVIA, Liberia
Liberia’s Electoral Commission on Thursday officially certified George Weah as the newly-elected president of the country.
In a ceremony held in Liberia’s capital Monrovia, Jewel Howard Taylor, wife of former convicted president Charles Taylor, was also certified as the vice president of Liberia, along with the Members of the House of Representatives.
“The certificate we are presenting to you does not only represent conferrer of legitimacy, to pronounce you to the world as duly elected officials, but also an embodiment of the power, trust
The ceremony was witnessed by the representatives of the United Nations, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the European Union, political parties, local and international organizations.
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For his part, George Weah thanked the Liberians for electing him their next president and said: “I will not fail you. The government fails when the people appointed