PHOTO: NEC incoming Chair Browne-Lansannah
Monrovia– Liberian President Dr. George Manneh Weah has nominated Mrs. Davidetta Browne Lansanah as Chairman of the National Elections Commission (NEC), an Executive Mansion press release said here on Monday, June 15, 2020.
This announcement comes after days of speculation in some of the local media naming a number of persons being considered for the post, including Solicitor General Cllr. Syrenius Cephas and Senator Alphonso Gaye of Grand Gedeh County.
Prior to her preferment, Mrs. Davidetta Browne Lansanah was nominated, confirmed, appointed and commissioned co-chairman of the Electoral Body. She was subsequently appointed Acting Chair of the Commission after the Liberian Leader withdrew the nomination of the then Chairman-designate, Cllr. Nbudisi Nwabudiki.
The NEC Chairman-designate, who was first appointed to the NEC Board of Commissioner by former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf many years ago, now will replace Cllr. Jerome Korkoryah whose tenure expired in March of this year.
A career Broadcast Journalist, Mrs. Browne-Lansannah once served as Deputy Director General of the Liberia Broadcasting System (LBS).
Meanwhile, President Weah has nominated Cllr. Teplah Reeves as Co-chairman of NEC. She is to replace the elevated Mrs. Davidetta Browne Lansanah.
The Executive Mansion says the nominations made on Monday, 15 June, 2020 are subject to confirmation by the Liberian Senate where applicable.