Monrovia- The Leadership of the Press Union of Liberia (PUL) in consultation with its Executive Committee and the 2022 Elective Congress Committee has postponed this year’s Congress, a PUL press release said here today, Tuesday, November 9, 2022.
The PUL said that the Congress initially scheduled for Nov 10-Nov 12 in line with the Union’s Constitution, will now be held from Thursday, Nov 17 to Saturday, November 19 in Gbarnga City, Bong County.
The incumbent Vice President of the Union, Daniel Nyankonah and the PUL’s former Assistant Secretary General Julius Kanubah are contesting the presidential seat, while two female Journalists Bettie Johnson-Mbayo and Beatrice Sieh are running to be Vice President of the Journalists union which was established in 1964.
According to a PUL statement, the decision was reached after the Liberian Government announced that this year’s National Population and Housing Census will kick off on Friday, Nov 10, which falls on the second day of the PUL Congress.
The decision, which was also reached in consultation with the candidates in the pending election, is intended to allow members of the Union across the country as well as invited personalities stay in their localities and be counted.
Meanwhile, all activities of congress including invited guests, speakers, and observers remain intact for the rescheduled date, according to the PUL release signed by its Secretary General Musa MB Kanneh.