Liberia leader says Tubman 'violating constitution

Liberian incumbent president, Mrs. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has accused her main challenger in presidential elections of "violating the constitution" by calling for a boycott of a run-off vote next week."Mr Winston Tubman has called on Liberians to give up their franchise, their right to vote. He has told people to violate the constitution ... When you start violating the constitution, where do you stop'" Sirleaf said in an address to the nation made from the presidency headquarters.She hailed a first round of voting on October 11, which was "validated by 4,800 domestic and foreign observers as free, fair and transparent -- not marred by a single act of violence" and urged Liberians to disregard the boycott."We are poised to make history, to not succumb to fear and intimidation, to not allow any politician to hold our country hostage, to not allow Mr Tubman to boycott, when what he is doing is forfeiting the right to the finals because he fears defeat," said Sirleaf.Just four days before the key run-off poll, the nation's second post-war election since the end of a brutal 14-year conflict, Tubman urged his supporters to boycott the election, raising tensions in the war-ravaged country."We officially inform the Liberian people and the world" that the Congress for Democratic Change will not take part in the vote on Tuesday, Tubman said at a news conference, calling on all Liberians to stay away from the ballots.
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