Liberian People's Party

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Liberian People's Party
AbbreviationLPP
ChairmanYanqui Zaza [1]
General SecretaryLeon Talery
FounderAmos Claudius Sawyer
Founded1983
Ideology Pan-Africanism
Democratic socialism
Political position Left-wing
National affiliation Movement for Justice in Africa
Colours  Red
Seats in the Senate
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Seats in the House
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Website
https://www.liberianpeopleparty.org/

The Liberian People's Party (LPP) is a political party in Liberia.

LPP formed in 1983 as the electoral wing of the Movement for Justice in Africa (MOJA), a leftist pan-African group. Party member Amos Sawyer served as President of the Interim Government of National Unity (IGNU) in 1990–94.

In elections held on 19 July 1997, the LPP presidential candidate and veteran leader Togba-Nah Tipoteh won 1.61% of the vote. The party won 1 out of 64 seats in the House of Representatives and none in the Senate. While international observers deemed the polls administratively free and transparent, they noted that it had taken place in an atmosphere of intimidation because most voters believed that former rebel leader and National Patriotic Party (NPP) candidate Charles Taylor would return to war if defeated.

In the 11 October 2005 elections, the Liberian People's Party and the United People's Party participated as part of the Alliance for Peace and Democracy (APD), supporting Togba-Nah Tipoteh for president.

In the 2011 presidential and legislative elections, both parties were part of the National Democratic Coalition, backing Dew Mayson for president. In the same elections Togba-Nah Tipoteh ran for the Freedom Alliance Party of Liberia (FAPL).

The party contested alone the 2017 Liberian general election, with Henry Boimah Fahnbulleh, who had previously resigned as national security advisor to the incumbent president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, running for the presidency. [2] Fanbulleh classified ninth with only 0.74% of the votes, while the party obtained 1.58% of the votes and secured one seat in the House of Representatives. [3]

The LPP did not contest the 2020 Senate election. In October 2022 Yanqui Zaza was elected new party chairman during the party’s 5th extraordinary national congress, putting an end to Joseph Kolako Kpator Jallah's 17 years long leadership. [1] In the following year's general election the party fielded Tiawan Saye Gongloe as presidential candidate.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Liberia: Yanqui Zaza Elected as LPP Chairman". Daily Observer. 5 October 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  2. "Fahnbulleh speaks on October elections". The New Dawn. 1 August 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  3. "National Tally Center Final Results Report for the Presidential and Representative Elections" (PDF). National Elections Commission. 10 October 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2023.