—-Says Last Election is a ‘Fraud’
Opposition leader of the Alternative NATIONAL Congress (ANC) says the election that brought President Joseph Boakai to power was fraudulent.
Responding first time to what many believed was a desmoid performance and out of touch with the ordinary Liberians resulting to 1% in the 2023 elections, the ANC political leader, Alexander B. Cummings called his 1% vote share in the last election a “fraud,” designed to make him politically irrelevant.
He stated that if his support was truly that small, major candidates like former President Weah and current President Boakai would not have sought his alliance for the second round of voting. Cummings made these claims during a public engagement at a major intellectual center in Monrovia, speaking to citizens on key national issues.
It may be recalled, Mr. Alexander Cummings rejected the official results of the 2023 Liberian elections, which credited him with just 1.65% of the vote. Despite his claims that the results were manipulated, he later reflected on the election and accepted the outcome as the Liberian people’s decision .
Mr. Cummings initially stated that the figures were manipulated to sideline his candidacy, referencing the fact that both major candidates in the runoff election—George Weah and Joseph Boakai—courted his support afterward, a move he saw as contradictory to the low percentage he supposedly received.
By early 2025, Cummings had shifted his public stance. He acknowledged the results and the decision made by the Liberian electorate. While accepting the election’s outcome, Cummings has remained an active political voice. He continues to advocate for governance reform, promote accountability, and engage with civil society and youth groups.
Recently in September, the Alternative National Congress (ANC) announced that all leadership positions, including Cummings’s role as Political Leader, had been declared vacant ahead of a party convention. This move comes as the ANC reevaluates its strategy following the 2023 election results.
