President Doe Wanted To Vie For 2nd Term...Requested Collaboration From Opposition...Blamo Nelson At TRC
By: James Kpargoi, Jr.
Monrovia, October 20, 2008 (TRC): Slain Liberian President Samuel Kanyon Doe in 1998 requested collaboration from key opposition politicians to seek a second term in office, Grand Kru County Senator Blamo Nelson said. Mr. Nelson said President Doe called a meeting of opposition politicians in October or November 1998 and informed them that he wanted a second six-year term as president. He said Doe called the meeting because he wanted a scenario that will ensure that he won a second term.
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