The Liberia Athletics Federation (LAF) Elections Commission has released guidelines for the elections of the federation slated for Saturday, November 20, 2021.
The elections are part of the LAF 63rd General Assembly, which will bring together members of the Executive Committee, registered clubs and individual members to be held at the offices of the Liberia National Olympic Committee (LNOC) in Monrovia.
The elections of officers of LAF for the 2022 -2026 tenure are in consonance with the By-laws and Constitution of the LAF and that of the World Athletics (WA), which calls for elections to be held after every four years.
The last elections held on Saturday, November 25, 2017. Cllr. Sylvester Dorbor Rennie is the chairman of the 3-man Elections Commission. Cllr. Rennie is the Vice President of the Administration of the Liberia National Olympics Committee (LNOC).
According to the Elections guidelines, the positions to be contested for are President, Vice President for Administration, Vice President for Technical Affairs, Financial Secretary and Treasurer.
The LAF guideline says each applicant wishing to contest any of the above positions as mentioned, shall write a letter to the Secretary of the Commission, stating his/her interest using either of the mediums and shall also pay a non-refundable fee to the Secretary of the Commission as follows: President US$250.00; Vice Presidents Adm./Technical Affairs US$200.00; Financial Secretary and Treasurer US$150.00 each.
