Liberia, Jan. 2 -- The Council of Patriots told a news conference in Monrovia Thursday that the group has rejected the Saturday, January 4 date set aside by the government and its international partners, and is maintaining January 6 as the planned date for the protest.

Obediah Johnson, obediah.johnson@frontpageafricaonline.com

Monrovia - The Council of Patriots (COP), through its Chairman, Henry Costa has termed as 'undemocratic and unconstitutional' the proposing of separate dates by the Government of Liberia (GOL) and Ambassadors of the United States, European Union, United Nations and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for the holding of its 'peaceful assembly' in the country.

The Liberian government, through the...