Monrovia, Aug. 20 -- When the National Elections Commission (NEC) declared Mr. Abraham Darius Dillon the winner of the Senatorial aspect of the Montserrado County by-election on Friday, August 2, it became somewhat like a wakeup call for the ruling Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC). They got the rude awakening after all their boasts of the county being their exclusive turf and that "a Dillon" could never win under their watch; they still lost the county, "bigly."
Dillon, who has now been inducted Senator of Montserrado in the Legislature, was backed by the four opposition collaborating parties - Unity Party, Liberty Party, Alternative National Congress and All Liberian Party. In final numbers representing results from all 1,790 polling...