Monrovia, April 15 -- The ruling Unity Party is under mounting criticism after several of its high-ranking officials - many of them presidential appointees - openly endorsed senatorial candidate Samuel G. Kogar of the Movement for Democracy and Reconstruction (MDR) at a campaign rally on Saturday, prompting accusations of hypocrisy and a clear violation of Liberia's Code of Conduct.

By Selma Lomax/ selma.lomax@frontpageafricaonline.com

The endorsement, held in Nimba County just days ahead of the April 22 senatorial by-election, has stirred outrage among civil society groups and opposition politicians.

Critics say it highlights a disturbing contradiction between the Unity Party's current actions and the standards it once championed w...