MONROVIA, Nov. 24 (Xinhua) -- Liberia's electoral body on Friday thrashed the call for a rerun of the Oct. 10 presidential and parliamentary polls by political parties.
A board of commissioners of the National Elections Commission hearing the appeal cases in the country's capital of Monrovia upheld an earlier ruling by the chief hearing officer to proceed with the second-round of voting.
The governing Unity Party and the opposition Liberty Party were seeking a rerun of the October elections because of what they described as "massive irregularities and fraud."
The Liberian electoral body on Friday admitted there were errors in the presidential polls, but said they were corrected and did not have an effect on any candidate's votes.
The electoral body said the testimony of local and international observers, including the National Democratic Institute, among others, indicated that the polls were transparent and credible.
Following the electoral body's ruling, lawyers representing the political parties have vowed to file an appeal at the Supreme Court in Liberia.
