Abidjan – Mr James Fromoyan, the Chairman of the Liberian Electoral Commission (NEC), on Sunday in Monrovia resigned his appointment, following an outcry over the integrity of the commission.

Fromoyan’s resignation is coming barely eight days to a run-off presidential election, slated for Nov.  8.

Liberian media reported that the commission’s chairman tendered his resignation letter on Sunday afternoon to President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf.

According to the Catholic Veritas Radio monitored by the West Africa correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria, Fromoyan resigned his position after contradicting himself in a letter he sent to the leading opposition party, Congress for Democratic Change (CDC).

The Catholic Veritas Radio said it was in possession of a copy of the resignation letter.

The commission had on Oct. 25 announced Johnson-Sirleaf’s Unity Party (UP) as having won the first round of the elections, but had at the same time sent a similar letter to CDC that it won in the first round.

It would be recalled that Fromoyan on Oct. 28 announced the suspension of the Director of Public Affairs of the Commission, Mr Bobby Livingstone, over the blunder, but this could not silence public outcry on the matter.

Meanwhile, Livingstone, who has denied knowledge of the letter, has threatened to take Fromoyan to court.

CDC presidential candidate Winston Tubman had last week called for a restructuring of the commission as a precondition for participating in the run-off elections.

Media reports from Liberia, posted on line, said Elizabeth Nelson, Fromoyan’s deputy, will take charge of the commission pending the appointment of a substantive head.  (NAN)