{"id":33483,"date":"2026-05-01T13:18:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T11:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=33483"},"modified":"2026-05-01T13:18:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T11:18:10","slug":"liberia-fa-election-narrows-after-key-contender-disqualified","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/liberia-fa-election-narrows-after-key-contender-disqualified\/","title":{"rendered":"Liberia FA election narrows after key contender disqualified"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The upcoming leadership election of the Liberia Football Association (FA) has taken a dramatic turn after the Elections Committee disqualified leading presidential contender Cassell A. Kuoh.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The decision leaves incumbent President Mustapha I. Raji as the only candidate in the race ahead of the May 2026 Elective Congress.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Out of 29 aspirants, 27 were cleared to contest various positions, but Kuoh, widely seen as Raji\u2019s strongest challenger, was ruled ineligible.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According to the Elections Committee, Kuoh\u2019s disqualification is based on provisions in the association\u2019s statutes that bar individuals with prior criminal convictions from holding leadership positions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The development has effectively settled the presidential race before voting begins, raising concerns about the competitiveness of the process.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The elective congress is scheduled to take place on May 15 in Paynesville City.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":22744,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-33483","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Upcoming leadership election of the Liberia Football Association has taken a dramatic turn","published_date":"2026-05-01 13:06:25","news_description":"Upcoming leadership election of the Liberia Football Association has taken a dramatic turn","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/33483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/33483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33484,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/33483\/revisions\/33484"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=33483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}