(16 Nov 2005) SHOTLIST
1. Wide shot of Exterior of National Electoral Commission building, cars passing by
2. Mid shot of sign reading "Republic of Liberia, National Elections Commission (NEC)"
3. Liberia policeman securing the entrance of the building with UN armed police car in scene
4. Children on street
5. Close up of a policeman
6. EU observer showing his pass to the security guard
7. Sign on the building reading "NEC Media Centre."
8. Journalists waiting outside the press room
9. Various of participants being checked by policeman before getting inside the Media Centre
10. Mid shot of Rudolph Rudolph Johnson, former Foreign Affairs Minister, Vice President of CDC (Congress for Democratic Change) party, being checked by police before getting inside
11. Mid shot of the judge
12. Mid shot of Rudolf Johnson sitting and looking at a document
13. Mid shot of judge
14. Various of people in the room
15. Wide shot of participants and journalists sitting in room
16. Various of participants and journalists sitting in room
17. SOUNDBITE (English) Rudolph Johnson, former Foreign Affairs Minister, Vice President of CDC:
"They are going to consolidate all of the complains and take them up beginning this afternoon, instead of individuals, my understanding is that now the lawyers want to consolidate this complains and take them up beginning this afternoon"
18. CDC lawyer checking documents outside the building
STORYLINE
Election officials began investigating fraud complaints on Wednesday by soccer superstar turned presidential candidate George Weah, who alleges poll workers stuffed ballot boxes for his opponent in Liberia's first postwar election.
A day earlier, election officials said the final count gave Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf 60 percent of the ballots versus 40 percent for Weah.
Johnson-Sirleaf would be the first woman elected president in Africa if Weah's complaints are found to be without merit and the results are certified.
A ruling on the filing by Weah, who wants a fresh round of voting, is expected by November 23, election officials have said.
Election officials launched their investigation into the allegations on Wednesday, with Weah's lawyers saying at a public hearing that they would consolidate seven complaints into a single dossier.
Missing from the hearing was Weah, who was represented by former Foreign Affairs Minister Rudolph Johnson.
Late on Tuesday, the postwar transitional government that will cede to the democratically elected leader next year announced a ban on street demonstrations.
Angry Weah supporters had clashed Friday with UN peacekeepers, but protests since had been peaceful.
The elections were the first since a 1989-2003 civil war and international observers have said they were largely free and fair, with only a few small irregularities.
Some 15,000 UN peacekeepers are now ensuring calm in Liberia.
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