Taylor asks for peace
2003-08-10 21:13
Monrovia - Liberian President Charles Taylor on Sunday called on the country's main rebel group to submit to democracy to end a nearly five-year-long civil war.
Taylor said the Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy "must submit itself to the democratic process," in a farewell speech to be aired later on Sunday on the eve of his planned resignation.
"I urge the US administration and the west African community not to tamper with the consitution of Liberia," Taylor added.
The embattled president also said ongoing peace talks brokered by a regional west African bloc in the Ghanaian capital Accra could now be shifted to Liberia.
Taylor is supposed to leave for exile in Nigeria after handing over power on Monday to his vice president, Moses Blah.
- AFP