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Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is not afraid of the merger of her two leading opponents in the 2005 presidential elections, press secretary Cyrus Badio has said.

“The president has heard what is taking place; she’s welcomed it because it is in the interest of our political process, and more important, it is going to make it less confusing for our people because instead of choosing among 20 or more candidates as it was in 2005, the Liberian people will now have to decide among two or three or four candidates,” the VOA quoted Badio as saying.

Football star George Weah’s Congress for Democratic Change and Charles Brumskine’s Liberty Party had issued a joint communiqué stating their commitment to run on the same ticket in the 2011 presidential elections.

They said their parties were merging in order to fulfill the desire of Liberians to have a stronger opposition ticket that would defeat the ruling Unity Party.

But, Presidential press secretary Badio said the Liberian people will have to choose between the record of peace and stability achieved by President Sirleaf and the no record of Weah, Brumskine and the rest of the opposition.