The Liberia Unification Party was a

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. The party fielded candidates in the 11 October 2005

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as part of the four-party

Coalition for the Transformation of Liberia The Coalition for the Transformation of Liberia (COTOL) was a political coalition that was formed to contest the 2005 Liberian general election. Initially, COTOL consisted of the Liberian Action Party (LAP), Liberia Unification Party (LUP), Peop ...

(COTOL). In the 19 July 1997

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, the party was part of the Alliance of Political Parties, which won 2 out of 64 seats in the

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. While international observers deemed the polls administratively free and transparent, they noted that it had taken place in an atmosphere of intimidation because most voters believed that former rebel leader and National Patriotic Party (NPP) candidate Charles Taylor would return to war if defeated. On 1 April 2009, it merged into the ruling Unity Party.

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Defunct political parties in Liberia Political parties disestablished in 2009 {{Liberia-party-stub