The Liberia Equal Rights Party (LERP) is a

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Liberia Liberia (), officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to Liberia–Sierra Leone border, its northwest, Guinea to its north, Ivory Coast to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean ...

. It fielded candidates in the 11 October 2005

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. LERP candidate

Joseph Korto Joseph D. Z. Korto (1949 – June 21, 2020) was a Liberian politician and member of the Liberia Equal Rights Party (LERP). Joseph Korto was born in Barpa, Nimba County, Liberia. He was Minister of Education in Liberia from 2006 to 2010 and was rep ...

won 3.3% of the vote in the presidential poll. The party failed to win any seats in the

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. The party was disqualified from contesting the 2011 presidential and legislative elections.

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