Prince Johnson to back Sirleaf in Liberia run-off?

will support President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in a run-off election.
Johnson told AFP he decided to go with the ruling Unity Party as the opposition wanted to set up a war crimes tribunal.

“Because I do not want to go to the Hague, I prefer dealing with Ellen Johnson Sirleaf who is also indicted by the TRC.”
Sirleaf has failed to implement the recommendations of a South African-styled Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which name her on a list of people who should be barred from office for supporting warlord-turned-president Charles Taylor.

The same report names Johnson – a former rebel leader who was infamously filmed ordering his men to cut off the ears of dictator Samuel Doe – among those who should face prosecution. Johnson emerged as a surprise kingmaker after October 11 elections, which Sirleaf won with 44 percent of the vote. However, she did not manage to win an absolute majority and heads to a run-off election on November 8. Her re-election bid could receive a significant boost from Johnson’s 11,8 percent of the votes.

However, Johnson said he was “adaptable . . . I can change at any time.” Sirleaf’s main rival Winston Tubman scored 31 percent, and has accused the elections commission of rigging the vote, raising tensions in the country whose peace is still fragile eight years after the end of a brutal civil war. – AFP.