His camp-followers may not worry the youngsters from the slums but they bother the tiny middle class who much prefer the other leading candidate 66-year old Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf a former senior official of the UN Development Programme and Vice-President of Citicorp and Equator Banks...
The idea seems to be to complete the deal before the election at which the presidential frontrunners George Weah and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf are running on anti-corruption platforms...
Of the five frontrunners - footballer George Weah Charles Brumskine Winston Tubman Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf and Varney Sherman - only Sherman has had significant links with Taylor in the past...
Credible mainstream politicians such as Charles Brumskine and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf accept that the UN presence will have to continue for perhaps a year beyond the elections scheduled for October 2005...
Despite his repeated promises to go he didn't appear to be packing his bags though Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf his likely successor was confident after talks in Washington that the necessary pressure would be brought to bear...
Hence the growing interest in Washington in a role for Taylor's long-time political rival Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf Liberia's iron lady...
Other civilian figures who could potentially play a role include Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf who came second to Taylor in the 1997 elections and Amos Sawyer head of the 1990-94 interim government whose influence did not extend far outside Monrovia...
Veteran politician Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf Senator Charles Brumskine and Togba-Nah Tipoteh have emerged as leading spokespeople for the eight opposition parties...
Former President Amos Sawyer and the American favourite Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf runner-up in the 1997 election also asked the French ambassador to Ouagadougou Maurice Portiche for support...
As the veteran opposition leader Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf the main opposition candidate in the 1977 presidential election returned to Monrovia on 29 April Taylor banned all public meetings even funerals and party political activities...