Weah protesters also marched to the U.S. embassy in Monrovia on Monday to deliver a petition calling for an impartial probe into what they said were widespread irregularities in the Nov. 8 run-off poll. "Government will not under any circumstances accept a situation where some citizens decide to hold the rest of the country hostage because they do not agree with a particular issue or course of action," Bryant said. He called on Weah's Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) party to allow the National Elections Commission (NEC) to investigate the fraud complaint unhindered. --SP 2225 Local Time 1925 GMT