The Electoral Commission (EC) has referred all the electoral and criminal offences identified during the vetting of the nomination forms filed by aspirants for the 2016 presidential election to the Ghana Police Service and the Attorney-General’s Department for further action. The EC disclosed this to the Daily Graphic in an exclusive interview yesterday. The Daily … Read more
The 2016 Presidential candidate of the Great Consolidated Popular Party Dr. Henry Herbert Lartey has admitted he erred in the filling of his nomination form. According to Dr. Lartey, he mistakenly filled a part of the nomination form meant for his vice presidential candidate, but maintains the Electoral commission should have allowed him to rectify … Read more
Flag bearer of the All People’s Congress (APC), Hassan Ayariga, has said he is a proud owner of four sports cars, which he uses to indulge in racing. “I like racing. I have a series of sports cars – about four. I have the Panamera – the latest brand of the Porshce (four exhausts), I … Read more
The Electoral Commission (EC) has reported to the police and Attorney General, all the electoral and criminal offences identified during the vetting of nomination forms filed by presidential aspirants for the 2016 elections for investigations. Mr Yussif Ayuba, Deputy Communications Director of the EC, made this known on Class91.3FM’s Executive Breakfast Show (EBS) on Thursday … Read more
Due diligence could have saved the 13 disqualified presidential aspirants from being disqualified from the December 7 polls, Georgina Opoku Amakwaah, a Deputy Chair of the Electoral Commission has said. The EC, as announced by its Chair, Mrs Charlotte Osei, on Monday October 9, disqualified the aspirants for forgery, perjury, clerical and administrative errors. Those … Read more
Former First Lady Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings has accused the Chair of the Electoral Commission, Mrs Charlotte Osei, of illegally disqualifying her from the 2016 presidential race and has demanded that her name be immediately put back on the list of nominees for the December 7 polls. “I want my name back on the list that … Read more
Hassan Ayariga, flag bearer of the All People’s Congress (APC) has said he has a mansion with four swimming pools in his hometown, Bawku, in the Upper East Region of Ghana. One of the pools, he said, is suspended. The 44-year-old politician, who says he made his first million dollars at age 24, said if … Read more
The Ghana Police Service has done the “right” thing by withdrawing police guards assigned to 13 presidential aspirants who have been disqualified by the Electoral Commission, security analyst Dr Kwesi Aning has said. “They don’t deserve security detail because they are no more presidential aspirants,” Dr Aning told Emefa Apawu on Class91.3FM’s 505 news programme … Read more
The founder of Salt & Light Ministries Madam Joyce Aryee has slammed men who continuously question the competence and qualification of women who occupy high office in the country. According to her, there are a lot of incompetent men who are occupying high positions that they do not qualify for or deserve but are not … Read more
The Ghana Police Service has begun the process of withdrawing police guards assigned to all the 13 presidential hopefuls who have been disqualified from the race by the Electoral Commission. “We have commenced the process of withdrawing the security personnel assigned to the presidential aspirants. …We are going to withdraw them as soon as possible,” … Read more
Flag bearers of the National Democratic Party (NDP) and the Progressive People’s Party (PPP), Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings and Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom respectively are gearing up to sue the Electoral Commission (EC) in respect of their disqualification from contesting in the December 7 presidential election. The Charlotte Osei-led EC on Monday disqualified 13 out of … Read more
Chairman of the People’s National Convention (PNC), Bernard Mornah is asking whether the party’s former Youth Organiser Abu Ramadan is still a member of the PNC. Responding to Mr Ramadan’s clamour for him (Mornah) to resign together with General Secretary Atik Mohammed over the Electoral Commission’s disqualification of their flag bearer Dr Edward Mahama from … Read more
The Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana says the commission is ready to face any of the disqualified presidential aspirants in court. According to the Head of Communications at the EC, Eric Kofi Dzakpasu, the commission disqualified those aspirants based on law. He spoke on Adom FM’s Burning Issues programme hosted by Afia Pokua after the … Read more
The powers given to the Electoral Commission of Ghana must be redefined given that its flaws are deep and inexcusable, Mr Kofi Bentil, Vice President of IMANI Ghana, has said. His comment follows the EC’s disqualification of 12 flag bearers who were seeking to contest in the December 7 presidential election. The Chair of the … Read more
Even though the right processes must be followed in the build-up to the December 7 elections, justice and fairness must not be overlooked, Prof Mike Ocquaye, the Chairperson for the Legal & Constitutional Committee of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has said. “The consolidation of Ghanaian democracy requires that principles of justice and fairness govern … Read more
A disqualification of the flagbearer of the main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Akufo-Addo, would have come as good news to the General Secretary of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Johnson Asiedu Nketiah has confessed. Speaking on Okay FM about the EC’s disqualification of 13 aspirants, Mr Asiedu Nketiah, popularly known as … Read more
The Presidential aspirant for the Peoples National convention (PNC) Dr. Edward Nasigre Mahama says the December polls will not come off unless the PNC is back into the race. Dr. Edward Mahama took to his Facebook wall Tuesday 11th October to register his displeasure in the disqualification of his party from contesting in the December … Read more
General Secretary of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) has expressed satisfaction at the decision of the Electoral Commission to disqualify twelve Presidential Candidates from contesting the 2016 polls. According to Johnson Asiedu Nketia, though the EC has exercised its rights, he would have been the happiest man on earth if the flagbearer of the … Read more
The court can nullify the Electoral Commission’s (EC) decision to disqualify 13 presidential aspirants from the December polls if it is proven that the election management body failed to draw their attention, within the stipulated time, to make corrections on their nomination forms, for which reason they have been disqualified, a constitutional lawyer, Mr Kwame … Read more
Hassan Ayariga, flagbearer of All Progressive Congress (APC), was disqualified by Ghana’s Electoral Commission (EC) for failing to write the name of his hometown on the forms he submitted to contest the 2016 General Elections. According to a statement available at the commission’s website, the candidate did not provide evidence on his statutory declaration as … Read more