President John Mahama has alleged that the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) is planning to dispute the results of this year’s election. According to him, the NPP’s plan is evident in their recent attacks on Ghana’s Electoral Commission and its chairperson, Charlotte Osei. President Mahama, who was speaking at a campaign rally in Tema as … Read more
Disqualified flagbearer of the All People’s Congress Hassan Ayariga says he will not seek an injunction on the December elections but will contest the EC’s decision to disqualify him. The embattled APC leader is convinced that his disqualification was arbitrary, unfair and was accentuated by malice on the part of the EC boss whom he described as … Read more
Ghanaian businessman and sports administrator Herbert Mensah is calling on EC chair Charlotte Osei to desist from engaging in acts that have the tendency to compromise the integrity of this year’s polls adding that it is the only way the country’s peace can be maintained. While urging calm and tolerance from all stakeholders in this … Read more
Disqualified Presidential candidate of the All People’s Congress (APC) Mr. Hassan Ayariga has once again taken a swipe at the chairperson of the Electoral Commission,Madam Charlotte Osei. Speaking this morning on Accra based Starr Fm,an obviously livid Hassan Ayariga accused the EC chair of being disrespectful and going against the laws of the land. Narrating … Read more
Ghana’s Electoral Commission says voters in the 2016 elections can verify their eligibility both manually and biometrically to prevent the high numbers of people disenfranchised on voting day. The chair of the commission, Madam Charlotte Osei addressing editors across the country in Accra said a few new modalities have been introduced for this year’s elections … Read more
The disqualified presidential hopeful of the All People’s Congress (APC), Hassan Ayariga has said though he will go to court to seek justice for his disqualification from the presidential race he will not seek to stop the election. “We will go to court but I don’t want to hold the whole country to ransom, [so] … Read more
The disqualified presidential hopeful of the All People’s Congress (APC), Hassan Ayariga has said though he will go to court to seek justice for his disqualification from the presidential race he will not seek to stop the election. “We will go to court but I don’t want to hold the whole country to ransom, [so] … Read more
The appointment of Mrs Charlotte Osei is the most grievous blunder committed in the country’s history and Ghana should be ready for the consequences if she presides over the 2016 elections, All People’s Congress (APC) flag bearer Hassan Ayariga has said. “Madam Charlotte Osei, with all due respect to whoever appointed her, was the worst … Read more
Even before Ghanaians go to the polls on December 7, the referee for the 2016 presidential elections Charlotte Osei had written off the presidential candidate of the All People’s Congress, Hassan Ayariga. Speaking at a lecture in the UK last week, Chairperson of the Electoral Commissioner said, “there will be one winner and certainly several … Read more
Chairperson of the Electoral Commission Charlotte Osei is blaming a section of the media for what she describes as the high political tension in the country with some three weeks to the general elections. The EC chair is accusing some media organizations of promoting ‘partisan agenda’ and ‘causing chaos’ ahead of the polls. Speaking at … Read more
Even before Ghanaians go to the polls on December 7, the referee for the 2016 presidential elections Charlotte Osei had written off the presidential candidate of the All People’s Congress, Hassan Ayariga. Speaking at a lecture in the UK last week, Chairperson of the Electoral Commissioner said, “there will be one winner and certainly several … Read more
The two front runners in the 2016 presidential elections, the National Democratic Congress and New Patriotic Party have replicated the third and fifth positions they picked during the parliamentary ballot. On voting day, December 7, 2016, the National Democratic Congress’ John Dramani Mahama will be third on the ballot, with the New Patriotic Party’s Nana … Read more
The Electoral Commission of Ghana is giving conflicting figures about the number of people who will be voting by proxy in this year’s general elections, General Secretary of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP), Murtala Muhammed, has said. This follows a revelation by EC Chair Charlotte Osei on Thursday that only 534 people will be voting … Read more
Flagbearer of the United People’s Party, Akwasi Addai Odike has blamed his withdrawal from the presidential race on acts by EC chair Charlotte Osei which according to him have the tendency to discredit this year’s polls. Speaking shortly after withdrawing his nomination forms only 24 hours after presenting them to the Electoral Commission, Mr. Odike … Read more
I haven’t had a chance to eavesdrop on conversations between strangers for a long time. It’s a favorite pastime, to sit on the adjacent table and actively listen to the arguments and illogic of lovers. Especially lovers, because you don’t have the history of the relationship; and you are always two steps behind understanding the … Read more
Ghanaians cannot suffer the “dumbness” and “incompetence” of the Chair of the Electoral Commission any longer since this year’s general elections are just a month away, political science lecturer at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Dr Richard Amoako Baah has said in reaction to the election management body’s detection of 105 … Read more
Some political parties that thronged the offices of the Electoral Commission to correct mistakes on their nomination forms on Monday, 7 November following a ruling by the Supreme Court to that effect, have accused the election management body of being bent on disqualifying them with delay tactics. Representatives of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP), People’s … Read more
The Electoral Commission’s announcement that the declaration of results of the forthcoming presidential polls could be stopped and a recount initiated if the results were too close has been roundly booed and met with stiff opposition by some of the political parties. Mrs Charlotte Osei, the EC Chairperson hinted in an interview with the BBC’s … Read more
The numerous court battles between the Electoral Commission and some political parties whose flag bearers were disqualified from contesting in this year’s presidential race, will engender transparency in the upcoming polls and also avert any possible post-election dispute, Dr Edward Brenya, a political science lecturer at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology has … Read more
EC Chair Charlotte Osei has stated that Ghana is ready for a free, fair, credible and transparent election come December 7. Charlotte Osei has been responding to a wide range of issues including the award of a ‘ballot-printing’ contract to a company that has folded up in the United Kingdom in an interaction with the … Read more