The Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana has advised party agents accredited to polling stations to desist from the practice of not signing the Declaration of Results form (pink sheet). The Commission said the refusal of polling agents to sign the pink sheet did not, in any way, invalidate the results of the elections. Mr. Anthony … Read more
Elections are very important especially in representative democracy where electorate elect their own officials to authoritatively allocate and distribute scarce resource in the Country. Ghanaians especially registered voters have a role to play in shaping the future of the country through participation in elections. The exercise and enjoyment of rights and freedoms is inseparable from … Read more
Elections are very important especially in representative democracy where electorate elect their own officials to authoritatively allocate and distribute scarce resource in the Country. Ghanaians especially registered voters have a role to play in shaping the future of the country through participation in elections. The exercise and enjoyment of rights and freedoms is inseparable from … Read more
Mr. Duodo chose…to conflate the Ghana case with the UK…What data might actually be at bottom of Mr. Duodo’s “facts” with respect to “freedom” of political parties and voters to engage in electoral politics in Ghana, versus the UK?…Question is, if the UK (pop: 64 million)…can have just 2 parties dominating electoral politics, pray tell … Read more
Persons with disabilities will not be made to join long queues at the various polling stations across the country during this year’s December 7 general elections, the Electoral Commission has revealed. The Commission says a special desk will be set up for persons with disabilities at the various polling stations for them to cast their … Read more
‘No more Mr. Nice Guy’: EU gets tough on African migrants Migrants crossing the Sahara desert into Libya ride on the back of a pickup truck outside Niger Encouraged by their success in halting a mass influx of refugees by closing Greek borders and cutting a controversial deal with Turkey, EU leaders are getting tough … Read more
Pollster and Editor-In-Chief of the Daily Dispatch newspaper, Ben Ephson Jnr, says it is needless for a political party or anyone to use armed civilians at the polling stations across the country with the aim of policing the ballot. In his view, one does not need armed civilians to ensure free and fair elections at … Read more
The final decision of honourable members of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly on a compromise to settle on Nana Adu Mensah Asare, the Amakomhene as the Presiding Member of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly is an indicator of how traditional authorities could be moderators of fracas contained in our traditional district assemblies which stalls the intentions of … Read more
British Prime Minister Theresa May will inform European Union leaders on her thinking about Britain’s exit from the bloc at a summit later this week and Germany hopes she will set out a Brexit vision, a senior German government official said. The official added that the other 27 members of the EU agreed there could … Read more
Even though it has been well-stencilled that a coalescence of an effective campaign messages and a formidable candidate increases the chances of electoral victory (Baek 2009), a political party would be committing an electoral suicide for failing to keep an eagle eye on its opponent’s voracious and diabolical agenda. In Ghana, and developing countries as … Read more
Presidential candidate of the Convention People’s Party (CPP) for the December 7 polls Ivor Kobina Greenstreet says the lawsuits against the Electoral Commission (EC) following the rejection of 12 presidential aspirants from the December polls could become a major set back. He revealed news about the rejection of the12 presidential aspirants from the contest came … Read more
Europol, the EU’s police intelligence unit, estimates that around 10,000 unaccompanied children have gone missing in Europe over the past two years. The BBC World Service Inquiry programme asks why so many have disappeared. “There are different reasons [children] arrive unaccompanied,” according to Delphine Moralis, secretary general of Missing Children Europe. “Some of them have … Read more
I have monitored proceedings with respect to the upcoming 2016 general elections in Ghana . I have spoken with different groups of people especially the youth who feel disgruntled with issues of interest in this country. There are a majority of people who are not involved in political issues but who take delight in discussing … Read more
Shares in Asian casino firms fell on Monday amid fears of a Chinese crackdown on foreign operators. Crown Resorts, controlled by James Packer, closed 13.9% lower after Crown confirmed 18 of its staff had been detained in China. Among those arrested was a senior executive in charge of attracting high-rollers to Australia. Most gambling is … Read more
The Convention People’s Party is considering an alliance with two political parties with Nkrumaist root whose presidential nominees have been disqualified from contesting in this year’s presidential election. The party’s National Chairman, Prof. Edmund Delle, who revealed this named the two parties as the Peoples National Convention (PNC) and the Progressive Peoples Party (PPP). The … Read more
There may be a new breed of officers in the Ghana Police Service (GPS) who would surely do better having their services engaged elsewhere in the country’s public service sector than in law enforcement. One such breed of Ghanaian police officer is Mr. Isaac Amekudzi, Superintendent of Police reportedly in charge of the police personnel … Read more
Barring justice in heaven, judiciary use to be one place in Nigeria where people get relative reprieve. Our lawyers and judges were so well trained locally, most African countries gained from their expertise and training. They were the bastion of integrity and profession of choice for many freedom fighters that brought colonialism to a standstill. … Read more
An Electoral Commission should ideally, exist only to facilitate the free expression, by the populace, of its political preferences in an election. Facilitating the free expression of a people’s political will is not like invigilating an examination. Examinations are important, yes. But an election is far more crucial, in that it produces a government which … Read more
Ghana’s U17 women’s team, the Black Maidens yesterday lost by one goal to two, in their quarter-final encounter to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. The Koreans took the lead before Ghana drew parity. But in the dying embers of the game, the Koreans sealed victory by scoring the second goal. Join GhanaStar.com to receive … Read more
Has the Electoral Commission yielded into “no verification, no vote” for election 2016? Not long ago, the Chair of the Electoral Commission, Mrs Charlotte Keeson-Osei, was oscillating between the idea of electorates voting without going through the biometric verification on the Election Day and voters being verified biometrically before casting their votes on the Election … Read more