A Deputy National Organizer for the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mardi Jibril has slammed critics of the first female commissioner, Mrs. Charlotte Osei over the disqualification of some 13 presidential candidates who failed to meet the requirements. According to Mardi Jibril, the EC boss is not working with her own laws or personal property … Read more
Former Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Martin Amidu, says the posture of Ghana’s Electoral Commission in the disqualification of presidential nominees saga, is a clear manifestation of its zeal to rig the December 7 elections. He contended in his latest piece criticising the EC that the Commission’s decision to point out new defects on … Read more
He contended in his latest piece criticising the EC that the Commission’s decision to point out new defects on the nomination forms of the 13 disqualified aspirants shows the desperation by the EC to deny them the opportunity to contest the elections. “My worry is that the Commissioner is still deliberately determined to rig the … Read more
Nduom finally succeeded in submitting a clean nomination form to the EC before the close of Tuesday deadline! Reports have revealed that, lawyers for the Progressive People’s Party (PPP) have submitted a corrected version of Dr Kwesi Nduom’s nomination form to the Electoral Commission. According to Starr News’ Wilberforce Asare who is based at the … Read more
The government’s appeal against the High Court ruling that MPs must vote on triggering Brexit will be heard in the Supreme Court from 5 December. It will last four days, with the decision expected in the new year. Theresa May has said she is “clear” she expects to start talks on leaving the EU as … Read more
The Progressive People’s Party has replaced the subscriber, whose endorsement led to the disqualification of the party’s flagbearer Papa Kwesi Nduom. Richard Aseda, who endorsed Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom in the Central and Volta Regions of Ghana, contrary to the Election Regulation has been replaced by two different subscribers, Joy News Joseph Ackah Blay reported … Read more
Anti-corruption campaigner Martin Amidu insists the electoral commission chairperson Charlotte Osei is still determined to rig the December polls, in spite of the Supreme Court judgment giving directives on how to handle candidates who were disqualified. According to the former attorney general, the commission is deliberately putting impediments in the way of the 12 disqualified … Read more
The Progressive People’s Party has replaced the subscriber, whose endorsement led to the disqualification of the party’s flagbearer Papa Kwesi Nduom. Richard Aseda, who endorsed Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom in the Central and Volta Regions of Ghana, contrary to the Election Regulation has been replaced by two different subscribers, Joy News Joseph Ackah Blay reported … Read more
The determination of the Electoral Commissioner as the Returning Officer for the Presidential Elections to still rig the elections by disqualifying all the 13 disqualified candidates in spite of the Supreme Court’s ruling of yesterday, 7th November 2016, must be obvious to all reasonable people in the new grounds of discovered defects in their nomination … Read more
Although the Commission had disqualified Dr Nduom on just one ground, the party says just after the Supreme Court ruled Monday that they be given the chance to correct that error, the EC claimed it had uncovered more irregularities on his nomination forms. Speaking on 3FM’s Sunrise morning show Tuesday, the party’s National Vice Chairman, … Read more
The determination of the Electoral Commissioner as the Returning Officer for the Presidential Elections to still rig the elections by disqualifying all the 13 disqualified candidates in spite of the Supreme Court’s ruling of yesterday, 7th November 2016, must be obvious to all reasonable people in the new grounds of discovered defects in their nomination … Read more
The Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana is not learning from past experiences with regards to errors it had made in elections at all levels, Professor Kweku Asare, a U. S.-based Ghanaian Professor has said. According to him, the rate at which the election management body has been engaged in controversies over election-related matters is a … Read more
Presidential candidates for the 2016 elections will know their position on the balloting paper by November 10, 2016. This was contained in a press release by the Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana on Monday, November 7, after it studied the judgement delivered by the Supreme Court which directed the election conducting body to allow all … Read more
Lawyer Akoto Ampaw is raising an alarm of a looming constitutional crisis if the EC does not resolve the drama surrounding the filing of nomination by the disqualified presidential aspirants seeking to contest the 2016 elections. The lawyer, who was part of the petitioners in 2012 election petition said the EC, by law, must complete … Read more
The lead counsel of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP) Nii Ayikoi Otoo said the barely 24-hour extension ordered by the Supreme Court to the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) may not favour some political parties. He said he would rather the deadline was Wednesday, November 9. According to the former Attorney General and Minister of Justice, … Read more
The Electoral Commission (EC) has announced that it will ballot for presidential candidates for the December elections on Thursday November 10, 2016. This follows the Supreme Court ruling that ordered them to extend the period for the receipt of nomination to the close of Tuesday, November 8, to enable disqualified presidential hopefuls to correct errors … Read more
Flagbearer of the Progressive People’s Party(PPP), Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, says those who wanted his party out of the race for the presidency on December 7, have failed. His comments come shortly after the Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the High Court, which stated that the EC was wrong in disqualifying him. In that … Read more
The errors which formed basis for the disqualification of the Progressive People Party flagbearer appears to have increased from 1 to 105, Joy News has learnt. Lawyer for the PPP flagbearer Ayikoi Otoo confirmed this to Myjoyonline.com hours after the EC had been directed to allow all presidential aspirants to correct all infractions on their … Read more
Flagbearer of the Progressive People’s Party(PPP), Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, says those who wanted his party out of the race for the presidency on December 7, have failed. His comments come shortly after the Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the High Court, which stated that the EC was wrong in disqualifying him. In that … Read more
Flag bearer of the People’s National Convention, Dr Edward Mahama, has saluted the Supreme Court for directing the Electoral Commission (EC) to give suspended flag bearers the opportunity to make corrections on their nomination forms for which reason they were disqualified from taking part in the 2016 presidential elections A 7-member Supreme Court panel presided … Read more