Members of pro National Democratic Congress (NDC) vigilante group “The Hawks” have stated categorically that no amount intimidation from the security agencies especially the police service can stop them from protecting party members in the 2020 elections, MyNewsGh.com reports.
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Presidential hopeful of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sylvester Mensah is asking international bodies to condemn what he described as ‘cowardly and barbaric government-sponsored violence’ during the January 31 by-election held in the Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency.
“We, therefore call on the Ghana Police Service and all other relevant security agencies to conduct thorough investigations into the incidents and bring the perpetrators to book.” The Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference has added its voice to the numerous condemnations of the violence that marred the beauty of the by-election held on Thursday in the Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency. Ayawaso West Wuogon violence regrettable; culprits won’t be spared – Nana Addo The Electoral Commission must ban camera devices from polling booths during elections, as one of the means of reducing vote-buying, Speaker of Parliament, Prof Mike Oquaye has said.
“If you want to prevent vote-buying, it’s one of the ways of doing so because that’s one of the reasons why the vote must be secret" The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), has rejected suggestions by six of its presidential aspirants to award the contract for the printing of ballot papers for the upcoming presidential primary, to a state-owned printing house
National Election Guidelines Six of the flagbearer hopefuls of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) have written to the National Election Committee over the guidelines for next month’s presidential primary.
Alban Sumana Bagbin, Nurudeen Ali, Sylvester Mensah, Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, Goosie Tanoh and Joshua Alabi claim they have not received any update on the process since meeting the Committee last Sunday. The chairperson of Ghana’s Electoral Commission, Jean Mensa, has stated that allowing development partners to partly fund the country’s election is wrong.
According to her, the tendency of depending on donors to help fund the cost of elections in Ghana usually compromises the independence of the elections. |
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