EC Did Not Err In Applying the Rules – CODEO
The Coalition of Domestic Election Observers has fully backed the Electoral Commission’s decision to disqualify 12 candidates who filed nominations to contest in this year’s presidential...
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Ghana’s 2016 Elections
By Sammy Darko The first queen of England, Queen Elizabeth was regarded as too controversial for mainly three reasons; the fact that she was a woman had the people doubt her ability to rule, her...
EC Boss Under Fire
The Electoral Commission’s (EC’s) outright rejection of the nomination forms of 13 personalities who wanted to contest in the December 7 presidential election is causing uneasy calm in the...
EC To Refund Filing Fees To 12 Disqualified Presidential Aspirants
The 12 presidential aspirants whose nomination forms were rejected and, by inference, disqualified from contesting the December 7, 2016 general elections would be given back their filing fees, the EC...
Injunction Against December Polls Would Be Grave – Mike Oquaye
Former Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Professor Mike Oquaye, has warned of serious consequences if any of the candidates disqualified by the Electoral Commission (EC) succeed to secure an injunction...
Lawyer ‘haunts’ EC Boss Over Konadu’s Disqualification
Lawyer for Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings has written to the Electoral Commission to demand evidence based on which the former first lady has been disqualified from contesting the December 7...
We Miss Afari-Gyan; He Was Far Better – PNC
The People’s National Convention (PNC) has said former chair of the Electoral Commission (EC), Dr Kwadwo Afari-Gyan was “far better” in handling election matters in the country. According to...
I Need Five Minutes With EC Or I’ll Go To Court – Nduom
The flagbearer of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP) wants the Electoral Commission to grant him a 5 minute engagement with the commission so he could address some “administrative” and...
A Wakeup Call Or An Act of Sentiment
Some are calling it a controversial conspiracy, incredible, annoying, unacceptable or needless. Yet others say thumbs up, waaaw, finally, someone did! I’m talking about the Electoral Commission’s...
EC Boss Tells Disqualified Aspirants
Chairman of the Electoral Commission has called the bluff of aggrieved presidential candidates threatening to go to court over their disqualification. Mrs Charlotte Osei says the affected parties and...
EC Disrespected Us, Dumped Our Letter At Security Post
The General Secretary of All People’s Party (APC) Razak Opoku has lashed out at the Electoral Commission (EC) for dumping the disqualification letter of their presidential nominee, Dr Hassan...
Lawyer ‘haunts’ EC Boss Over Nana Konadu’s Disqualification; Demands Evidence
Lawyer for Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings has written to the Electoral Commission to demand evidence based on which the former first lady has been disqualified from contesting the December 7...
I Will Arrest EC Boss
One of the disappointed presidential aspirants, Kofi Akpaloo has threatened to personally arrest the chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Charlotte Osei if she goes ahead to hand him to the...
Disqualified Aspirants Have Themselves To Blame – OB Amoah
A member of the opposition New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Electoral Committee, O. B. Amoah, has blamed the disqualified presidential aspirants and their parties for their respective disqualifications...
Konadu Petitions EC Over Disqualification; Threatens Suit
Flagbearer of the National Democratic Party (NDP) and his running mate, Kojo Mensah Sosuh, have petitioned the Electoral Commission Chairperson Charlotte Osei, through private legal practitioner, Ace...
We Will Still Drag NPP To Court
The All People’s Congress (APC) has said that they will still pursue legal actions against the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for plagiarizing their manifesto despite the disqualification of their...
EC Knocks Down 12 Presidential Aspirants
Twelve presidential nominees bidding to serve at the Flagstaff House---the seat of government in the 2016 December poll have found themselves in the eye of the storm. But it could get worse as...
As the EC Paralyzed Nana Konadu, Dr. Nduom and the Others?
As the EC paralyzed Nana Konadu, Dr. Nduom and the others? By Dr. Michael J. K. Bokor Folks, the Electoral Commission has stung several of the candidates filing to contest the 2016 Presidential...
EC Has Cleared ‘charlatans’ From Appearing On Ballot Paper – Ndebugri
A private legal practitioner, John Ndebugri is full of praise for the Electoral Commission (EC) and its Chairperson, Charlotte Osei, following the disqualification of 13 presidential aspirants from...
Nduom’s Disqualification ‘illegal’ – PPP
The Progressive People’s Party (PPP), says the disqualification of its flagbearer, Papa Kwesi Nduom, from the upcoming presidential election is illegal, and that the party will do everything...