‘Oppressive’ EC Victimising Us – NDP
Following the Electoral Commission’s (EC) detection of 33 new errors on the nomination forms of the National Democratic Party (NDP) presidential aspirant, Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, the NDP has...
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EC Sets November 10 For Presidential Balloting
The Electoral Commission (EC) has set November 10, 2016 for presidential balloting. The commission announced this in a statement on Monday, 7 November, stating that by the judgement of the apex...
Prez Balloting Set For Nov 10
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...
PPP To Drag EC To Court Today
The Progressive People’s Party (PPP) is considering dragging the Electoral Commission (EC) to court today, Tuesday, 8 November over 105 new errors, which the election management body says it has...
Allow Candidates To Contest Polls – EC Advised
The private legal practitioner who championed the declaration of non-bailable offences as non-constitutional has advised the Electoral Commissioner to allow disqualified presidential aspirants the...
Supreme Court Window To Parties Expires Today; PPP Not Clear Yet
The 24hour window created by the Supreme Court for the political parties to correct their nomination form errors to enable them contest the December polls expires 5pm today. The seven-member panel On...
It Is Unwise For EC To Be Introducing New Errors
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...
PPP Yet To Fix Errors As SC Deadline To Parties Expires By 5pm Today
The 24hour window created by the Supreme Court for the political parties to correct their nomination form errors to enable them contest the December polls expires 5pm today. The seven-member panel On...
Charlotte Osei Is ‘dumb’
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...
PPP Heading To Court Today
The Progressive People's Party (PPP) is considering dragging the Electoral Commission (EC) to court today, Tuesday, 8 November over 105 new errors, which the election management body says it has...
PPP’s Lawyer Wants Wednesday Deadline For Other Political Parties
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...
Fire EC Lawyers & Dissolve the 7 Commissioners After Elections– Law Prof. Demands
Prof. Kwaku Asare who has been very critical of the EC for some of its decisions, which has grabbed headlines in the last months, including the disqualification of the13 presidential nominees, wants...
Supreme Court Has Cut EC To Size
The Supreme Court, per its unanimous ruling on the struggle between the Progressive People’s Party’s Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom and the Electoral Commission, over the former’s disqualification from...
EC Using ‘communist Tactics’ To Disqualify Us
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...
Disqualification Ruling In Full Text
The Supreme Court of Ghana has ruled that the flag bearer of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP) Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom should be given a chance to correct errors on his nomination forms. Below is...
Disqualified Candidates Besiege EC For Corrections
Some political parties representatives have stormed the Electoral Commission (EC) head office to correct errors on the nomination forms of their presidential nominees. Representatives of the...
Ayikoi Otoo Says ECs Deadline Extension Unfavourable
Lead Counsel for the Progressive People’s Party (PPP), Nii Ayikoi Otoo, has expressed fears that the new deadline for the submission of nomination forms, tomorrow 5:00pm, may not be enough for...
EC To Ballot For Presidential Candidates On November 10
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...
Our Enemies Have Failed Woefully – Nduom
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...
Nduom Energised For Massive Campaign
The flag bearer of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP) Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom is excited over his second win against the Electoral Commission. Dr. Nduom is in a pole position to contest in the...