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Media criticism must improve electoral process – EC Chair
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Media criticism must improve electoral process – EC Chair

Mrs Jean Mensa, the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), has asked the media to be circumspect in their criticisms in order not to disrupt the electoral processes.    She said criticisms should be geared towards improving the electoral processes and not “to disrupt the system.”    Mrs Jean Mensa said this at a training workshop for selected media practitioners from the Greater Accra, Eastern and Volta regions.    It was organised by the EC in collaboration with the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA).    The EC Chairperson said the media remained the Commission’s key partner and urged them to be truthful and transparent in the coverage of the December polls.    She said there was no secrecy in the electoral system, stressing that the Commission had been tr...
We will not accept results of flawed electoral process, Mahama warns
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We will not accept results of flawed electoral process, Mahama warns

The presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr John Dramani Mahama, has reiterated his earlier warning that his party will not accept the results of a flawed electoral process. Addressing NDC supporters at Abura on Thursday as part of his five-day campaign tour of the Central Region, he said the Electoral Commission (EC) from all indication has set out to organise a flawed election. “We are not trouble makers. We want to make sure that all of us believe in this election so that if you win or lose, you are prepared to accept. But when we complain, they think that we are just causing trouble. This can lead this nation to chaos because I said it, on December 7 when this election is flawed, we will not accept it. Who accepts a flawed election? Nobody. And e...
“Commit to peaceful electoral process, forego violence” – President Akufo-Addo to Political Parties, Citizens
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“Commit to peaceful electoral process, forego violence” – President Akufo-Addo to Political Parties, Citizens

“On the larger issue of the peace of our nation in these sensitive times, let me assure you of the wholehearted efforts that are being made by my Government and I to ensure the peace and stability of the nation, as we enter the home straight of the electioneering campaign. I am calling on all political actors and the citizenry, as a whole, to commit themselves to a peaceful process, and to forego any resort to violence.” These were the words of the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Tuesday, 13th October 2020, when he commissioned the refurbished Hall of Trade Unions of the Trades Union Congress. According to President Akufo-Addo, “The Inspector General of Police, and the other heads of the law enforcement agencies, have made abundantly clear their determ...