Source: citifmonline. com - The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for the Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency, Emmanuel Agyarko, has likened the posture of the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Charlotte Osei, to a headmistress of a primary school.
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Source: Kwame Gyan - Chairman and Flagbearer of the opposition Independent People's Party, Kofi Akpaloo is alleging that the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Mrs. Charlotte Osei is colluding with the Commission's lawyer, Thaddeus Sory to fleece the state.
According to him, the only motivation the Chairperson of the EC has in embarking on a series of court battles with candidates in the run up to the December 7 elections is the financial benefits that may have been agreed upon between her and Mr. Sory. Source: citifmonline. com - An Accra High Court, presided over by Justice Kyei Baffour, has dismissed an application by the Electoral Commission (EC) asking him to recuse himself from the case in which the National Democratic Party (NDP), is challenging the disqualification of its Flagbearer, Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings and her running mate, from participating in the 2016 presidential election.
The President of the International Standard Journalists Association, Dr. Nana Oppong: Source: adomonline. com - The Electoral Commission of Ghana is pleading with the media in the country to cooperate with the commission and pay accreditation fees to cover the December 7 presidential and parliamentary elections.
The commission set November 7 2016 as deadline for submission of requests for accreditation to be granted at a fee, citing financial constraints. Source: starrfmonline. com - The presidential candidate of the All People’s Congress (APC), Hassan Ayariga, has welcomed the judgement by the High Court, ordering the Electoral Commission to offer him an opportunity to rectify the errors on his nomination forms.
The Director of Elections of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Martin Agyei Mensah Korsah in a radio interview on Accra based Neat FM; "...the commission has by law, no power to call for a recount....only a candidate or a polling agent who could call for a recount.... that, it has to be done at the polling station or at the constituency collation centre and that cannot be more than two times." The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Mrs Charlotte Osei has hinted that she may stop the declaration of the results of the forthcoming presidential elections and call for a recount if the results were to be too close.
According to her, the commission was expecting to declare the results within 48 and 72 hours after polling ends on December 7 without failure, and that the only thing that may delay or may call for recount is when the result was too close. Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC) Mrs Charlotte Osei has called on international stakeholders to begin to hold African politicians to a higher level of scrutiny discourse during African elections. This according to her will promote free, fair and transparent elections on the continent.
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