POLITICS

A former National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament (MP) for Keta, Mr Dan Abodakpi, has suggested Ghana is slipping off its moor into trouble seas. Delivering at a speech at the 41st virtually commemoration of the June 4 Revolution, the former legislator opined that there is deep-seated cynicism among our body polity because of perceived arrogance of power and ...

The constitutional mandate of the Electoral Commission must be “respected” by all the political stakeholders, former President Jerry John Rawlings has said at the 41st-anniversary celebration of the June 4, 1979, uprising. “Ladies and gentlemen, our democracy is borne out of fire and we must dearly and compassionately protect its flames. One of the key institutional arms of this democratic ...

Security Analyst, Emmanuel Bombande, has said the Electoral Commission’s approach to compiling a new voters’ register for the December 2020 elections spells danger for Ghana’s democracy. According to him, instead of building consensus between both the supporters and opposition to the compilation of the new electoral roll, the EC has decided to go to Parliament to seek legitimacy. “When we ...

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has called on the Electoral Commission (EC) to ensure that no eligible voter is disenfranchised in the upcoming polls. According to him, “The sanctity of the right of choice is not a matter we can compromise with. That sanctity must be preserved at all cost and as we inch towards November let us ensure that ...

The Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has slammed the Minority in Parliament for their call on the Auditor General to audit the GHC280.3million government spent on food and other relief packages under the Coronavirus Alleviation Program (COP). The Minority at a press conference called on the Auditor General to probe the use of the money fearing the ruling party ...

Former Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC) spokesman, Osahene Boakye Djan has said the controversial June 4 apprising wasn’t directed at any regime. According to Boakye Djan at the time, he was commanding their troops so he was mobile and not stationed at one place. The former Army major in an interview with Captain Smart on “Anopa Bɔfoɔ” on Angel 102.9FM today, Thursday June ...

Potential voters who have neither passport nor the NIA cards will need their family members as guarantors before they could register in the upcoming voter’s registration exercise, that’s according to the C.I. 126 that gives legal backing to the Electoral Commission’s plans to compile a new register. The C.I will also require that guarantors swear an oath before a commissioner ...

Youth for Accountable Governance (YOFAG) has observed that Ghana is fast edging towards becoming a fragile State in Africa through the brazen attempt by the Electoral Commission of Ghana to destroy the foundations of our cherished democracy and time honoured principles of constitutionality and respect for the “rule of law”. YOFAG posits that Ghana is gradually creeping towards the precipice ...

The Supreme Court has ordered the Electoral Commission (EC) to provide legal reasons why they have chosen to omit the existing voter identification card out of the list of ID cards acceptable for the upcoming voters’ registration exercise set to begin at the end of June. The seven-member panel was presided over by the Chief Justice, Justice Anin Yeboah. The ...

Former President John Mahama has waded into the cantoon brouhaha which saw the national communication officer of the NDC Sammi Gyami trending on Twitter Tuesday. The former President who did not comment directly on the George Floyd cantoon artwork – centre of the controversy – appeared to suggest people criticising the NDC communicator are playing double standards. Mr. Mahama, however, ...