Ghana Elections

Comparing 2012 Elections In Sierra Leone And Ghana

Thursday, May 09, 2013 Multi-party elections were a prominent feature of Africas political landscape in 2012, with twenty-three countries conducting polls - whether presidential, legislative or municipal across the continent.News coverage in the mainstream media was, at times framed in cliches and stereotypes. On the ...

Disabled Voters Were Verified By Biometric Device—Bawumia Educates Tsatsu Again

Tuesday, April 30, 2013 Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the main witness of the petitioners in the ongoing Supreme Court petition challenging the declaration of John Mahama as winner of the December 7, 2012 Elections, informed Counsel for the 3rdrespondent, Tsatsu Tsikata and the Court that the biometric verification device actually ...

Election Petition: Mahama Forced EC To Break The Law

Monday, April 29, 2013 The key witness in the election petition case has accused the president of forcing the Electoral Commission EC to break the law during the 2012 general elections.Dr Mahamudu Bawumia told the nine-member bench during his cross-examination by counsel for the governing National Democratic Congres ...

EC Chases Officers For Affidavits

Monday, April 29, 2013 The Electoral Commission is at it again, as it dispatches affidavits it intends to tender in evidence in the ongoing election petition hearing at the Supreme Court to the various polling stations for signatures by the presiding officers.In one such instance, New Patriotic Party NPP supporters ...

E.U ENDORSES ACGIE’S POSITION

Friday, April 26, 2013 The European Union E.U has unequivocally endorsed the position taken by the Association of Concerned Ghanaians in Europe ACGIE in respect of the election petition pending before the Supreme Court of Ghana.It would be recalled that on March 29 2013, ACGIE petitioned the EU to take interest in ...

Election Results Can't Be Doctored—Afari-Gyan Insists

Friday, April 26, 2013 The Electoral Commission has denied allegations that it has contracted an organisation to collate results on its behalf.It explained that the ballots are counted openly at the polling stations and the results are signed by agents of the parties, who are given copies of the signed results.In ...

EC's Diabolical Plot Exposed

Friday, April 26, 2013 The Electoral Commissions plans to present the 2012 general elections as credible was yesterday exposed by the Temporary Booth, Nanyeri, EC Presiding Officer, Evans Issahaku, after he refused to sign an affidavit presented to him by the Gambaga District Electoral officer, 10 clear days after the co ...

Election Petition: They Are Afraid Of The Truth - Bawumia Tells Respondents

Thursday, April 25, 2013 The Key Witness in the election petition case has said in Court today, Thursday April 25, 2013 that the Respondents are afraid of the truth.They were afraid to receive the truth, he told the Supreme Court in response to a question from the second respondents counsel which sought to indict h ...

Ask Bawumia 11,000 Questions And He Will Give 11,000 Consistent Answers

Wednesday, April 24, 2013 The former National Youth Organiser of the New Patriotic Party, Anthony Abaayifa Karbo has described the second petitioner of the on-going 2012 election petition by the NPP against the NDC and the EC as a Killer Witness who is ever ready to give consistent answers despite an attempt by Tony Lithur ...

Mahama Won Elections Resoundingly But Through 'Fraud'

Wednesday, April 24, 2013 The Chief witness in the election petition case has admitted that the first Respondent John Dramani Mahama won the 2012 Presidential elections resoundingly.Answering a question posed by the first respondents lawyer, Tony Lithur, that President Mahama played no part in alleged irregularities and ...

Election Petition: Quarshie Idun Continues Cross Examination (Live Updates)

Wednesday, April 24, 2013 15:43 - Hearing resumes with Dr Bawumia still in the witness Box being cross examined by Lawyer Quarshie Idun. 15:25 - Court goes on short recess 14:46 - Cross examination continues with Quarshie idun quizzing Dr Bawumia about the process of voting before, during and after the election. Ph ...

Lithur, Bawumia Face Off Again Today

Monday, April 22, 2013 Counsel for President John Dramani Mahama in the petition challenging the results of the December 2012 presidential election at the Supreme Court, Mr Tony Lithur, will continue his cross-examination of Dr Mahamadu Bawumia, the star witness in the petition, today - Monday.Last Thursday, Dr Bawumi ...