One of the seven-member Supreme court panel that ruled on the controversy regarding the voters register, Justice Jones Dotse, has recused himself from the case. The respected judge recused himself Thursday as the complainant Abu Ramadan went back to court seeking a clearer interpretation of the judgement following an interpretation confusion that has trailed the […]
President John Mahama has described the stance of the opposition New Patriotic Party in the ongoing voter register discussion as overly entrenched for the democratic development of the country.According to him, democracy requires that dialogue and mutual respect is applied in resolving national differences instead of violence.Speaking at an event in the Upper East region
The Founder and Leader of Ghana Freedom Party (GFP), has blamed the growing number of minors on the country’s voter’s register to telecommunication giants Mobile Telephone Network (MTN) mobile money system. She observed that the company demands for some form of national identification before allowing persons to transact with its mobile money transfer system which
Former First Lady and Founder of the National Democratic Party (NDP) Nana Konadu Agyemang-Rawlings has alleged that some parties may have been paid to state certain positions regarding the current voters’ register at the two-day stakeholders’ forum organized by the Electoral Commission. The way forward over the register, which all stakeholders admit is flawed and
Dr Charles Wereko-Brobby, the Chief Policy Analyst of the Ghana Institute for Public Policy Options (GIPPO), a policy Think Tank has warned that Ghana should be wary of the kind of assistance being offered by the US on the voter’s register brouhaha.The US government has stated that it is concerned about developments in Ghana and
