The Coalition of Domestic Election observers (CODEO) has commended the Electoral Commission (EC) for organizing a free, fair, transparent and credible elections in 2016.
CODEO in a communique which was jointly signed by Professor Miranda Greenstreet (Co-Chair) Justice VCRAC Crabbe (Co-Chair) said: ‘’ The Electoral Commission (EC) successfully delivered free, fair and peaceful elections, particularly in the management of the polling process on Election Day’’
The communique which was issued by participants at CODEO Stakeholder Review Workshop On Ghana’s 2016 Presidential and General Elections added: ‘’there was improvement in the media’s ability to access information on election issues from the EC, political parties, civil society organizations (CSOs) and other stakeholders in a timely manner; media creation of platforms for issue-based campaigning and policy discourse was improved; and collaboration amongst key election stakeholders and the media was also much improved..’’
According to them, ‘’there was improvement in the level of physical accessibility enjoyed by persons with disability (PWDs) in the electoral processes; voter education materials were made in Braille and sign language interpreters were used at main campaign rallies of the two big political parties.’’
The communique further commended the activation of the National Security Task which they stated helped minimize election related violence. It also commended the efforts of the Judiciary and their role in managing electoral related disputes.
‘’The early activation of the National Election Security Task Force (NESTF) infrastructure and the strategic deployment of police to hotspots helped to mitigate the incidence of violence on Election Day.
The proactive intervention of the Judiciary in the management of election related cases played a commendable role in ensuring the success of the 2016 elections.
Close collaboration amongst domestic election observation groups contributed to improved citizen observation of the electoral process.’’
Source: rainbowradioonline
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UNTILL WHEN WILL CODEO SPEAK THE TRUTH? EVERY BODY IN GHANA KNEW THE EC DID EVERY THING TO RIG THE ELECTIONS FOR NDC.LOOK AT THE COURT CASES, THE EC LOST ALMOST TEN COURT CASES WHY BECAUSE THE CHAIR OF EC WANTED TO ONLY HELP JOHN MAHAMA.IT WAS THE VIGILANCE OF NPP THAT BROUGHT THEM INTO POWER SO CODEO PLEASE TELL GHANAIANS THE TRUTH THE LIES ARE TOO MUCH.WHAT WAS THE GOOD ROLE YOU PEOPLE PLAYED WHEN GHANAIANS WERE AT WAR WITH THE EC?YOU DID NOTHING AND NOW WHAT ARE YOU SAYING IT IS BETTER YOU KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT.
I disagree with CODEO. The EC Chair held all of us to ransom. She had the intention to rig the elections for JDM but for the vigilance of NPP and the media. I'm even surprised she has not resigned after indirectly causing the loss of the eye of one LMVC member. She was a disaster!
l fully disagree the intention of ec was block by the npp and the media,for me the media is to be praised else the hard work of npp would have been nothing,the media were between the political parties and the ec,well done Ghana media, well done Ghanaians,for ec,apuuuuuuuuuh
The EC chair planned to rig the election in favour of the NDC... She was not able to announce a single constituency results for the presidential election. She only came out to announce the final results after John Mahama conceded defeat. Why was she keeping the results to herself? This created a lot of tension.... I suggest the EC is audited by govt to find out if their procurement processes are giving us value for money.