EC led reforms that brought NPP to power - George Lawson

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Woman's wisdom 12 years ago

If nothing was wrong as portrayed by the SC justices, why do we need reforms? so be it.

If nothing was wrong as portrayed by the SC justices, why do we need reforms? so be it.
Woman's wisdom 12 years ago

He that is down need not fear no fall. He that just took a bath for a whole hour need not wash their feet because they are already clean. If Afari Gyan believes that election 2012 was as perfect as he claims even after his ad ...
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He that is down need not fear no fall. He that just took a bath for a whole hour need not wash their feet because they are already clean. If Afari Gyan believes that election 2012 was as perfect as he claims even after his admission of 86 criminal offences that engulfed the 2012 elections, then why do we need any reforms. It was perfect so let us keep it up. A whole foreign materials will be found in 2016 elections because the justices said it is perfect. No one will be verified any longer because the stupid justices said after spending such much big money to purchase the biometric machines, they are of no use so let us throw them away and kill ourselves because that is what they SC justices want in Ghana. Again, whether or not a supervisor at a pooling station signs or not, whatever will be found on the pink sheet will be perfect. Even a 27 zero will be written on the face of the pink sheet... we have no qualms against that, it is all well and good. Aaaba, 2016 here we come. Ebeye hu huu hu. Then the justices especially justice Atuguba will cry for the day he was born and wished he was dead before that day came into being.
beite 12 years ago

ONLY WHEN NPP IS FAVOURED THEN ALL IS WELL:

ONLY WHEN NPP IS FAVOURED THEN ALL IS WELL:
ABBA 12 years ago

THE HOHORABLE SECRETARY GENERAL SHOULD NOT BE TOLD THAT TIME CHANGES, MINDS GROW AND CHANCES SO AS THE WORLD IN WHICH WE LIVE IN. THE INTRODUCTION OF HI-TECH IS CHANGING THE WORLD VERY FAST THAN MANKIND ENVISAGED. AFARI GYAN ...
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THE HOHORABLE SECRETARY GENERAL SHOULD NOT BE TOLD THAT TIME CHANGES, MINDS GROW AND CHANCES SO AS THE WORLD IN WHICH WE LIVE IN. THE INTRODUCTION OF HI-TECH IS CHANGING THE WORLD VERY FAST THAN MANKIND ENVISAGED. AFARI GYAN OF 2004 IS NOT AFARI GYAN OF 2013. THERE IS A DRAMATIC CHANGE IN AFARI GYAN NOW, AT LEAST HIS PHYSIQUE HAS CHANGED, HIS EXPERIENCE HAS UNERGONE A DRAMATIC ACHANGE,AND HIS THINKING HAS CHANGE. THERE ARE SOME THINGS AFARI GYAN DID IN 2010 THAT HE MIGHT NOT DO TODAY. IT IS THEREFORE VERY WRONG TO SAY THAT AFARI GYAN DECLARE NPP WINNERS IN 2000 AND 2004 SO AFARI GYAN IS STILL THE SAMS AFARI GYAN YODAY. IF SO, THE SAME AFARI GYAN HAS BEEN DECLARING NDC WINNERS FROM 1992 TO 2000, WHY DID NDC FOOT SOLDIERS SUSPECT FOWL AND RAID HIS OFFICE WITH ALL KINDS OF ARMS DURING THE 2008 ELECTIONS? HAD NDC FORGOTTEN THAT IT WAS THE SAME AFARI GYAN WHO HAD BEEN DECLARING THEM WINNERS BETWEEN 1992 AND 2000? PERHAPS IF NDC HAD BEEN SO BOLD TO CHALLENGE THEIR LOSS AT THE COURTS, PERHAPS WORST THINGS WOULD HAVE BEEN UNVEILED THAN WHAT WE SEE TODAY. HE SHOULD KNOW THATHUMAN BEINGS CAN CHANGE THEIR MINDS MANY TIMES EVEN LN ONE DAY. THEREFORE THE EXCUSES THAT HE IS RENDERING IS TO ME VERY CHILDISH. I HOPE HE WOULD NOT WRITE THIS ARTICLE IF NDC WERE DECLARED LOSERS.
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DC insider. 12 years ago

It is unthinkable to come from NDC official that NPP should submit plans for electoral reform. I think it is the duty of parliament to appoint non partisan commission to carry on the reforms.

It is unthinkable to come from NDC official that NPP should submit plans for electoral reform. I think it is the duty of parliament to appoint non partisan commission to carry on the reforms.
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william 12 years ago

Thanks for reminding NPP and Ghanaians that EC led reforms which brought NPP to power. But THAT WAS NPP UNDER A KUFUOR-LED FACTION. TODAY WE HAVE NPP UNDER A NANA ADDO FACTION. THEY HAVE NOT YET HAD THE BENEFIT FOR THEIR FAC ...
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Thanks for reminding NPP and Ghanaians that EC led reforms which brought NPP to power. But THAT WAS NPP UNDER A KUFUOR-LED FACTION. TODAY WE HAVE NPP UNDER A NANA ADDO FACTION. THEY HAVE NOT YET HAD THE BENEFIT FOR THEIR FACTION!! THAT IS THE CRUX OF THE MATTER. GHANA SHOULD NOT BE HIGHJACKED BY ANY POLITICAL PARTY MUCH LESS A FACTION OF A PARTY!!!GHANA IS AND WILL REMAIN BIGGER THAN THAT. NPC AND IDEG AND OF COURSE EC SHOULD NOT GIVE IN TO ANY UNDUE NARROW AND SELFISH POLITICAL AGENDA
AMINA 12 years ago

ABBA you've made my day, ndc has forgotten they are the no.1 whiners.One thing I have seen with ndc is blame game and trying to be holier than thou, that is a very dangerous game for Ghana sometimes I ask myself where from th ...
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ABBA you've made my day, ndc has forgotten they are the no.1 whiners.One thing I have seen with ndc is blame game and trying to be holier than thou, that is a very dangerous game for Ghana sometimes I ask myself where from these people? Who don't seem to like Ghana a bit why? In the first place this guy shouldn't have opened his mouth to say what he said.Not quite long ago in 2008 this ndc went to the same electoral commission to vandalise the place because of electoral results and they find nothing wrong with that but when somebody decided that I'm not going that way but to the court ndc started singing songs of crucifixion, and that is ndc party for Ama Ghana. I've no doubt in my mind that this guy George Lawson is more for ndc than Ghana otherwise he wouldn't write this distasteful article.NO POSSITION IS PERMANENT.
gIANT 12 years ago

THERE IS TIME TO SLEEP AND TIME TO WORK:

THERE IS TIME TO SLEEP AND TIME TO WORK:
Kofi Ata, Cambridge, UK 12 years ago

I can assure you that had NDC been in the same position as NPP, their language would not have been different. Politicians are strange animals and they speak and act depending what position they find themselves in. Just imagin ...
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I can assure you that had NDC been in the same position as NPP, their language would not have been different. Politicians are strange animals and they speak and act depending what position they find themselves in. Just imagine the argument over the HS2 project(High Speed Rail)in UK. It was the Labour government that initiated it led by the then Transport Secretary, Alistair Darling. At the time he said the project will benefit the country by creating millions of jobs, bring in billions of investment and reducing the north-south divide. Now in opposition, the same Alistair Darling has changed his tune 180 degrees and says the project is too expensive and cannot be justified. He is now against the project. That is the same thing NDC/NPP are engaged in. When in government what they say and do is the opposite of when in opposition. That is politics. I am sure NDC opposed anything proposed by the EC when they were in opposition.
KB 12 years ago

Get real,and stop being an embarassment to womanhood.No wise man would touch a woman who talks like that even with a ten foot pole!This 'it must be NPP or it is was rigged' stance is getting more irritating.Electoral reforms ...
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Get real,and stop being an embarassment to womanhood.No wise man would touch a woman who talks like that even with a ten foot pole!This 'it must be NPP or it is was rigged' stance is getting more irritating.Electoral reforms is not the same as having your bath so not having to wash your feet an hour later.Get the f*#k out of here with your 'wise in your own eyes' bullshit!!
GHANA 12 years ago

THE TRICK THAT BROUGHT THEM TO POWER 2000 WAS ACCEPTED NOW THE SAME TRICK HAS SEND THEM TO OPPOSITION AND THEY ARE CRYING BLOOD

THE TRICK THAT BROUGHT THEM TO POWER 2000 WAS ACCEPTED NOW THE SAME TRICK HAS SEND THEM TO OPPOSITION AND THEY ARE CRYING BLOOD
gIANT 12 years ago

WE ARE TIRED OF POLITICS

WE ARE TIRED OF POLITICS
baby luv 12 years ago

hello there don't you all guys think the word reform is being misunderstood here. We all need reforms or changes in our life not necessary becos we were doing something wrong but we change due to the changes in the world arou ...
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hello there don't you all guys think the word reform is being misunderstood here. We all need reforms or changes in our life not necessary becos we were doing something wrong but we change due to the changes in the world around us. I believe the right word should be INNOVATION so over to us EC needs people to come out with ideas that when implemented will help improve election in Ghana which is man made hence can never be perfect.
ABBA 12 years ago

Author:
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Date:
2013-09-14 02:26:55

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ANYTHING IN FAVOUR IF NPP IS GOOD

THE HOHORABLE SECRETARY GENERAL SHOULD NOT BE TOLD THAT TIME CHANGES, MINDS GROW AND CHANGES SO AS THE WORLD IN WHICH WE ...
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Author:
ABBA

Date:
2013-09-14 02:26:55

Comment to:
ANYTHING IN FAVOUR IF NPP IS GOOD

THE HOHORABLE SECRETARY GENERAL SHOULD NOT BE TOLD THAT TIME CHANGES, MINDS GROW AND CHANGES SO AS THE WORLD IN WHICH WE LIVE IN. THE INTRODUCTION OF HI-TECH IS CHANGING THE WORLD VERY FAST THAN MANKIND EVER ENVISAGED. AFARI GYAN OF 2004 IS NOT THE SAME AFARI GYAN OF 2013. THERE HAS BEEN A DRAMATIC CHANGE IN AFARI GYAN OF TODAY, AT LEAST HIS PHYSIQUE HAS CHANGED, HIS EXPERIENCE AS WEL AS HIS INTELLIGENCE HAS UNERGONE A DRAMATIC CHANGE, HIS THINKING HAS ALSO CHANGED. THERE ARE SOME THINGS AFARI GYAN DID IN 2010 WHICH HE MIGHT NOT DO TODAY. IT IS THEREFORE VERY WRONG TO SAY THAT AFARI GYAN DECLARED NPP WINNERS IN 2000 AND 2004 SO AFARI GYAN IS STILL THE SAME AFARI GYAN TODAY. IF SO, THE SAME AFARI GYAN HAD BEEN DECLARING NDC WINNERS FROM 1992 TO 2000, WHY DID NDC FOOT SOLDIERS SUSPECT FOWL AND RAID HIS OFFICE WITH ALL KINDS OF ARMS DURING THE 2008 ELECTIONS? HAD NDC FORGOTTEN THAT IT WAS THE SAME AFARI GYAN WHO HAD BEEN DECLARING THEM WINNERS BETWEEN 1992 AND 2000? PERHAPS IF NDC HAD BEEN SO BOLD TO CHALLENGE THEIR LOSS AT THE COURTS, PERHAPS WORST THINGS MIGHT HAVE BEEN UNVEILED THAN WHAT WE SEE TODAY. THE HONORABLE DEPUTY GEN. SECRETARY OF NDC SHOULD KNOW THAT HUMAN BEINGS CAN CHANGE MINDS MANY TIMES EVEN IN ONE DAY.THEREFORE, THE EXCUSES THAT HE IS RENDERING IS TO ME VERY CHILDISH. I THINK HE WOULD NOT WRITE THIS ARTICLE HAD NDC BEEN DECLARED LOSERS.
PAP ZULU 12 years ago

was there somthing wrong in 2000 and 2004 when the NPP won? were there no reforms after these elections? its a shame today they who ve always called and spearheaded reforms are running away from it.

was there somthing wrong in 2000 and 2004 when the NPP won? were there no reforms after these elections? its a shame today they who ve always called and spearheaded reforms are running away from it.
MARY 12 years ago

WE NEED REFORMS AS THE NPP WAS NOT HAPPY WITH THE 2012 ELECTIONS. ALSO EVERY ORGANISATION DEVELOPS AND IMPROVES THEIR PRODUCTS OR METHODS OVER THE YEARS. THEY MAY EVEN ADD SOME MORE FEATURES OR COME UP WITH NEW METHODS WHICH ...
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WE NEED REFORMS AS THE NPP WAS NOT HAPPY WITH THE 2012 ELECTIONS. ALSO EVERY ORGANISATION DEVELOPS AND IMPROVES THEIR PRODUCTS OR METHODS OVER THE YEARS. THEY MAY EVEN ADD SOME MORE FEATURES OR COME UP WITH NEW METHODS WHICH THEY FIND BE IT THROUGH THEIR OWN DEVELOPMENT OR COPY FROM A MARKET OR TECHNOLOGICAL LEADER.
THE PEOPLE IN 2012 CHOSE MAHAMA AND NOT AKUFFO ADDO. NPP THOUGHT THEIR ACQUAINTANCES AT THE SUPREME COURT WILL GIVE IT TO THEM WITH EASE BUT THIS IS NOT ABOUT ONE MAN STANDING IN COURT AND BEING TOLD TO GO TO PRISON SO HE GOES QUIETLY AS HE BELIEVES IN THE RULE OF LAW AND ABOVE ALL HE IS VERY HUMBLE AND TOO WEAK TO FIGHT THE GOVERNMENT BUT THIS TIME AROUND IT IS THE MAJORITY OF THE POPULATION WHO VOTED SO THEY WILL REFUSE TO GO TO PRISON THEREFORE THE JUDGES HAD NO CHOICE THAN TO BE FAIR.
YHO 12 years ago

ONLY A FOOL WHO WILL NOT UNDERSTAND NPP, NO VERIFICATION NO NO SIGNATURE ANNUL AND JUDGES DID NOT FUND ANY THING WRONG WITH IT NOW, WHAT REFORM. YOU WANT US TO WAIST OUR TIME ON THIS REFORM ONLY FOR ATUGBUGA TO TELL US THE C ...
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ONLY A FOOL WHO WILL NOT UNDERSTAND NPP, NO VERIFICATION NO NO SIGNATURE ANNUL AND JUDGES DID NOT FUND ANY THING WRONG WITH IT NOW, WHAT REFORM. YOU WANT US TO WAIST OUR TIME ON THIS REFORM ONLY FOR ATUGBUGA TO TELL US THE CASE IS DISMISSED. 2016 ALLAH WE ARE NOT GOING TO SIT DOWN COME WHAT MAY
Fo Kwaku - Tanyingbe 12 years ago

MISTRUSTS THE EC. WHO CONDUCTS HE THE NPP'S INTERNAL ELECTIONS?

MISTRUSTS THE EC. WHO CONDUCTS HE THE NPP'S INTERNAL ELECTIONS?
BAD MOUTH 12 years ago

We the NPP should stop boycotting after every election because, we end up being the looser. Remember, every decision that was taken during boycotts has allowed the NDC to skew laws in their favor!!. Come on guys, lets match t ...
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We the NPP should stop boycotting after every election because, we end up being the looser. Remember, every decision that was taken during boycotts has allowed the NDC to skew laws in their favor!!. Come on guys, lets match them boot for boot
AMINA 12 years ago

You better shut up at that your Tanyingbe, is it in Togo or Benin?

You better shut up at that your Tanyingbe, is it in Togo or Benin?
Kwame Safo 12 years ago

The loose talk must cease and the task of nation building must take centre stage. But true to perceptions under the NDC this is not going to happen. Small minds like George Lawson will still focs on pedestrian issues when the ...
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The loose talk must cease and the task of nation building must take centre stage. But true to perceptions under the NDC this is not going to happen. Small minds like George Lawson will still focs on pedestrian issues when the concern of the average Ghanaian is how we can put food on the table. We have a non-performing President who is saddled with a team of greedy advisers. Thus the question of vision and the future of Ghana as a country is not of serious concern to this lot and thanks to the SC judges we have to make do with them for a bit.
ATINGA 12 years ago

PLEASE, POLITICAL PARTIES SHOULD IRON THIER DIFFENCIES AND BUILD GHANA WITH SOUND MIND

PLEASE, POLITICAL PARTIES SHOULD IRON THIER DIFFENCIES AND BUILD GHANA WITH SOUND MIND
ATINGA 12 years ago

PLEASE, POLITICAL PARTIES SHOULD IRON THEIR DIFFERENCIES AND BUILD GHANA WITH SOUND MIND

PLEASE, POLITICAL PARTIES SHOULD IRON THEIR DIFFERENCIES AND BUILD GHANA WITH SOUND MIND
sam 12 years ago

Very foolish article and the one who wrote it. Fool fool fool

Very foolish article and the one who wrote it. Fool fool fool
Truth Chicago 12 years ago

What goes round comes round. Ghanaians want the man who can steer the affairs of the nation. Ppd, dip, NDC, NPP, whoever. We want the right man....

What goes round comes round. Ghanaians want the man who can steer the affairs of the nation. Ppd, dip, NDC, NPP, whoever. We want the right man....
RIGHTMAN-USA 12 years ago

NPP why? when it fit you is fine, when it fit someone it's ugly.

NPP why? when it fit you is fine, when it fit someone it's ugly.
Nana Yaw 12 years ago

The yenti gyae hoodlums want to rule Dr Kwame Nkrumah's OmanGhana with 2 regions which are predominantly twi speaking Akans out of the 10 regions? Ghana is not looking for Akanfuo Abuapayin. We are looking for a president for ...
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The yenti gyae hoodlums want to rule Dr Kwame Nkrumah's OmanGhana with 2 regions which are predominantly twi speaking Akans out of the 10 regions? Ghana is not looking for Akanfuo Abuapayin. We are looking for a president for all Ghanaians including non twi speaking Akans. Sore losers!!!
' and Jesus wept ' 12 years ago

We will leave the EC alone if they promise to let us (NPP) win the next two elections hands down with no follow up petitions.

We will leave the EC alone if they promise to let us (NPP) win the next two elections hands down with no follow up petitions.
KWAME OWUSU 12 years ago

they are still going to lose in 2016

they are still going to lose in 2016
Yaw Adu-Asare 12 years ago

The current political moment enjoins ardent rank and file members of NPP to dethrone those who have imposed themselves as leaders of the party.

Since its inception, the 8 years of NPP administration of Ghana showed a posit ...
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The current political moment enjoins ardent rank and file members of NPP to dethrone those who have imposed themselves as leaders of the party.

Since its inception, the 8 years of NPP administration of Ghana showed a positive outcome of the work of the Afari-Gyan chaired Electoral Commission. Yet, for losing the presidential elections of 2008 and 2012, NPP leaders have cast Dr. Afari-Gyan as their political nemesis instead of examining the decision-making of Ghanaian voters.

It is shameful that NPP leaders could be so ungrateful and selfish to the core. It is the voters who decide who they want their rulers to be, not the EC.

Dr. Afari-Gyan has distinguished himself as an astute public servant who would be judged positively by posterity.

NPP will be digging its own political grave if it fails to participate in the call by the EC for reformist ideas of its work. Yet, there's nothing new here.
Skains 12 years ago

This Party, NPP, in its present form and mode of operation, is a cancer to the nation precisely because its top brass thinks it is destined to lead and that since it couldn't lead, it should use every means possible to disrup ...
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This Party, NPP, in its present form and mode of operation, is a cancer to the nation precisely because its top brass thinks it is destined to lead and that since it couldn't lead, it should use every means possible to disrupt the political and economic peace and stability of the nation. A party like this should be outlawed by using the full rigour(s) of the law.
Kojo 12 years ago

EC is now a corrupt body, It cannot be trusted any longer

EC is now a corrupt body, It cannot be trusted any longer
Kofi 12 years ago

EC can no longer be trusted, it was clear as being a corrupt body.

EC can no longer be trusted, it was clear as being a corrupt body.
Kong 12 years ago

Any Reform should start with a forensic audit of ALL the 26,000 pink sheets to determine the true extent of IMOV's.

The presiding officers from any station where there was an IMOV should be called to the district or region ...
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Any Reform should start with a forensic audit of ALL the 26,000 pink sheets to determine the true extent of IMOV's.

The presiding officers from any station where there was an IMOV should be called to the district or regional office to explain why they thought they occurred (they should be immune from prosecution).

Witnesses should be called at district level to give evidence.
Only after the true picture energies can reforms take place.
Hafiz. Techiman 12 years ago

Why are they not asking for a recount? The npp lost. Period. No more multiple voting, that is why the npp lost. NDC must be very very vigilant in Ashanti &Eastern regions in 2016. NDC is too gentle. Don't pamper nana he lost

Why are they not asking for a recount? The npp lost. Period. No more multiple voting, that is why the npp lost. NDC must be very very vigilant in Ashanti &Eastern regions in 2016. NDC is too gentle. Don't pamper nana he lost
PAP ZULU 12 years ago

ma bro dont worry ur head. they ve shot themselves in da foot. now with these issues they raised, they ll nvr be able to steal even a single vote in Ashante and Eastern. POLITICAL EXIL IS STARRING AT THEM AND THEY KNOW IT. th ...
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ma bro dont worry ur head. they ve shot themselves in da foot. now with these issues they raised, they ll nvr be able to steal even a single vote in Ashante and Eastern. POLITICAL EXIL IS STARRING AT THEM AND THEY KNOW IT. they ve exposed themselves.
princewilly@ymail.com 12 years ago

A very shy guy goes into a bar and sees a beautiful woman sitting at the bar. After an hour of gathering up his courage he finally goes over to her and asks, tentatively, "Um, would you mind if I chatted with you for a while? ...
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A very shy guy goes into a bar and sees a beautiful woman sitting at the bar. After an hour of gathering up his courage he finally goes over to her and asks, tentatively, "Um, would you mind if I chatted with you for a while?"

She responds by yelling, at the top of her lungs, "No, I won't sleep with you tonight!" Everyone in the bar is now staring at them.

Naturally, the guy is hopelessly and completely embarrassed and he slinks back to his table.

After a few minutes, the woman walks over to him and apologizes. She smiles at him and says, "I'm sorry if I embarrassed you. You see, I'm a graduate student in psychology and I'm studying how people respond to embarrassing situations."

To which he responds, at the top of his lungs, "What do you mean 200 Cedis
ASHANTIS ARE GHANAS CANCER 12 years ago

ID CARDS
TRANSPARENT BOXES
BLACK & WHITE PICTURES
BIOMETRIC
WHAT ELSE DO CRIMINAL ASHANTIS WANT EC TO DO FOR THEM?

ID CARDS
TRANSPARENT BOXES
BLACK & WHITE PICTURES
BIOMETRIC
WHAT ELSE DO CRIMINAL ASHANTIS WANT EC TO DO FOR THEM?
ASHANTIS ARE GHANAS CANCER 12 years ago

NPP DAMAGING ITSELF THAN B4,NOW GHANAIANS KNOW WHAT THESE CRIMINAL ASHANTIS WANT TO DO WITH GHANA

NPP DAMAGING ITSELF THAN B4,NOW GHANAIANS KNOW WHAT THESE CRIMINAL ASHANTIS WANT TO DO WITH GHANA
NII LARTEY NARTEY 12 years ago

The electoral reforms of the country certainly can not be made or call by the same accused and shamed old crook Afari Djan and his criminal colleagues.

EC is not like any other business organisation or a government institu ...
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The electoral reforms of the country certainly can not be made or call by the same accused and shamed old crook Afari Djan and his criminal colleagues.

EC is not like any other business organisation or a government institution which can make it own laws or rules to perform on it own.

Because of the huge national interest and importance of the EC, it is instituted and empowered by the wisdom of the constitution which was drawn by an independence body which makes the issue here as simple for elementary understanding and of common sense that it is only by an independence body constituted by the various political parties and other interested stakeholders for a reform.

Anybody who puts up a challenge to ague here that the EC can reform itself on her own is either an illiterate political novice as we have a lot of such who unfortunately are parading the corridors as powers as politicians or just a riffraff buffoonery sychophant making empty noise to be heard.

The NDC attempt to meet the National Peace Council and the Electoral Commission cum John Mahama to fashion out how the national interest concerning transparent and fairness of the electoral process is ill conceived, a waste and criminally diabolic. Bin it! Period!
BOY KOFI 12 years ago

Let's get it straight,the EC is not reforming itself;it has asked all political parties and the general public to send in proposals for a reform.Now tell me, where did you hear the EC saying they want to do their own thing?By ...
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Let's get it straight,the EC is not reforming itself;it has asked all political parties and the general public to send in proposals for a reform.Now tell me, where did you hear the EC saying they want to do their own thing?By the way,the EC is independent,not for NDC or NPP or any other party so what's your point?I think Npp want to take the direction of Kuffour who wants the EC boss to have a limited mandate and end it in one or two terms.Perhaps voted into office by all parties instead of nominated by the president but they are afraid to come forward.Thank you.
Nana Addo 12 years ago

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power possess people's party
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nana 12 years ago

your article is useless thank you.

your article is useless thank you.
SAKARA AHMED 12 years ago

EVERYTHING SHOWS THAT THE NPP IS IN TROUBLE.

EVERYTHING SHOWS THAT THE NPP IS IN TROUBLE.
AMACID DONDOLI 12 years ago

The man Lawson is been stupid, 10 years of no reform has made the Electoral Comission what it is today. EC with a Chairman who doesnt know what is going on in his Comission and you say we shouldnt reform it. How stupid can an ...
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The man Lawson is been stupid, 10 years of no reform has made the Electoral Comission what it is today. EC with a Chairman who doesnt know what is going on in his Comission and you say we shouldnt reform it. How stupid can anybody be thinking Electoral Comission should reform it self. If EC could, we would have been hearing Addo and co petition.
How stupid do you see Afari Gyan after the petition hearing? He didnt care what is happening in democracy, its the name and money he care about.
If Gyan could reform the EC he would have done it before 2012 election. Gyan is a failed leader and SHOULD NEVER be allowed to be part of the reforming team.
If Ghana had paliament by now Gyan will have a office to go to. Every ghanaian heard him in the SC and he was very stupid to be a Chairman of anything.
Lawson should not think our EC is political. Ghana is ghana because of our Supreme Court, Electoral Comission and the Rule of Law. Democracy come from the three and if one is not working the whole system is not working.
John Mahama was made the president in January 2013 by the Supreme Court. Those fools who think nine judges can change our Supreme Court decision should think twice.
When the SC say something that thing is final, the judges lead by Atuguba cant Never change our SC decision whether they see it wrong. That is a Supreme (god) court and God only decides once. God never change his mind whether you see it wrong or right likewise our Supreme Court.
Nii Okai 12 years ago

It has been a great concern for many smart thinking Ghanaians about the 'whole sale' failure of many of the presiding officers/returning officers to sign their part of the polling sheets. It is believed this was a deploy stra ...
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It has been a great concern for many smart thinking Ghanaians about the 'whole sale' failure of many of the presiding officers/returning officers to sign their part of the polling sheets. It is believed this was a deploy strategy used by the NPP to win electios so that when the election never go their way then they can go to court to see if their strategy used could save them to turn the election results to their favour.

The heavens exposed that at the court, and that led to their humliating defeat in the hands of the intelligent and honest judges of the SC. A wise person could easily say that the presiding officers in the Mahama strong hold areas who failed to sign their election sheets were bribed by the Akuffo Addo faction of the NPP who at all cost determined to win the elections with every crooked strategies that could help them to achieve their goal to win the elections.

Why are they refusing/ refraining from joining the reforms spearheaded by the electorial commission. I see the display of this primitive cum village mentality as detrimental to the progress of our nation. It is true that all the past elections that brought the NPP to power was andministered by the same electorial commission.

It is through this reform body that every sincere people can voice out their greviances and with the needed coperation solutions can be found for our nation to move forward politically and economically. Ghana is not for NPP that they will try to create unnecesary situations to hinder the progress of our loving nation. It is naturally simple, just get involve with active minds and see how best things can work for all of us.

After all the NPP claimed to be higly educated people, and this is about intelligent work, and if so why worry like villagers who are not educated. Keep in mind that claiming to be educated is not only the obtaining of degrees but the manouvering and the activeness of your daily networking. Do not you guys see your Obetsebi Lamptey, the degreeless and certifcateless man the way he teaches you the village guys and push you around. Among you he has no degree but in reality he is your teacher in many things as he is even one of the petitioners, but his only problem of stupidity is that he is not wise, so where he has to stop you instead he gives you green light. Like in this situation where he has to advise you to join the reforms headed by the EC for a national political solution, he is hiding because he is also aware of the onesided mentality of the NPP in decision making.

Yes, it is not only about degrees, but the boldness to face any situation and discuss with your eyes and ears open to follow every point and ascertain or acknowledge it. In this scenario where is the fear NPP?. Stop the display of the bush man's mind and get onboard and get things work good for our Ghana period.
MAXIMUS 12 years ago

This so called EC has just ganged up with Mahama, EC, and NDC to rape Ghanaians from the last votting, and now wants to reform what?
We need an true independent body to make any reforms.

This so called EC has just ganged up with Mahama, EC, and NDC to rape Ghanaians from the last votting, and now wants to reform what?
We need an true independent body to make any reforms.
Whatever 12 years ago

NPP is a disgrace to mother Ghana, practising silly situational principlces

NPP is a disgrace to mother Ghana, practising silly situational principlces
Spiky 12 years ago

Electoral reform is not necessary unless one can pin-point aspects of the electoral system which are to blame for NPP's loss of the 2012 elections and the petition which arose from it, and even then those aspects could have a ...
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Electoral reform is not necessary unless one can pin-point aspects of the electoral system which are to blame for NPP's loss of the 2012 elections and the petition which arose from it, and even then those aspects could have also worked against NDC. The key problem that I read from the judgement is human rather than the system: human error, incompetence, corruption, dishonesty, indiscipline etc. which permeate through the social fabric of the Ghanaian society. This is what should engage the attention of aspiring leaders rather than a reform of the electoral system. Systems do not function on their own; it is people who make systems work. Having people with appropriate qualities is a sine qua non for the functioning of any system. Reform may be necessary, at times, but not sufficient to make a system work, and in the case of the electoral system the problem is more of human factor decay than administrative processes, regulations/rules and guiding principles of the electoral system.
AGYAAKU 12 years ago

I was very much disappointed when the former president added his voice to this needless agitation. It has almost become a convention since the inception of the Fourth Republic that after every General election, EC spearheads ...
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I was very much disappointed when the former president added his voice to this needless agitation. It has almost become a convention since the inception of the Fourth Republic that after every General election, EC spearheads reforms in the electoral system. Is Mr. Kufuor leading NPP in this unfortunate protestation because their party has lost an election?

Why did the former president not lead such a protest when he won those elections that brought him to office? This is simply a mark of bad losers.

It will be recalled that Mr. Kufuor also sought to frustrate EC when it was creating some constituencies just before the General election. Should he establish himself as a father-figure and statesman rather than aligning himself with the rabble-rousing group in the NPP?
maame 12 years ago

It looks like everyone has soon forgotten that but for the British High Commissioner the 2000 elections would have been a different story. why do you give the credit to Afari Gyan. Ask Kwabena Agyepong what happened in the st ...
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It looks like everyone has soon forgotten that but for the British High Commissioner the 2000 elections would have been a different story. why do you give the credit to Afari Gyan. Ask Kwabena Agyepong what happened in the strong room before K4 was declared winner.
Apatupr3 12 years ago

Happy to have overtly partisan and biased outfits like the IEA or IMANI champion the kind of 'reforms' they favour. What a bunch of sore losers!

Happy to have overtly partisan and biased outfits like the IEA or IMANI champion the kind of 'reforms' they favour. What a bunch of sore losers!
Hafiz. Techiman 12 years ago

Nana lost the elections and at the SC. If Nana come again he will lose.

Nana lost the elections and at the SC. If Nana come again he will lose.
NII LARTEY NARTEY 12 years ago

Boy Kofi, I'm sorry you don't even have identity but you are welcome to criticize my contributions here and I expect such to be more dynamic using your brain. In the first place why do you think the very people within the EC ...
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Boy Kofi, I'm sorry you don't even have identity but you are welcome to criticize my contributions here and I expect such to be more dynamic using your brain. In the first place why do you think the very people within the EC have the right to call for reforms and what is gone wrong to merit such reforms in their opinion?

I repeat, EC reform can be call only by her stakeholders and not by the same corrupt care management now calling on stakeholders for reforms.

The EC as constitutionally well structured organisation have absolute nothing wrong. What is wrong about the EC is the criminally discredited Afari Djan's led corrupt gangsters operating within the EC who need to go or have renewal of their criminal attitude to remain. Period!
Audrey 12 years ago

Everybody is getting fed up with their posturing and it's associated tension, which will definitely hurt them in 2016.

Everybody is getting fed up with their posturing and it's associated tension, which will definitely hurt them in 2016.
TONY BENNEH 12 years ago

ON NO OCCASION SHOULD WE ALLOWED TWO REGIONS TO RULE US. TO BE PRESIDENT OF GHANA ONE SHOULD WIN AT LEAST 6 - 7 OF THE TEN REGIONS OF GHANA

ON NO OCCASION SHOULD WE ALLOWED TWO REGIONS TO RULE US. TO BE PRESIDENT OF GHANA ONE SHOULD WIN AT LEAST 6 - 7 OF THE TEN REGIONS OF GHANA

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