EC not obligated to carry out electoral reforms – Law Professor

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Frank Agyena-Karikari 9 years ago

That has been the bane of Africa. Where there are no reforms, people try to reform things their way. Remember Gaddafi and Mubarack

That has been the bane of Africa. Where there are no reforms, people try to reform things their way. Remember Gaddafi and Mubarack
PADDY 9 years ago

I PUT IT TO YOU THAT, YES EC IS OBLIGATED TO CARRY OUT ELECTORAL REFORMS . MR LAW MAKER PREMPEH.

I PUT IT TO YOU THAT, YES EC IS OBLIGATED TO CARRY OUT ELECTORAL REFORMS . MR LAW MAKER PREMPEH.
PRINCE KWASI ADADE (OFIE) 9 years ago

YES, EC CAN ANNUL OVERVOTING IN ASHANTE REGION BUT NOT IN VOLTA REGION. EC CAN AS WELL ENFORCE NO VERIFICATION NO VOTE IN CENTRAL REGION BUT NOT IN VOLTA REGION. THE VOTERS REGISTER HELD BY THE EC IS EVEN NOT CREDIBLE. THE PI ...
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YES, EC CAN ANNUL OVERVOTING IN ASHANTE REGION BUT NOT IN VOLTA REGION. EC CAN AS WELL ENFORCE NO VERIFICATION NO VOTE IN CENTRAL REGION BUT NOT IN VOLTA REGION. THE VOTERS REGISTER HELD BY THE EC IS EVEN NOT CREDIBLE. THE PINK SHEET COULD ALSO BE HANDLED AS A BIG RIGGING TOOL IF ENTRIES ARE NOT MADE CORRECTLY. FELLOW CITIZENS, WE ALL WATCHED THE PETITION LIVE, NANA WON THE CASE. ATUGUBA JUST APPROVED THE LAW OF THE JUNGLE. 2016 WOULD BE INTERESTING! !!!!!!!!
eugene 9 years ago

wether than means paper ballots in areas with no electric power, mailing ballots to military people station with un...upgrading electronic systems to prevent hacking...most voting machines in USA are built by ATM makers such ...
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wether than means paper ballots in areas with no electric power, mailing ballots to military people station with un...upgrading electronic systems to prevent hacking...most voting machines in USA are built by ATM makers such as Diebold
Maame Abena 9 years ago

Prof we already know that the EC is not obliged to any Electoral Reforms for the whole SC was scam.
Ghanaians continue to be raped and there is nothing anybody can do about it.
We will advise ourselves at the next election. ...
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Prof we already know that the EC is not obliged to any Electoral Reforms for the whole SC was scam.
Ghanaians continue to be raped and there is nothing anybody can do about it.
We will advise ourselves at the next election. We will not rest our hope in Atuguba Supreme Court of Ghana to decide the faith of Ghana.
The people will protect the ballot boxes with our blood. The world belongs to both the poor as well as the rich, we will not allow the rich to Lord it over us.
nje 9 years ago

What didn't you do in the 2012 election?. Campaign and stop talking about policing the ballot box. if you police it and nobody voted for your party in that poling station, your policing will not produce a vote for your party. ...
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What didn't you do in the 2012 election?. Campaign and stop talking about policing the ballot box. if you police it and nobody voted for your party in that poling station, your policing will not produce a vote for your party. go out there and win voters into your sorrowful party. that is the only way to go.
Concerned 9 years ago

It's no use campaigning and winning all the votes if you don't protect those vote. Incidents like putting ballot boxes with uncounted votes in police stations should not be allowed to happen ever again. The committee of parti ...
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It's no use campaigning and winning all the votes if you don't protect those vote. Incidents like putting ballot boxes with uncounted votes in police stations should not be allowed to happen ever again. The committee of parties and the EC should agree on how they will treat those issues which were the basis for the petition if they occur again. No verification no vote should be just that. The EC cannot change it on the day of the ballot. If those things which clearly allows any party to cheat happens again with the blessing of the EC, he should be prosecuted
eugene 9 years ago

ballots should not be moved or counted with out people from each party watching especially since the party in power or their military or police can be trusted! count votes at each polling place before moving and call or emai ...
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ballots should not be moved or counted with out people from each party watching especially since the party in power or their military or police can be trusted! count votes at each polling place before moving and call or email the total in!
Victor A. Young 9 years ago

You're still banking your hopes on election fraud. It's pathetic for you NDC apparatchiks to think you can foist your will on Ghanaians. After the ballot was stolen for John Mahama, now everyone can see the mess he's caused u ...
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You're still banking your hopes on election fraud. It's pathetic for you NDC apparatchiks to think you can foist your will on Ghanaians. After the ballot was stolen for John Mahama, now everyone can see the mess he's caused us. And you believe Ghanaians deserve to suffer while you party leaders and their cohorts continue to milk our nation dry.
KWASI AMOAH 9 years ago

When people like the NPP talk about reforms, I am always at a loss to understand what type of reforms they are referring to.
If those people do not know, the Ghana Electoral process is one of the best in the world.
The is n ...
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When people like the NPP talk about reforms, I am always at a loss to understand what type of reforms they are referring to.
If those people do not know, the Ghana Electoral process is one of the best in the world.
The is no need for any reforms in Ghana.
NPP should not hide behind Elecoral Reforms for their 2012 defeat in the election.
MAY BE THE NPP WANT THE COUNTING OF THE BALLOT PAPERS TO TAKE PLACE AT THEIR HEADQUARTERS.
eugene 9 years ago

go back to accra mental hospital..you've proved your an idiot or thieve by voting ndc.....The ballots must be counted under the eyes of chosen people from all 3-4 partys in running! you fucking monkey boy know nothing about e ...
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go back to accra mental hospital..you've proved your an idiot or thieve by voting ndc.....The ballots must be counted under the eyes of chosen people from all 3-4 partys in running! you fucking monkey boy know nothing about even voting on electronic voting machine
koffi parker 9 years ago

Could one explain something here and set the records straight,Was it a recommendation or an Order, since the Court cannot issue such Orders

Could one explain something here and set the records straight,Was it a recommendation or an Order, since the Court cannot issue such Orders
NANA KASA 9 years ago

The EC has not come from a foreign country or planet to impose its will on Ghanaians. They are working according to the laid down rules under their mandate. If we feel strongly that the rules must change, we have to call for ...
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The EC has not come from a foreign country or planet to impose its will on Ghanaians. They are working according to the laid down rules under their mandate. If we feel strongly that the rules must change, we have to call for the change in a civilised manner. A recommendation by the supreme court does not change the existing rules.... it is just a mere recomendation and has not yet been aproved to be part of the existing rules. Afari Gyan cannot apply the recomendation on his own; there must be a national consensus before any change can be made.
Degage 9 years ago

The problem with Ghanaian pseudo lawyers is that they interpret things according to whether it favours the political party they belong to or not. What Prempeh is saying is what pertains, like it or not. U don't just wake up t ...
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The problem with Ghanaian pseudo lawyers is that they interpret things according to whether it favours the political party they belong to or not. What Prempeh is saying is what pertains, like it or not. U don't just wake up to implement reforms because your party is not in power. this is a national issue and should have input from all Ghanaians, be they NDC, NPP, PP, etc. or neutral.
Adaklu Kwasi 9 years ago

I think this US nomenclature of calling a lecturer ASSISTANT PROFESSOR and these guys coming to parade Ghana corridors using the title PROFESSOR is very misleading. The reason is that some of the utterances of some of these s ...
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I think this US nomenclature of calling a lecturer ASSISTANT PROFESSOR and these guys coming to parade Ghana corridors using the title PROFESSOR is very misleading. The reason is that some of the utterances of some of these so-called Ghana US professors are so infantile that one wonders whether they ever took any courses in Critical Thinking I remember the case on "Professor" Ofuatey Kudjo who came down from the US to tell Ghanaians that Kutu Acheampong's Union Government was so good Ghanaians should embrace it; this was at a time he could see clearly that a large majority of Ghanaians opposed the idea rather vigorously. In the present case, Professor Prempeh is saying that EC is not obligated to effect any reforms because the recommendations were mere suggestions of some members of the panel. What the learned Professor has failed to understand is that it was the sum-total of the recommendations of the same bench that culminated in the victory decision for the NDC. This is common sense. So we should accept the decision and ignore the recommendations so next time EC appears like a fool in court? Please let us try and justify the degrees we hold so that elementary school boys and girls do not get the chance to question our worth as PhD holders and "Professors".
senior citizen Germany 9 years ago

What I deduce from prof Henry Kwesi Prempeh s statement on election reforms makes me think that,too much education sometimes makes people to behave like they are out of their minds.How can a whole professor makes such statem ...
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What I deduce from prof Henry Kwesi Prempeh s statement on election reforms makes me think that,too much education sometimes makes people to behave like they are out of their minds.How can a whole professor makes such statement to contradict himself.1,That the supreme court held no allegation against the EC 2,that the EC is not under any obligation to carry out any reforms.3 It would not be prudent if the EC would not heed the calls for reforms. Is it not circumlocotion of statements he has vomited out for poor Ghanaians to smell the stink of it\.If he is on summer holidays in Ghana I wish him well but he should stop medling himself with such a highly sensitive political issue.
Ugly Akufo Addo 9 years ago

Alufo Addo is confuse n stupid

Alufo Addo is confuse n stupid
eugene 9 years ago

go back to market and buy lube for your anus the vice president is calling you

go back to market and buy lube for your anus the vice president is calling you
Ugly Akufo Addo 9 years ago

Alufo Addo is confuse n stupid

Alufo Addo is confuse n stupid
eugene 9 years ago

you should be ashamed to let man release his semen in you mouth then you lick his anus

you should be ashamed to let man release his semen in you mouth then you lick his anus
CJ 9 years ago

YOUR MOTHER IS A DOG

YOUR MOTHER IS A DOG
Ras Bo @ London 9 years ago

What do you know that the EC is not doing?

EC has been in existence long ago and has been carrying their own reforms every after election time on and on… if that is the post you eyeing for then please just apply and sto ...
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What do you know that the EC is not doing?

EC has been in existence long ago and has been carrying their own reforms every after election time on and on… if that is the post you eyeing for then please just apply and stop tainting them. EC uses conventions to embark on reforms and not constitution. So please spare us with your notice and leave them to do their work.

Why are some of you disgracing academia with your selfish and greedy aspirations? PLEEEEASE LEAVE US ALONE AND SOLVE YOUR ECONOMIC PROBLEM IN CANADA …..if you are tired of Canada too come home.
kwasi 9 years ago

GHANA FALKS WANT REFORM BADLY

GHANA FALKS WANT REFORM BADLY
MUSA NR 9 years ago

Come home and help

Come home and help
eugene 9 years ago

so paper punch ballots, not electronic voting machines

so paper punch ballots, not electronic voting machines
Godies 9 years ago

Professor if you want to conme into the political arena in Ghana check wherether or not you are not a second cetize. you also have to start from the glass root level: such as being a community leader,assembly man, and get inv ...
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Professor if you want to conme into the political arena in Ghana check wherether or not you are not a second cetize. you also have to start from the glass root level: such as being a community leader,assembly man, and get involve in development in your area first.
diesel fitter 9 years ago

what kind of bullshit is this. All your book-long. This man should realise that there is an issue with confidence in the system and the one way to have trust re-enforced is to enhance or better it by carrying out reforms. Reg ...
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what kind of bullshit is this. All your book-long. This man should realise that there is an issue with confidence in the system and the one way to have trust re-enforced is to enhance or better it by carrying out reforms. Regressive idiot. Its not the duty of the court to carry out reforms but to empower and support the EC to better the system. Ghana bought the equipment from the Eu and even they came out to declare that the equipment and its process was fallible and that's why those checks and balances were brought in. Since the EC failed to regulate and enforce those checks and balances, there has to be a reform.
Tieme Bako 9 years ago

IF THE EC IS NOT UNDER ANY OBLIGATION TO OVERHAUL THE ELECTORAL PROCESS, IT MEANS EVERYTHING GOES. AND THE NEXT ELECTION WILL LEAD TO PUT CUTTING EACH OTHER UP. WAR WILL NOT NE OUT OF QUESTION AT ALL BECAUSE NOBODY WILL GO TO ...
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IF THE EC IS NOT UNDER ANY OBLIGATION TO OVERHAUL THE ELECTORAL PROCESS, IT MEANS EVERYTHING GOES. AND THE NEXT ELECTION WILL LEAD TO PUT CUTTING EACH OTHER UP. WAR WILL NOT NE OUT OF QUESTION AT ALL BECAUSE NOBODY WILL GO TO COURT AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!
Stoway 9 years ago

It is the NPP families that will run first for fights are fought for them by women.
You think scare tactics will make Nana Addo President? Can't you get it? The guy is a deficit in all aspect of presidential material. He is ...
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It is the NPP families that will run first for fights are fought for them by women.
You think scare tactics will make Nana Addo President? Can't you get it? The guy is a deficit in all aspect of presidential material. He is a liabilty at that age.

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