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Zanetor’s eligibility not a big deal – Ephson

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  • BB 8 years ago

    hey Ghana people leave the lady alone!!!!

  • kwasi 8 years ago

    We would have done the right thing then.Laws/rules are meant to be followed.

  • Neutral Zone 8 years ago

    Nonsense!!!

  • Kofi Ata, Cambridge, UK 8 years ago

    Ben you are wrong to suggest that Zanetor's eligibility or ineligibility is not a big deal. This is because it bothers on potential breach of electoral laws in Ghana, including those of political parties that are regulated un ...
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  • wiseman 8 years ago

    ndc is already not a domoctratic from it begining

  • Nii Ayiku 8 years ago

    family party always want to favor family members. if you are not registered you are not. there is no need at all for you to even be allowed to contest if you are not a party member.the fact that your father is the founder of ...
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  • KWABENA ABOAGYE 8 years ago

    Nii Ayiku, who told you that Dr. Zenator is not a registered member of the NDC?. There is a difference between being a Party Member and a Registered Voter! Dr. Zenator will definitely register during the limited registration ...
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  • SARPONG 8 years ago

    Some of you are so stupid sometimes I don't even know what you have in your heads. Yes, Zanetor can register in April but that will not make the election she won in November legitimate.

    She won that election at a time whe ...
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  • Abrantie 8 years ago

    Sometimes I become real ashamed reading some of the comments on this forum.
    No wonder our country is stagnant and politicians taking the masses for granted.
    Do you see how NDC politicians are just hypocrites.

  • Ebenezer 8 years ago

    Thanks, that is how it works. She has to wait for another four years after being a registered voter, or during bye election after the November 2016 .

  • Kay 8 years ago

    Mr Sarpong I just don't understand the reasoning of some people. People like KWABENA ABOAGYE and Private Mensah still can't get the fact that even NDC's own party guidelines bar her from contesting the primaries in the first. ...
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  • mensah 8 years ago

    SARPONG,there are a lot of fools not only in the NDC but in Ghana. I know and trust Ashitey to not tolerate any nonsense.

  • mensah 8 years ago

    SARPONG,there are a lot of fools not only in the NDC but in Ghana. I know and trust Ashitey to not tolerate any nonsense.

  • Nana Appiah 8 years ago

    Sarpong The fool, You have more problems in your party's Npp...try and go help solve them...Idiot is all over the place like a chicken without a head on...From Us foreign policy to Jungle politics...You are a big Fooool

  • Kay 8 years ago

    KWABENA ABOAGYE have you read about cNDC's own guidelines of who qualifies to contest for parliamentary primaries? If not then please read ok. You are right about her registering during the LIMITED REGISTRATION PERIOD so tha ...
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  • Nana Adjapong NTRA SAKYI 8 years ago

    So I am to understand from your statement that at the point when she was elected to contest for the constituency she was not a registered voter? And Ben your national acclaimed pollster sees nothing wrong with it.

  • Ad us. 8 years ago

    Stupid

  • atwei 8 years ago

    At the time of her election she was not registered. That is fraud. The results shd be annuled and she should not be allowed to stand until some time. She should also be punished for what she did.

  • Private Mensah 8 years ago

    go and read the constitution she has not broken any law - she is not an MP yet and she has time to continue to be lawful within the law as such she cannot be disenfrachised we live in a democracy

  • Obed Adore 8 years ago

    But was not fair to her competitors. Their rights to a fair election was denied them.. However the only remedy there is should the court found this to be true, the results would be cleared null and void and NDC would be asked ...
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  • SARPONG 8 years ago

    You are really intelligent. That is what is going to happen.

  • Abigi 8 years ago

    After your parents killed,maimed, stole, confiscated and used mysterious means to pay your schooling abroad, there is nothing USEFUL you can do with your life? Have a life young woman and stop being this LOW and CHEAP. Some o ...
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  • Private Mensah 8 years ago

    free clinics, poverty alleviation schemes donating of anti fire canisters to the arts centre etc - what sayeth u idiot

  • Abigi 8 years ago

    What medical facility does she provide her services from? Does she have a medical license to practice in Ghana? Please name any poverty alleviating scheme she has provided or a paper she has written to alleviate poverty? Wha ...
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  • SARPONG 8 years ago

    You are dealing with a blind supporter who is refusing to engage his brains on this issue due to tribal allegiance.

  • Abigi 8 years ago

    I understand, at least he has learnt something. A single mother without a home, not living with family of her own as an adult, fighting for custody of children, never worked in her life not even sweeping her own room, wants t ...
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  • Private Mensah 8 years ago

    if u did u won't be asking silly questions like that

  • Abigi 8 years ago

    Answer the questions and stop the insults? Can you name the work place and consulting room she takes care of the constituents? Touching people with stethoscope, reading temperature, checking for ear wax and showing light in t ...
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  • Abigi 8 years ago

    I have been in your situation before and will like you to learn a lesson or two to help you out of it. Every human is endowed by the creator with resources to be self sufficient and live comfortably. There is no human who can ...
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  • prosecute Rawlings for killing innoce 8 years ago

    This family must test the pain of innocent Ghanians She should not even come to the public to rule who family of killers and u fool are suporting it u must be an ewe

  • musah-accra 8 years ago

    What is the party's position with regards to a member's eligibility to contest the primaries? Is an unregistered voter qualified to contest? If no, how many years must one be registered as a voter before qualifying to contes ...
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  • Abigi 8 years ago

    Father running as founding member, mother presidential candidate then again daughter parliamentary candidate, excuse me, can't they do any better for themselves? Remember father said POLITICS is for the DEVIL. This is dispica ...
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  • Private Mensah 8 years ago

    Please seek medical help

  • Abigi 8 years ago

    What is the value of a human if she cannot function on her own but have to be parasitic to feed on the innocent and the poor through corruption, bribery and thievery? Is there no place or nothing for a physician trained with ...
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  • Abigi 8 years ago

    Only in Ghana can a divorcee living with parents be alleviating your poverty. If she is well off, why not be on her own? This is my question. Why can't she function on her own by getting herself work? As we speak her home exp ...
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  • musah-accra 8 years ago

    I mean legitimate

  • Kojo UK 8 years ago

    Tell the truth within the remit of the law. The NDC constitution stipulates inter alia that a contestant in the parliamentary primaries MUST be a registered voter. You don't contest a primary before you run to register as a v ...
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  • Truth 8 years ago

    Ephson "rekyere akyere bon" (encouraging wrong-doing)

  • Andy 8 years ago

    Kojo. Say it again it's only Ghana that allow such act. As for ben ephson he's a stomach talker period

  • Close Observer 8 years ago

    A few years ago, the people of Rwanda (Hutus and Tutsis) were as stupid as most people in Ghana today; DISCRIMINATING AGAINST EACH OTHER, and they paid dearly for their stupidity. You don't build a nation with division. DESIS ...
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  • David 8 years ago

    The court can nullify the Results but the NDC should have a,re- than provides equal opportunities for Zanetor and Nii

  • KOJO MENSAH 8 years ago

    Ephson should not bury the truth and be honest because this is a constitutional issue and must be respected by all and not discriminate in favour of powerful in the country.

  • Joe 8 years ago

    Ephson, everyone knows you are an NDC member or sympathizer but we live in a country that is governed by constitution. If the constitution says you cannot be an MP unless you are are registered voter, that should be it. Zanat ...
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  • Kay 8 years ago

    @Joe and that even call her credibility into serious question. She knew she was not a registered but went ahead and contested. Even before she gets the opportunity to go to parliament she is lying to get there. So started beh ...
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  • Big Dadi 8 years ago

    This just a disgrace to that load-mouth Rawlings and his criminal NDC gangs led by stinking Mahama. This is one of the ways they have been rigging the elections in collaboration with that notorious EC

  • TULA 8 years ago

    For God sake ; why do not Ghanaians take the trouble to read the law regarding the application of contitutional law ; Ezeanator won an election on an illgality;were not the NDC selection not awre of the rules before they pres ...
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  • MONA 8 years ago

    Abaaaa Ben. When was the primary held? In fact you are one of the few intellectuals I admire and so please do not paint a dishonest picture in this saga. Are you calling for an annulment and a fresh primaries in April when ...
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  • Truth 8 years ago

    Ephson is an opinion-maker so he must get his ethics right. The issue is she contested when she was not qualified.This is what Ephson should have raised.

  • MAHAMA B3 KO 8 years ago

    Who took Ezanetor's money to try and smuggle her in, when it was clear she was not a registered voter? Surely the "exalted pollster" Ben Ephson must have known Ezanetor Rawlings was not a registered voter(sic).
    The girl's cr ...
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  • JAY 8 years ago

    Ben Ephson is a FOOL,the point is why did NDC allow Zanetor to stand in the first place knowing well she was not a registered voter in the first place?Ben Ephson and NDC are part of the criminal elements in Ghana who condone ...
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  • Sule 8 years ago

    The NDC constitution does not require a voter to be their parliamentary candidate. It is only the constitution of Ghana that requires so. The lady will register before the parliamentary voting so therefore she cannot be disqu ...
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  • Joe Bie 8 years ago

    People voted for ur parents to chop and u have not been voting for any body.u and ur mother are greedy bustards.

  • Awal sualisu 8 years ago

    She will lead the Ndc Clottey and win massively

  • Obed Adore 8 years ago

    That's is right!

  • Ojuku 8 years ago

    It is surprising why an experienced politician like Hon Ashietey is fighting such a losing battle.
    The incumbent MP has been clearly rejected by the (expanded) delegates for Zanetor. By this, Zanetor knows her "smoothness" ...
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  • Obed Adore 8 years ago

    I believe his fight is all about "Fairness" though.

  • Akut 8 years ago

    I have just read the NDC Constitution, being a registered voter is not stated as a condition for party parliamentary candidacy election, so no laws have been broken yet. NPP would have had by now called for her disqualificat ...
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  • kofi (USA) 8 years ago

    BEN EPHSON , YOU ARE NOT THE AUTHORITY ON THE ELECTORAL RULES Nullification the RERUN

  • Truth 8 years ago

    Do you think it was proper for her to contest in the first place when she was not qualified? Fraud. Deliberate fraud. You are now saying she must register and then contest again. That you can raise this idea beats my imagima ...
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  • Sasta 8 years ago

    Always talking rubbish.

  • Aa 8 years ago

    now is clear this journalist some respected for fair reportage is now seen as ndc guy, right? and he still has favorites in that party. if ephson was in the shoes of Nii Armah Ashitey, he would have reported differently...
    v ...
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  • koffi Montreal 8 years ago

    You see how laws, rules,a burnett by those who think they're better than anyone else in Ghana,because she Rawlings daughter so good she should follow the law that's , clearly true that Ghana is in danger,she should be disqual ...
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  • I told you so 8 years ago

    She was not a registered voter at the time of the election. So she loses out. The second place should be the candidate. But in the likely event of a re run why should they wait for her to Regus lose her votervstatus? That wi ...
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  • Alberto 8 years ago

    she never does anything right including her affair Herbert Mensah.

  • save ghana 8 years ago

    if this had happened in NPP, ephson would have predicted doom for the party. what a fool and bitter enemy of Nana addo. Nana b3ba. God has appointed Nana already. no time for tthieves.

  • Yaa Asabea 8 years ago

    Ephson needs a copy of Ghana's 1992 constitution.

  • Ike London 8 years ago

    We have very stupid and myopic journalists in Ghana. Ben Epson only think of his stomach and always spew garbage for Mahama and NDC. What was Ezenetors status when voted as a candidate. Fool.

  • Goheey 8 years ago

    People of mother we must be careful of our speaches remember every word that comes out of your is accountable for that day. Also know that the life in you is not you but the spirit of God if you believe then all thay you say ...
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  • Akwasi Nyame Adom 8 years ago

    Mr know-all Ephson, dont you know this woman has already committed a serious crime? Do you think some sections of Ghanaians are above the Laws of this land? We are watching.

  • prosecute Rawlings for killing innoce 8 years ago

    Jj came to kill people for corruption let ghanians see his part

  • George Nutsugah 8 years ago

    Zanator's attempt to get into parliament when she is not a registered voter is a combination of stealing and stupidity. A medical doctor of her standing should not have made that attempt at all.

  • Bernard 8 years ago

    (1) Subject to the provisions of this article, a person shall not be qualified to be a Member of Parliament unless –

    (a) He is a citizen of Ghana, has attained the age of twenty-one years and is a registered voter

    Wel ...
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  • Koif - USA 8 years ago

    How can she become a candidate after the fact? We shall not allow that to happen. The Law needs to be followed. If she is not a registered voter, how can she compete. Even if she registers in April she still will not be eligi ...
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  • KAAJI 8 years ago

    BEN EPHSON IS AN IDIOT. HE NEEDS TO COME OUT WITH SOMETHING SENSIBLE.EVEN IF ZANETOR GET VOTERS CARD BY APRIL DOES IT MEAN SHE HAD PARTY'S ID DURING THE PRIMARIES? NO WONDER MY UNCLE ALWAYS TELLS ME THAT FAT AND CHUBBY GUYS L ...
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  • Kwaku Willie 8 years ago

    I think zenator will win the case in court. The voters roll used by the NDC was an NDC members roll and not EC voters roll. She won on merit. She has the opportunity to be on EC voters roll when limited registration opens.

  • Captain 8 years ago

    you people knew that she was not a registered voter but you shut your mouths, now that she has won you want to give her PhD( pull her down ). Let's do the right things at the right time.

  • Baako 8 years ago

    the picture is not Ephson

  • zak 8 years ago

    uncle Ben should stop fooling himself as an analyst

  • Kojo Owusu 8 years ago

    I am surprised Ben Ephson u r so wrong if she is not a registered voter at the time of the primaries as per Ndc constitution means disqualification, No re-run here. unless tehy want to amend it just for her

  • A.H 8 years ago

    thank u ben for your counsel, i ' m now at peace

  • adanko 8 years ago

    NDC VETTING MACHINERY CORRUPT! HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN? HOW DID SHE GO THROUGH THE VETTING WITHOUT BEING A REGISTERED VOTER? HOW DID EC ALSO CONDUCT SUCH ELECTIONS WITH AN UNQUALIFIED CANDIDATE? MANY QUESTIONS WITH NO ANSWERS. ...
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  • sanity 8 years ago

    What a sorry commentary from thus Epson guy. We should wait for her to be eligible? Why do we have laws and regulations in the country then. She should rather wait to run again in 2020.

  • Akeeda Ben 7 years ago

    us the will be upcoming registration on april i thick there no problem for that DR ZENETOR AL THE WAY