Having a wife and children does not make you responsible.
Having a wife and children does not make you responsible.
Concerned 7 years ago
This man did not say why we should adopt the US system or the mere fact it's American makes it better.What we need is our own system. UNION GOV
This man did not say why we should adopt the US system or the mere fact it's American makes it better.What we need is our own system. UNION GOV
MANNERS 7 years ago
He is out of his goddamn brain. Even USA is trying hard to debunk these electoral colleges and go for Popular Votes. What is so special of Electorates. Not everything of America should be copied. Free and Fair elections with ... read full comment
He is out of his goddamn brain. Even USA is trying hard to debunk these electoral colleges and go for Popular Votes. What is so special of Electorates. Not everything of America should be copied. Free and Fair elections with accurate head counts should be the solution. Every vote must count and the majority should rule.
Kanawu!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 7 years ago
THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE SYSTEM HAS FAILED AMERICANS BUT THERE IS NO WAY OUT. WHY DO WE HAVE TO ADOPT THAT. WHY DO WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE IN GHANA WHO ARE HAILED AS SMART BUT IN ACTUAL FACT, THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THEY ARE TA ... read full comment
THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE SYSTEM HAS FAILED AMERICANS BUT THERE IS NO WAY OUT. WHY DO WE HAVE TO ADOPT THAT. WHY DO WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE IN GHANA WHO ARE HAILED AS SMART BUT IN ACTUAL FACT, THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT?? WE NEED TO CHANGE THIS PATTERN. THE ORDINARY GHANAIAN IS SMARTER.
atwei 7 years ago
The writer has no information about the electoral college system in the US. Even the US is fighting over this system and desires to scrap it. It is obsolete and Americans are demonstrating today. Please leave us in Ghana i ... read full comment
The writer has no information about the electoral college system in the US. Even the US is fighting over this system and desires to scrap it. It is obsolete and Americans are demonstrating today. Please leave us in Ghana in peace.. We will stay with the popular vote.
AGBESI KWESI 7 years ago
MAHAMA IS BARAWO BANZA
Mahama is so heartless, wicked and corrupt that he wouldn’t blink stealing from a helpless orphan. Please read the following:
Ghana’s President Hurls Insults At Obasanjo At African Forum In London ... read full comment
MAHAMA IS BARAWO BANZA
Mahama is so heartless, wicked and corrupt that he wouldn’t blink stealing from a helpless orphan. Please read the following:
Ghana’s President Hurls Insults At Obasanjo At African Forum In London - bloomberg
There was near pandemonium and confusion at the Annual Global African Investment Forum held in Westminster, Central London after a heated exchange between Ghana’s President John Mahama and former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo degenerated into open insults.This was due to General Obasanjo openly accusing the Ghanaian president and his government of blackmailing and collecting bribes from Nigerian businessmen in Ghana, buying numerous properties in Nigeria and South Africa and financially contributing 12 million dollars to Goodluck Jonathan’s campaign last year. This infuriated President Mahama who lost his temper and pointing his finger, called General Obasanjo an ” idiot” and a “silly buffoon”.It took other ministers present as well as Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni to calm tempers and usher President Mahama to a nearby room. The forum, which takes place from 1st to 3rd December is attended by African Heads of States, Ministers, Private equity firms and investors to discuss opportunities for investment and development in African Economies.
Culled from Bloomberg.
OPNINPA 7 years ago
IGNORE THE UNTHINKING IMITATOR! WHAT IS TO GAINED BY FOOLISHLY COPYING THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE SYSTEM BECAUSE USA USE IT? WE DO NOT HAVE THEIR HISTORY AND CULTURE.
IGNORE THE UNTHINKING IMITATOR! WHAT IS TO GAINED BY FOOLISHLY COPYING THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE SYSTEM BECAUSE USA USE IT? WE DO NOT HAVE THEIR HISTORY AND CULTURE.
Joe 7 years ago
For some people anything American is good. A system the Americans are calling flawed and are presently debating its effectiveness in electing their president, you want us to adopt it.
Prior to the election of Bush in 2000, ... read full comment
For some people anything American is good. A system the Americans are calling flawed and are presently debating its effectiveness in electing their president, you want us to adopt it.
Prior to the election of Bush in 2000, there had been only three cases in which one candidate one the electoral votes and the other the popular votes and all happened in the 19th century.
PRINCEWILLY@YMAIL.COM 7 years ago
The American Electoral system is a very bad system.The Presidential Candidate with the popular vote does not win.A small state can determine who gets into Office.
It has happened in America about four times.
The American Electoral system is a very bad system.The Presidential Candidate with the popular vote does not win.A small state can determine who gets into Office.
It has happened in America about four times.
CORNEY 7 years ago
That particular guy,Bentil, I doubt how he became a lawyer,he talks like he is yet to enter the classroom.
The American system,a so called system to protect smaller states is a very bad system which cannot be practiced in an ... read full comment
That particular guy,Bentil, I doubt how he became a lawyer,he talks like he is yet to enter the classroom.
The American system,a so called system to protect smaller states is a very bad system which cannot be practiced in any third world country,it is a recipe for disaster,it will mean NPP will remain in opposition for a very long time if not forever because they hardly won three regions in any election,in the last two elections they won only two regions and even if you look back,in 1996 they won only one region,the Ashanti region.
It is foolish to adopt that nonsense in Ghana,we don't need it,even right now Hillary is ahead to win the popular votes but she cannot become a president due to the electoral college system,nobody in this modern world should think of something like that.
Ghanaba 7 years ago
Our system ensures that the winner get 50% plus of the votes cast which is a clear majority of the voters. It's much better than getting elected with a minority of votes.
The electoral college approaches this principle by en ... read full comment
Our system ensures that the winner get 50% plus of the votes cast which is a clear majority of the voters. It's much better than getting elected with a minority of votes.
The electoral college approaches this principle by ensuring that the winner gets at least 50% of the electoral college votes which is 270. The same principle of majority of voters apply to the electoral college system too.
PRINCEWILLY@YMAIL.COM 7 years ago
The Electoral College system is a bad system because one state can determine who gets to be president.Winner of the Popular votes will not count.
An example was the Algore Fiasco in Florida,when Bush was declared the winner.
The Electoral College system is a bad system because one state can determine who gets to be president.Winner of the Popular votes will not count.
An example was the Algore Fiasco in Florida,when Bush was declared the winner.
J. A. KRONFUOR 7 years ago
WE THE PEOPLE OF GHANA WILL ELECT OUR OWN PREZ. FUCK OFF WITH YOUR ELITE CORRUPT MIIND.
WE THE PEOPLE OF GHANA WILL ELECT OUR OWN PREZ. FUCK OFF WITH YOUR ELITE CORRUPT MIIND.
3fo the carpenter 7 years ago
Ghanaians should have their own mind and stop copying blindly. Stupid suggestion for Electoral College.Americans are fighting for One vote One count.
Ghanaians should have their own mind and stop copying blindly. Stupid suggestion for Electoral College.Americans are fighting for One vote One count.
Berchie 7 years ago
This guy can't be serious. Why should a candidate with the most popular votes lose an election? And, you call that democracy?
This guy can't be serious. Why should a candidate with the most popular votes lose an election? And, you call that democracy?
PRINCEWILLY@YMAIL.COM 7 years ago
ITS NOT DEMOCRACY.THE PERSON WITH THE MAJORITY VOTES LOOSES AND ITS A SHAME.
ITS NOT DEMOCRACY.THE PERSON WITH THE MAJORITY VOTES LOOSES AND ITS A SHAME.
3fo the carpenter 7 years ago
If you ghanaians want Electoral College, might as well throw away your so called Democracy since as stupid as you are folks in government will be there due to corruption.
If you ghanaians want Electoral College, might as well throw away your so called Democracy since as stupid as you are folks in government will be there due to corruption.
Olusco London 7 years ago
This is a stupid and rubbish suggestion .How can we adopt such a stupid idea and you call this a democracy ?
This is a stupid and rubbish suggestion .How can we adopt such a stupid idea and you call this a democracy ?
Pelicles 7 years ago
We love to copy what someone is doing or had done. To think and do something on our own, is a big challenge because we cannot think. That is the posture of a looser, a vagabond, truant and a despicable fool and this man is a ... read full comment
We love to copy what someone is doing or had done. To think and do something on our own, is a big challenge because we cannot think. That is the posture of a looser, a vagabond, truant and a despicable fool and this man is a prime example.
Why should we adopt the electoral college system of the US and have we asked why the US adopted that system?
Kofi Bentil is a fool. If he is a thinker, he should think and come out with something that will suit our electoral system than to copy what someone is doing.
CORNEY 7 years ago
That guy does not think,he doesn't even have a clue how that system works if he does he would not have made that comment,it is a useless system at least in terms of Africa or third world countries,we don't need that in Ghana.
That guy does not think,he doesn't even have a clue how that system works if he does he would not have made that comment,it is a useless system at least in terms of Africa or third world countries,we don't need that in Ghana.
DJ kofi 7 years ago
That will be a good news for us!
That will be a good news for us!
Obroni 7 years ago
Are you disturbed? Even Trump called the system rigged, now that's is your goal? Ask people of Togo if they would prefer what they have and gave them papa and son or 1 man 1 vote?
Are you disturbed? Even Trump called the system rigged, now that's is your goal? Ask people of Togo if they would prefer what they have and gave them papa and son or 1 man 1 vote?
Thomas Agyemang 7 years ago
Its about time you STOP this kind of trash. Even simple 50+ 1 concept we can't understand. As simple as it is. Now u talking about college system. Massa if u have had some banku and okro and u r full. Go sleep.
Its about time you STOP this kind of trash. Even simple 50+ 1 concept we can't understand. As simple as it is. Now u talking about college system. Massa if u have had some banku and okro and u r full. Go sleep.
Frank 7 years ago
How do you understand by electoral college, and house does that fit into a country like Ghana?
How do you understand by electoral college, and house does that fit into a country like Ghana?
Evans 7 years ago
Ha ha ha. Kofi Bentil just wanted to say something. This is the unfortunate situation we have find ourselves in where the so called experts come up with suggestions without any scientific/logical reasoning. Just talk, cheap u ... read full comment
Ha ha ha. Kofi Bentil just wanted to say something. This is the unfortunate situation we have find ourselves in where the so called experts come up with suggestions without any scientific/logical reasoning. Just talk, cheap useless talk. I thought he was better than that.
Papa Nii 7 years ago
There is nothing wrong with our system but there is something wrong with some of our people including Kofi Bentil. Any time he wants to be heard he goes hyperbolic.It isn't as if the American system is being used for the fir ... read full comment
There is nothing wrong with our system but there is something wrong with some of our people including Kofi Bentil. Any time he wants to be heard he goes hyperbolic.It isn't as if the American system is being used for the first time so why is he now advocating it ?
BRASS 7 years ago
WHEN THE UNITED STATES IS THE ONLY COUNTRY THAT PRACTISES THIS ANACHRONISTIC SYSTEM THAT HAS ON A FEW OCCASIONS ENSURED THAT WINNERS OF THE POPULAR VOTES HAVE LOST THE PRESIDENCY TO THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE HE THIS SELF-OPINIONA ... read full comment
WHEN THE UNITED STATES IS THE ONLY COUNTRY THAT PRACTISES THIS ANACHRONISTIC SYSTEM THAT HAS ON A FEW OCCASIONS ENSURED THAT WINNERS OF THE POPULAR VOTES HAVE LOST THE PRESIDENCY TO THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE HE THIS SELF-OPINIONATED CHAP IS ASKING GHANA TO GO BACK LIKE A DOG AND EAT THE VOMIT OF THE US!!
GIVE US A BREAK WITH YOUR IDIOTIC BUFFOONERY!!! NYANSA IS THE SOLE PREROGATIVE OF ANY GROUP NOR INDIVIDUAL.
SHOVE YOUR OPINIONS WHERE THE SUN DOES NOT SHINE!!!
ABA 7 years ago
KWASEA, EVEN AMERICANS WANT TO GET RID OF IT
KWASEA, EVEN AMERICANS WANT TO GET RID OF IT
BlackC 7 years ago
Start dealing with today's elections using modern technology and systems instead of fixation with systems that were implemented in an age where there was no ways of communication so the citizenry was even less informed.
Start dealing with today's elections using modern technology and systems instead of fixation with systems that were implemented in an age where there was no ways of communication so the citizenry was even less informed.
Champion's Corner 7 years ago
when americans are planning to protest the electoral college system because it is outdated, you are now asking Ghanaians to use it. Mtcheew
when americans are planning to protest the electoral college system because it is outdated, you are now asking Ghanaians to use it. Mtcheew
Odikro 7 years ago
Do we have to copy for the sake of copying? What are the advantages of a president ruling with minority votes? You can go practice that in your village.
Do we have to copy for the sake of copying? What are the advantages of a president ruling with minority votes? You can go practice that in your village.
KO 7 years ago
Does Bentil understand the electoral college? Trump got 47.5% of the vote less than 50% and less than 47.6% Hillary got and he is President. How undemocratic is that? In our case in Ghana more than half of voters should agree ... read full comment
Does Bentil understand the electoral college? Trump got 47.5% of the vote less than 50% and less than 47.6% Hillary got and he is President. How undemocratic is that? In our case in Ghana more than half of voters should agree before one becomes President. That I think is more democratic!
nuertey_ asamoah.TX USA 7 years ago
Hi kofi bentil, as much as i acknowledge & respect most of your views on serious dabates, i beg to differ on the your view on the electoral votes. The system can be rigged and it was rigged this time around.
It isn't only t ... read full comment
Hi kofi bentil, as much as i acknowledge & respect most of your views on serious dabates, i beg to differ on the your view on the electoral votes. The system can be rigged and it was rigged this time around.
It isn't only the electoral voters who are the only citizenry therefore to make all votes meaningful, all qualified registered voters should be considered.
# I BEG TO DIFFER ON ELECTORAL VOTES#
GaBaa 7 years ago
Why should it be so, what minority regions do yo want to protect.
Why should it be so, what minority regions do yo want to protect.
NPP 7 years ago
What America does is not always right. The electoral college system is flawed. The popular vote system is better than the electoral system, which could bias the members of the electoral college.
What America does is not always right. The electoral college system is flawed. The popular vote system is better than the electoral system, which could bias the members of the electoral college.
Nobody 7 years ago
What do you know about the Electoral College? It's baseless.
What do you know about the Electoral College? It's baseless.
Danny B. The Bronx 7 years ago
I DONT THINK YOU REALLY KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT. TALK TO AL GORE AND MRS CLINTON. BOTH WON THE POPULAR VOTES BUT LOST THE ELECTION.
I DONT THINK YOU REALLY KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT. TALK TO AL GORE AND MRS CLINTON. BOTH WON THE POPULAR VOTES BUT LOST THE ELECTION.
Kojo Morovia 7 years ago
I do not understand why the media has been taken over by idiots who waste precious space to abuse the opportunity to be idiots.
I do not understand why the media has been taken over by idiots who waste precious space to abuse the opportunity to be idiots.
METHINKS 7 years ago
Something those who have had it for centuries literally want to runaway from????
Don't know what is wrong with some of these guys.
Something those who have had it for centuries literally want to runaway from????
Don't know what is wrong with some of these guys.
Nii Nmai, Dallas,TX, U. S. A 7 years ago
America pee the whole world scramble for a cup to collect the pee and drink. Why should Ghana adopt the electoral college? Mr. Bentil would have helped us lot if he had assigned a reason why we should adopt this system that t ... read full comment
America pee the whole world scramble for a cup to collect the pee and drink. Why should Ghana adopt the electoral college? Mr. Bentil would have helped us lot if he had assigned a reason why we should adopt this system that the very people who are using it are trying hard to do away with it. Maybe, ghanaweb did not capture his reason in this article in that case we would love to know the reasons he gave. It is good to hear other opinions on issue affecting our life.
Kofi Gbagbladza 7 years ago
If we adopt electoral vote system in Ghana, then Npp will never win power. Even if Ashanti Region has the highest electoral vote they will still lode
If we adopt electoral vote system in Ghana, then Npp will never win power. Even if Ashanti Region has the highest electoral vote they will still lode
King Kalawa 7 years ago
UNLESS WE HAVE TALL AND HANDSOME OPPOSITION LEADER OF THE MAJOR OPPOSITION PARTY,I DONT THINK IT IS A GOOD IDEA.BECAUSE IF OPPOSITION LEADER COMPLEXION IS JUST LIKE LORRY TYRE COMPLEXION AND HIS NOSE ALWAYS BLAST DOWN MUCUS L ... read full comment
UNLESS WE HAVE TALL AND HANDSOME OPPOSITION LEADER OF THE MAJOR OPPOSITION PARTY,I DONT THINK IT IS A GOOD IDEA.BECAUSE IF OPPOSITION LEADER COMPLEXION IS JUST LIKE LORRY TYRE COMPLEXION AND HIS NOSE ALWAYS BLAST DOWN MUCUS LIKE NOBODY BUSINESS ANY TIME HE MEETS SMALL SPEECH,THEN USA WILL BE LAUGHING AT OUR ELECTORAL COLLEDGE
Daniel Kofi Lartey. USA 7 years ago
None sense, you are saying 25 million population should adopt electoral college system, this is inconsequential. Anybody at all will just stand up and start vomiting redundant issues.
None sense, you are saying 25 million population should adopt electoral college system, this is inconsequential. Anybody at all will just stand up and start vomiting redundant issues.
MASA 7 years ago
it's a shame to suggest this, Mr. Thinktank
it's a shame to suggest this, Mr. Thinktank
Knockout 7 years ago
Only Republicans thinks this way,the electoral college is a cheating system,popular vote is the way to go
Only Republicans thinks this way,the electoral college is a cheating system,popular vote is the way to go
CAST-THEFIRST-STONE 7 years ago
Ghana is good with the popular vote system so away with ill-conceived ideas Kofi Bentil.
Ghana is good with the popular vote system so away with ill-conceived ideas Kofi Bentil.
Nana 7 years ago
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Yaw 7 years ago
Why can't the US copy from Ghana? We like copying everything and the sad thing is that, it is the enlightened ones who lead us to copy. On what basis must Ghana copy from the US? Haven't we copied enough? Are we not practicin ... read full comment
Why can't the US copy from Ghana? We like copying everything and the sad thing is that, it is the enlightened ones who lead us to copy. On what basis must Ghana copy from the US? Haven't we copied enough? Are we not practicing a combination of Parliamentary and Presidential Democracy?
ROGUE LAWYER 7 years ago
Ghana democracy is one of the best, if we are able to eliminate partisans from the mandated institution and allow them to do their job.
ours is next to Switzerland who practice direct democracy.
what had happen in USA b ... read full comment
Ghana democracy is one of the best, if we are able to eliminate partisans from the mandated institution and allow them to do their job.
ours is next to Switzerland who practice direct democracy.
what had happen in USA by now to elect such an un-deplomatic Donald trump , i think the entire USA are now thinking to abandon theirs to learn from Ghana.
IF in USA the president is elected by the majority votes , i think their prefer candidate Hillary could have secured the mandate.
Paa Joe 7 years ago
WHAT HAS THE ELCTORAL COLLEGE SYSTEM IN THE US GOT TO DO IN GHANA.
WHAT IS THE POPULATION OF GHANA AS COMPARED TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
OPAYIN, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER IF,YOU WOULD HAVE TACKLED THE ECONOMIC BA ... read full comment
WHAT HAS THE ELCTORAL COLLEGE SYSTEM IN THE US GOT TO DO IN GHANA.
WHAT IS THE POPULATION OF GHANA AS COMPARED TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
OPAYIN, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER IF,YOU WOULD HAVE TACKLED THE ECONOMIC BACKWARDNESS OF GHANA,AND WHICH IS A RESULT OF THE INABILITY OF THE SO CALLED EDUCATED WITH BIG DEGREES AND PHD TITLES TO USE TECHNOLOGY, SCIENTIFIC INNOATION AND CREATITIVITY TO PROPEL ECONOMIC GROWTH AND DEVELOMEMT IN GHANA.
Nii Katey 7 years ago
Typical mentality. So the mere act that it is good for America Koi Bentil, you eel it should be good or Ghana? This is the mistakes we always make in Africa. This idea that anything everything foreign is good does not enhance ... read full comment
Typical mentality. So the mere act that it is good for America Koi Bentil, you eel it should be good or Ghana? This is the mistakes we always make in Africa. This idea that anything everything foreign is good does not enhance progress or development. Sadly, this is the thinking of our so called educated who contribute nothing practical or constructive to our nation. Always transplanting foreign ideas without examining it feasibility to the African environment. They write their thesis and dissertations with foreign ideas and only a few make the attempt to put their theories and hypothesis into practical uses to the benefit of their community.
Kofi Aryiku 7 years ago
Weel said Katey. Kofi Bentil should rather think or propose a formula that would be feasible and practical for Ghana. Shame on Kofi Bentil
Weel said Katey. Kofi Bentil should rather think or propose a formula that would be feasible and practical for Ghana. Shame on Kofi Bentil
Zigi 7 years ago
There goes our instant experts again.
Ghana should adopt the electoral college system? Has he even studied the system? Does he understand how it works? Or he simply sees as a means by which their beloved NPP could obtain ... read full comment
There goes our instant experts again.
Ghana should adopt the electoral college system? Has he even studied the system? Does he understand how it works? Or he simply sees as a means by which their beloved NPP could obtain political power?
God save us from these half-baked experts!!!
Paa Joe 7 years ago
OPAYIN NII KATEY,
I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOUR GREAT COMMENNTS.
THERE COULD BE A LONG AND DARK JOURNEY BEFORE THESE NOISY AND MOST BLINDED SO CALLED EDUCATED WITH BIG DEGREES AND PHD TITLES EMERGE FROM THEIR EDUCATIONAL ... read full comment
OPAYIN NII KATEY,
I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOUR GREAT COMMENNTS.
THERE COULD BE A LONG AND DARK JOURNEY BEFORE THESE NOISY AND MOST BLINDED SO CALLED EDUCATED WITH BIG DEGREES AND PHD TITLES EMERGE FROM THEIR EDUCATIONAL WILDERNESS.
A SAD DAY FOR THE LESS FORTUNATE AND THE DISADVANTAGED IN GHANA.
ESI 7 years ago
When people like this Bentil guy, frank cudjoe and others like them speak on national issues without making any sense, I wonder how they think,
Now why in the world should we copy and follow the "electoral college" system of ... read full comment
When people like this Bentil guy, frank cudjoe and others like them speak on national issues without making any sense, I wonder how they think,
Now why in the world should we copy and follow the "electoral college" system of the US, when our Constitution days we should go by simple majority vote if 50% + 1 or more. Why do you suggest that we improve upon our voting system by introducing both electronic voting and electronic counting?
Please Mr BENTIL spare us the noise if you have nothing better to say ABAH!!!
jacob 7 years ago
U are not intelligent. That's d most useless Democratic system in d world, worse than north Korea. Think again Bentil
U are not intelligent. That's d most useless Democratic system in d world, worse than north Korea. Think again Bentil
kwaku darko 7 years ago
See how sometimes i tell u guys there are too many foolish intellectuals in our society.
A process that even Americans themselves have been thinking of doing away with u have a buffoon who doesn't know his left from his righ ... read full comment
See how sometimes i tell u guys there are too many foolish intellectuals in our society.
A process that even Americans themselves have been thinking of doing away with u have a buffoon who doesn't know his left from his right suggesting we should adopt it.
Sorry sir we are more discerning and prudent than ur fucking white cells(brain)that exist in ur stupid head.
Honesty - the best policy! 7 years ago
There goes a typical African copy cat aka intellectual. In fact he does not even understand how the electoral college system functions yet he is quick to propose it for adoption by Ghana. Shame shame you have only exposed you ... read full comment
There goes a typical African copy cat aka intellectual. In fact he does not even understand how the electoral college system functions yet he is quick to propose it for adoption by Ghana. Shame shame you have only exposed your deep-seated ignorance and stupidity
Moses 7 years ago
This one de3 NDC will never support, bcos for NDC, they depend largely on the propaganda they push down the throat of many illiterate pple in the country. They wl definitely say it is elitist.
This one de3 NDC will never support, bcos for NDC, they depend largely on the propaganda they push down the throat of many illiterate pple in the country. They wl definitely say it is elitist.
kwame ben 7 years ago
Even Americans have seen that this system is bogus hence the protests.If this cheating system is brought to Ghana and for that matter Africa the result will be more civil wars.
Even Americans have seen that this system is bogus hence the protests.If this cheating system is brought to Ghana and for that matter Africa the result will be more civil wars.
Having a wife and children does not make you responsible.
This man did not say why we should adopt the US system or the mere fact it's American makes it better.What we need is our own system. UNION GOV
He is out of his goddamn brain. Even USA is trying hard to debunk these electoral colleges and go for Popular Votes. What is so special of Electorates. Not everything of America should be copied. Free and Fair elections with ...
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THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE SYSTEM HAS FAILED AMERICANS BUT THERE IS NO WAY OUT. WHY DO WE HAVE TO ADOPT THAT. WHY DO WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE IN GHANA WHO ARE HAILED AS SMART BUT IN ACTUAL FACT, THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THEY ARE TA ...
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The writer has no information about the electoral college system in the US. Even the US is fighting over this system and desires to scrap it. It is obsolete and Americans are demonstrating today. Please leave us in Ghana i ...
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MAHAMA IS BARAWO BANZA
Mahama is so heartless, wicked and corrupt that he wouldn’t blink stealing from a helpless orphan. Please read the following:
Ghana’s President Hurls Insults At Obasanjo At African Forum In London ...
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IGNORE THE UNTHINKING IMITATOR! WHAT IS TO GAINED BY FOOLISHLY COPYING THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE SYSTEM BECAUSE USA USE IT? WE DO NOT HAVE THEIR HISTORY AND CULTURE.
For some people anything American is good. A system the Americans are calling flawed and are presently debating its effectiveness in electing their president, you want us to adopt it.
Prior to the election of Bush in 2000, ...
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The American Electoral system is a very bad system.The Presidential Candidate with the popular vote does not win.A small state can determine who gets into Office.
It has happened in America about four times.
That particular guy,Bentil, I doubt how he became a lawyer,he talks like he is yet to enter the classroom.
The American system,a so called system to protect smaller states is a very bad system which cannot be practiced in an ...
read full comment
Our system ensures that the winner get 50% plus of the votes cast which is a clear majority of the voters. It's much better than getting elected with a minority of votes.
The electoral college approaches this principle by en ...
read full comment
The Electoral College system is a bad system because one state can determine who gets to be president.Winner of the Popular votes will not count.
An example was the Algore Fiasco in Florida,when Bush was declared the winner.
WE THE PEOPLE OF GHANA WILL ELECT OUR OWN PREZ. FUCK OFF WITH YOUR ELITE CORRUPT MIIND.
Ghanaians should have their own mind and stop copying blindly. Stupid suggestion for Electoral College.Americans are fighting for One vote One count.
This guy can't be serious. Why should a candidate with the most popular votes lose an election? And, you call that democracy?
ITS NOT DEMOCRACY.THE PERSON WITH THE MAJORITY VOTES LOOSES AND ITS A SHAME.
If you ghanaians want Electoral College, might as well throw away your so called Democracy since as stupid as you are folks in government will be there due to corruption.
This is a stupid and rubbish suggestion .How can we adopt such a stupid idea and you call this a democracy ?
We love to copy what someone is doing or had done. To think and do something on our own, is a big challenge because we cannot think. That is the posture of a looser, a vagabond, truant and a despicable fool and this man is a ...
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That guy does not think,he doesn't even have a clue how that system works if he does he would not have made that comment,it is a useless system at least in terms of Africa or third world countries,we don't need that in Ghana.
That will be a good news for us!
Are you disturbed? Even Trump called the system rigged, now that's is your goal? Ask people of Togo if they would prefer what they have and gave them papa and son or 1 man 1 vote?
Its about time you STOP this kind of trash. Even simple 50+ 1 concept we can't understand. As simple as it is. Now u talking about college system. Massa if u have had some banku and okro and u r full. Go sleep.
How do you understand by electoral college, and house does that fit into a country like Ghana?
Ha ha ha. Kofi Bentil just wanted to say something. This is the unfortunate situation we have find ourselves in where the so called experts come up with suggestions without any scientific/logical reasoning. Just talk, cheap u ...
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There is nothing wrong with our system but there is something wrong with some of our people including Kofi Bentil. Any time he wants to be heard he goes hyperbolic.It isn't as if the American system is being used for the fir ...
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WHEN THE UNITED STATES IS THE ONLY COUNTRY THAT PRACTISES THIS ANACHRONISTIC SYSTEM THAT HAS ON A FEW OCCASIONS ENSURED THAT WINNERS OF THE POPULAR VOTES HAVE LOST THE PRESIDENCY TO THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE HE THIS SELF-OPINIONA ...
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KWASEA, EVEN AMERICANS WANT TO GET RID OF IT
Start dealing with today's elections using modern technology and systems instead of fixation with systems that were implemented in an age where there was no ways of communication so the citizenry was even less informed.
when americans are planning to protest the electoral college system because it is outdated, you are now asking Ghanaians to use it. Mtcheew
Do we have to copy for the sake of copying? What are the advantages of a president ruling with minority votes? You can go practice that in your village.
Does Bentil understand the electoral college? Trump got 47.5% of the vote less than 50% and less than 47.6% Hillary got and he is President. How undemocratic is that? In our case in Ghana more than half of voters should agree ...
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Hi kofi bentil, as much as i acknowledge & respect most of your views on serious dabates, i beg to differ on the your view on the electoral votes. The system can be rigged and it was rigged this time around.
It isn't only t ...
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Why should it be so, what minority regions do yo want to protect.
What America does is not always right. The electoral college system is flawed. The popular vote system is better than the electoral system, which could bias the members of the electoral college.
What do you know about the Electoral College? It's baseless.
I DONT THINK YOU REALLY KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT. TALK TO AL GORE AND MRS CLINTON. BOTH WON THE POPULAR VOTES BUT LOST THE ELECTION.
I do not understand why the media has been taken over by idiots who waste precious space to abuse the opportunity to be idiots.
Something those who have had it for centuries literally want to runaway from????
Don't know what is wrong with some of these guys.
America pee the whole world scramble for a cup to collect the pee and drink. Why should Ghana adopt the electoral college? Mr. Bentil would have helped us lot if he had assigned a reason why we should adopt this system that t ...
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If we adopt electoral vote system in Ghana, then Npp will never win power. Even if Ashanti Region has the highest electoral vote they will still lode
UNLESS WE HAVE TALL AND HANDSOME OPPOSITION LEADER OF THE MAJOR OPPOSITION PARTY,I DONT THINK IT IS A GOOD IDEA.BECAUSE IF OPPOSITION LEADER COMPLEXION IS JUST LIKE LORRY TYRE COMPLEXION AND HIS NOSE ALWAYS BLAST DOWN MUCUS L ...
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None sense, you are saying 25 million population should adopt electoral college system, this is inconsequential. Anybody at all will just stand up and start vomiting redundant issues.
it's a shame to suggest this, Mr. Thinktank
Only Republicans thinks this way,the electoral college is a cheating system,popular vote is the way to go
Ghana is good with the popular vote system so away with ill-conceived ideas Kofi Bentil.
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Why can't the US copy from Ghana? We like copying everything and the sad thing is that, it is the enlightened ones who lead us to copy. On what basis must Ghana copy from the US? Haven't we copied enough? Are we not practicin ...
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Ghana democracy is one of the best, if we are able to eliminate partisans from the mandated institution and allow them to do their job.
ours is next to Switzerland who practice direct democracy.
what had happen in USA b ...
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WHAT HAS THE ELCTORAL COLLEGE SYSTEM IN THE US GOT TO DO IN GHANA.
WHAT IS THE POPULATION OF GHANA AS COMPARED TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
OPAYIN, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER IF,YOU WOULD HAVE TACKLED THE ECONOMIC BA ...
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Typical mentality. So the mere act that it is good for America Koi Bentil, you eel it should be good or Ghana? This is the mistakes we always make in Africa. This idea that anything everything foreign is good does not enhance ...
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Weel said Katey. Kofi Bentil should rather think or propose a formula that would be feasible and practical for Ghana. Shame on Kofi Bentil
There goes our instant experts again.
Ghana should adopt the electoral college system? Has he even studied the system? Does he understand how it works? Or he simply sees as a means by which their beloved NPP could obtain ...
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OPAYIN NII KATEY,
I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOUR GREAT COMMENNTS.
THERE COULD BE A LONG AND DARK JOURNEY BEFORE THESE NOISY AND MOST BLINDED SO CALLED EDUCATED WITH BIG DEGREES AND PHD TITLES EMERGE FROM THEIR EDUCATIONAL ...
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When people like this Bentil guy, frank cudjoe and others like them speak on national issues without making any sense, I wonder how they think,
Now why in the world should we copy and follow the "electoral college" system of ...
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U are not intelligent. That's d most useless Democratic system in d world, worse than north Korea. Think again Bentil
See how sometimes i tell u guys there are too many foolish intellectuals in our society.
A process that even Americans themselves have been thinking of doing away with u have a buffoon who doesn't know his left from his righ ...
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There goes a typical African copy cat aka intellectual. In fact he does not even understand how the electoral college system functions yet he is quick to propose it for adoption by Ghana. Shame shame you have only exposed you ...
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This one de3 NDC will never support, bcos for NDC, they depend largely on the propaganda they push down the throat of many illiterate pple in the country. They wl definitely say it is elitist.
Even Americans have seen that this system is bogus hence the protests.If this cheating system is brought to Ghana and for that matter Africa the result will be more civil wars.