The Deputy Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Osei Bonsu Amoah, has expressed disappointment in the Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO) for organising a press conference earlier in the week to refute accusations by the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) that it had peddled falsehood in its close-of-polls report on the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-elections. According to the deputy …

The Coalition of Domestic Election Observers says that it stands by its report on last Thursday’s Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election. The report, which was released by the Coalition on January 31, the day of the polls, was rubbished by the Electoral Commission (EC)’s Chairperson Jean Mensa, who said that the by-election went on peacefully despite violence breaking out near a …

A former Minister of National Security, Mr Totobi Quakyi has said the response by the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Mrs Jean Mensa to some observations of the Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO) as far as the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election was concerned, shows her degree of “political immaturity”. The EC Chair disagreed with CODEO’s observations at the close …

    Allegations by the Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO) that seek to link the Electoral Commission (EC) to the unpleasant events that unfolded during the by-election in the Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency have been vehemently rejected by the commission. Speaking at a press conference yesterday in Accra, Jean Mensa, Chairperson of the EC, revealed that her outfit was …

  The Coalition of Domestic Election Observers wants the government to thoroughly investigate circumstances surrounding the deployment of masked and heavily armed men to various polling stations during the Ayawaso by-elections on Thursday. CODEO believes the presence of the men intimidated many voters and contributed to the very low turnout at the polls. The independent observer group said it counted …