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The CSOs reaction comes after the EC announced that it will go on a Christmas and New Year break, effective Wednesday, December 23, 2020. A notice signed by the Deputy Chairman of Corporate Services at the Electoral Commission, Dr. Bossman Asare, stated that the staff of the electoral management body is expected to resume on Tuesday, January 19, 2021. "Following the successful and peaceful conduct of the 2020 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections, Management has decid...

  The Electoral Commission says its senior leadership and some key operational staff are not going on break during the Christmas festivities and New Year. According to a press release by the Commission, the senior leadership and key staff will continue to work  during the break to engage with key stakeholders in pursuance of our mandate to the people of Ghana. All the field staff of the Electoral Commission across the 275 districts and 16 Regional Capitals will however be on break. "Followin...

According to the Commission, senior staff will be at post during the festive period to rectify anything that might come up on the recently held elections. This clarification comes on the back of criticism by some section of Ghanaians and civil society organizations on the intended break by the EC amidst some challenges on the electoral results. According to the CSOs comprising the Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG), Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII), Centre for Democratic Development (CD...

EC initiates process to create Guan constituency The Electoral Commission (EC) has disclosed that it will initiate processes leading to the creation of a new constituency in the Guan district when the 8th Parliament commences. At the just-ended general election, the EC could not hold elections for registered voters in the Guan District to elect a Member of Parliament due to the absence of a constituency. A source at the Electoral Commission said it was unable to create the Constituency because ...

Executive Director at CDD-Ghana, Prof Henry Kwasi Prempeh The Executive Director at the Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), Prof Henry Kwasi Prempeh has suggested that it will be most appropriate for parliament to schedule the election of a new Speaker once the House gets a full complement of MPs seated. For him, the vacuum created with the delay of the parliamentary election in the Guan constituency should prompt the House to maintain the current Speaker in the interim until the Hou...

Federalism And Nigeria’s Foreign Policy In The Fourth Republic Abstract There is a dialectical linkage between the domestic environment of any country and its external behaviour. It is for this reason that it is often quipped that foreign policy is the product of domestic factors. Federalism is a mode of political arrangement that bind different socio-political systems into one political system. The differences of the differing socio-political systems could be historical, cultural, ideologica...

ECC Strongly Condemns  Wave of Electoral Violence, Harassment and Intimidation in Gbarpolu County ECC Strongly Condemns  Wave of Electoral Violence, Harassment and Intimidation in Gbarpolu County Mr. Oscar Bloh, Chairman, ECC Steering Committee The Elections Coordinating Committee (ECC) strongly condemns the wave of electoral violence that is escalating in Electoral District 3, Gbarpolu County linked to the conduct of the Special Senatorial Election (SSE). This trend of violence, harassm...

Liberia: ECC Strongly Condemns the Wave of Electoral Violence, Harassment and Intimidation in Gbarpolu County Liberia: ECC Strongly Condemns the Wave of Electoral Violence, Harassment and Intimidation in Gbarpolu County Share MONROVIA – The Elections Coordinating Committee (ECC) strongly condemns the wave of electoral violence that is escalating in Electoral District 3, Gbarpolu County linked to the conduct of the Special Senatorial Election (SSE). This trend of violence, harassment and intim...

705 Four governance experts have urged the next administration to go to Parliament with policies and bills that will reflect the interest of the citizens to ensure cooperation from the opposition for smooth governance. According to them, elected officials in the next administration must adopt negotiation mechanisms to bring on board the ideas and support of the opposition and make governance "workable" in the next four years. The experts, who said this in separate interviews with the Daily Grap...

Photo - of - by Alex Wooley, AidData |  December 14, 2020 Despite much talk about the need for deep and equitable partnerships between organizations in the Global North and Global South, extensive technical collaboration between such organizations is rare.   With the support of the William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, AidData is working to overcome this challenge by investing in several new research partnerships with leading org...