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International observer missions for Ghana’s general election have hailed voters for their keen participation and commended the Electoral Commission (EC) for supervising the successful elections.
While the European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) has said the elections were organised in an efficient and transparent manner, the ECOWAS Observer Mission said African countries needed to emulate Ghana’s example of conducting free, fair and transparent elections.
At separate media engagements in Accra to give their initial overview of the elections they monitored, the two missions emphasised that the exercise had taken place in a fair, transparent and peaceful manner.
Election 2020: Misuse of state resources, unregulated campaign finance still persists – EU EOM
The European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) has noted the misuse of state resources and unregulated campaign financing still persists in Ghana’s electoral process.
Ghanaians went to the polls on December 7, 2020–for the eighth time since 1992 to elect a President and 275 Members of Parliament as part of a four year constitutional mandate.
According to Chief Observer Javier Nart, though the election was held in a peaceful and organised manner, its preliminary findings identified the aforementioned.
Addressing journalists at a press briefing in Accra on Wednesday, November 10, 2020, Javier Nart said the vast majority of EU EOM observers positively assessed the voting process and the election environment.
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The European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) has noted that the misuse of state resources and unregulated campaign financing has resulted in an unlevel playing field in Ghana’s electoral process.
The EU in a preliminary statement on Ghana s December 7 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections also mentioned that the polls were organised in an efficient and transparent manner, and voters participated freely. The elections were competitive, and contestants could campaign without hindrance. A few isolated violent incidents occurred, and numerous stakeholders expressed deep apprehensions about the possible use of vigilante groups by political parties, the statement said. Unregulated political finance, misuse of state resources and numerous instances of vote-buying resulted in an unlevel playing field. Ghana’s vibrant and diverse media sector provided voters with sufficient information on both major competing parties and their candidates .
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