The African Centre for Parliamentary Affairs (ACEPA) has attributed the electoral losses suffered by New Patriotic Party (NPP) Members of Parliament in the December 7 elections to widespread dissatisfaction with the party’s governance. According to Dr. Rasheed Draman, Executive Director of ACEPA, the defeats reflect a clear message from the electorate expressing frustration with the government’s perceived shortcomings. Speaking on the Citi Breakfast Show on Thursday, December 12, Dr. Draman clarified that the losses were not necessarily a reflection of the individual MPs’ performances but rather a rejection of the NPP’s overall administration. He noted that voters used the polls…
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The Commonwealth Observer Mission has praised Ghana’s 2024 elections as free, fair, and transparent. Despite instances of violence that led to at least four deaths and a challenging post-election period, the country has received commendation for the overall conduct of the polls. Mokgweetsi Masisi, leader of the Commonwealth Observer Mission, expressed his appreciation for the role of the police during a debriefing with the National Election Security Taskforce. “It’s significant to applaud the conduct of the 2024 elections in Ghana because, in terms of the criteria established, they qualified as free, fair, transparent and decisive. “The police in Ghana played…
Former Auditor-General of Ghana (A-G), Daniel Yao Domelevo, has urged the incoming John Mahama administration not to take the overwhelming electoral victory for granted. According to him, the majority of Members of Parliament (MPs) that the people gave to former President Mahama at the December 7, polls is to allow him to do good things for the country. “It will be expected that he leaves a legacy that we can say that we have lived through four years of unprecedented, good governance. “He is not going to say because I have the majority in parliament we will pass through parliament…
Ghana’s electoral commission had been due to announce the official results of Saturday’s presidential election by Tuesday. But by Sunday morning Mahamudu Bawumia, the country’s vice-president and the flag-bearer of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), and his campaign team had seen enough to give up. “The data from our own internal collation of the results indicates that … John Mahama has won the presidential election decisively,” he said at a press conference after calling his rival to concede. By Monday, the commission had confirmed the outcome: the former president Mahama, of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), had indeed won…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has called on Ghanaians to unite in fostering a nation that serves as a beacon of inspiration to the world. His remarks came during the inauguration of the transition team in Accra on Wednesday, December 11, as the process of handing over power to the newly elected National Democratic Congress (NDC) government commenced. Akufo-Addo highlighted the importance of collective effort and national pride in advancing Ghana’s development agenda. While acknowledging the significant progress made in the country’s development journey, he noted that much work remains to be done. “Ghana stands out as a beacon of…
A majority of Britons who voted to leave the EU would now accept a return to free movement in exchange for access to the single market, according to a cross-Europe study that also found a reciprocal desire in member states for closer links with the UK. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and Donald Trump’s election as US president had “fundamentally changed the context” of EU-UK relations, the report by the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) thinktank said. “There is a remarkable consensus on both sides of the Channel that the time is ripe for a reassessment of EU-UK relations,” it…
US president Joe Biden under pressure to pardon huge numbers of people, including those on death row, before Trump takes over. President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of roughly 1,500 people who were released from prison and placed on home confinement during the coronavirus pandemic and is pardoning 39 Americans convicted of nonviolent crimes. It’s the largest single-day act of clemency in modern history. The commutations announced Thursday are for people who have served out home confinement sentences for at least one year after they were released. Prisons were uniquely bad for spreading the virus and some inmates were released in…
