The fault is not within the Electoral Commission, Akufo-Addo and Co.

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• musaba 10 years ago

  This is the absolute truth. They do not want to hear such absolutes because they are cheaters

  This is the absolute truth. They do not want to hear such absolutes because they are cheaters

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• FLOATING VOTER. 10 years ago

  Doc,
  if nothing at all, your articles are,not only simple to understand, they are equally thought provoking and heartwarming for those who want to follow truth.But for those who are blind to the core,would only continue with ...
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  Doc,
  if nothing at all, your articles are,not only simple to understand, they are equally thought provoking and heartwarming for those who want to follow truth.But for those who are blind to the core,would only continue with their baseless wranglings to their doom.May God bless you !

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• ADJOA WANGARA 10 years ago

  Bokor is again stiff standing in his line trumping on the NPP as having got a very soft cushioned foam but unfortunately, it seems partisan and tribal idiot, Bokor, is blind to the NDC and Kwadwo Afari Gyan's Technicality of ...
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  Bokor is again stiff standing in his line trumping on the NPP as having got a very soft cushioned foam but unfortunately, it seems partisan and tribal idiot, Bokor, is blind to the NDC and Kwadwo Afari Gyan's Technicality of rigging almost all the elections held in Ghana. Even the Rawlingses have said it.
  
  Bokor, let your NDC be fair, stop rigging elections in Ghana and see who will really win.

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• Mahmoud 10 years ago

  Dear Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor, political reforms are not only in the interest of NPP or any other political party, they're rather beneficial for all the parties in the country. Moreover, it's the right thing to do to preserve ...
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  Dear Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor, political reforms are not only in the interest of NPP or any other political party, they're rather beneficial for all the parties in the country. Moreover, it's the right thing to do to preserve democracy and future stability of our beloved nation.
  
  It's therefore necessary for all the parties in the country including the government's own party to forward ideas that would make our elections fairer. In fact, the academia and opinion leaders of the society should also contribute towards making the elections more fairer. "Forward ever and backwards never."
  
  I, therefore, suggest that the leftist communist Dr. Michael should cross carpet and support democracy in his country rather than go on supporting mediocre and impeding the development of democracy in his country. Proper and deep rooted electoral reforms will strengthen our democracy now and for ever.

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• BOY KOFI 10 years ago

  Please let us know the kind of reforms you want to see.As for me,compiling a new voters register does not mean any profound reform.The EC will by all means open a new registration come 2016.Thank you.

  Please let us know the kind of reforms you want to see.As for me,compiling a new voters register does not mean any profound reform.The EC will by all means open a new registration come 2016.Thank you.

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• K.Boateng.L 10 years ago

  BUT THE IPAC WHICH IS THE COMPOSITION OF ALL THE POLITICAL PARTIES HAVE BEEN MEETING THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION TO DISCUS AND IMPLEMENT ELECTORAL REFORMS ANY PERIOD AFTER ELECTIONS.SO IF THE NPP OR ANY POLITICAL PARTY HAS ANY M ...
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  BUT THE IPAC WHICH IS THE COMPOSITION OF ALL THE POLITICAL PARTIES HAVE BEEN MEETING THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION TO DISCUS AND IMPLEMENT ELECTORAL REFORMS ANY PERIOD AFTER ELECTIONS.SO IF THE NPP OR ANY POLITICAL PARTY HAS ANY MEANINGFUL SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPLEMENTATION, THEY ARE WELCOME. PLEASE READ DR. BORKOR'S ARTICLE PROPERLY UNLESS YOU ARE BEING MISCHIEVOUS OR NAIVE. YOU MAY ALSO TAKE THE EC TO COURT FOR BREACHING ANY PART OF THE CONSTITUTION

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• Mahmoud 10 years ago

  Somebody wrote and said:
  
  In conclusion, the President’s power to appoint the Chairman and Members of the EC is merely a ministerial one. The substantive power of appointment is assigned to the Council of State. The Pres ...
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  Somebody wrote and said:
  
  In conclusion, the President’s power to appoint the Chairman and Members of the EC is merely a ministerial one. The substantive power of appointment is assigned to the Council of State. The President shall act on the advice of the Council of State means the President is barred from the nomination, vetting and selection process. Those who framed the Constitution were keenly aware of the impropriety inherent in allowing the President, a political player, to play a critical role in selecting the political referee. Nevertheless, out of deference for the office of the President, the framers allowed him, as the Chief Executive Officer, the honour of “appointing” the candidate selected by the Council of State. In this case, all the President is required to do is to issue the appointment letter under the Presidential seal but no more.
  
  https://www.dropbox.com/s/egs6snslw2arrs7/Modern%20Ghana%20Table.docx?dl=0

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• Mahmoud 10 years ago

  The proposals put forward by IEA for constitutional reforms are the best possible way of strengthening our democracy. Anybody criticizing or unwilling to accept them must have some myopic and self-serving agendas that are not ...
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  The proposals put forward by IEA for constitutional reforms are the best possible way of strengthening our democracy. Anybody criticizing or unwilling to accept them must have some myopic and self-serving agendas that are not in the interest of Ghana and its development. Our weak institutions can easily produce a "constitutional dictatorship" difficult to get rid of.
  Those who have genuine alternative ideas and views regarding the proposals should come out clean and tell Ghanaians what they have, and not hide behind to sabotage their adoption. These proposals in our view could reduce partisan politics and strengthen democracy and the rule of law in our country if adopted. On the other hand, if we dare reject them or drag our feet, we will continue to grope in darkness with disastrous consequences.

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• Kojo 10 years ago

  These NPP people are used to getting ways with shady stuff so much so they don't seem to know when the game is up. hey played this games during the first republic. Imagine adding other people's names to your original name. Oh ...
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  These NPP people are used to getting ways with shady stuff so much so they don't seem to know when the game is up. hey played this games during the first republic. Imagine adding other people's names to your original name. Oh what a way to become a lawyer. It's easy if you have your daddy's friend a secretary to the president of the Ghana Bar association to write a letter to say you are a lawyer. Just prove you are a lawyer my friend "Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Add", cause you have not seen the end of this discussion. it's a promise

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• Kojo T 10 years ago

  NPP lacks ideas to solve Ghana's problems Time again they have been shown lacking . They have no substance and we have said empty barrels make a lot of noise. Let them go on making noise ."A poor workman blames the tools"" Ak ...
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  NPP lacks ideas to solve Ghana's problems Time again they have been shown lacking . They have no substance and we have said empty barrels make a lot of noise. Let them go on making noise ."A poor workman blames the tools"" Akufo Ado come with your certificates .That is where your problem starts. Lack of IQ

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• Kojo T 10 years ago

  NPP lacks ideas to solve Ghana's problems Time again they have been shown lacking . They have no substance and we have said empty barrels make a lot of noise. Let them go on making noise ."A poor workman blames the tools"" Ak ...
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  NPP lacks ideas to solve Ghana's problems Time again they have been shown lacking . They have no substance and we have said empty barrels make a lot of noise. Let them go on making noise ."A poor workman blames the tools"" Akufo Ado come with your certificates .That is where your problem starts. Lack of IQ

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• Kojo T 10 years ago

  NPP lacks ideas to solve Ghana's problems Time again they have been shown lacking . They have no substance and we have said empty barrels make a lot of noise. Let them go on making noise ."A poor workman blames the tools"" Ak ...
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  NPP lacks ideas to solve Ghana's problems Time again they have been shown lacking . They have no substance and we have said empty barrels make a lot of noise. Let them go on making noise ."A poor workman blames the tools"" Akufo Ado come with your certificates .That is where your problem starts. Lack of IQ

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• Kojo T 10 years ago

  NPP lacks ideas to solve Ghana's problems Time again they have been shown lacking . They have no substance and we have said empty barrels make a lot of noise. Let them go on making noise ."A poor workman blames the tools"" Ak ...
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  NPP lacks ideas to solve Ghana's problems Time again they have been shown lacking . They have no substance and we have said empty barrels make a lot of noise. Let them go on making noise ."A poor workman blames the tools"" Akufo Ado come with your certificates .That is where your problem starts. Lack of IQ

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• J j adu 10 years ago

  Dr are u trying to tell Ghanaians that we did not see what happens in Supreme Court ? Please come again

  Dr are u trying to tell Ghanaians that we did not see what happens in Supreme Court ? Please come again

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• Fran 10 years ago

  people keep on saying ghanaians saw wat happened at de supreme court ,I always ask ,Wat happened at de supreme court ? did atuguba pronounce akuffo ado as winner of de court 2012 election but declared mahama as president ?

  people keep on saying ghanaians saw wat happened at de supreme court ,I always ask ,Wat happened at de supreme court ? did atuguba pronounce akuffo ado as winner of de court 2012 election but declared mahama as president ?

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• K.Boateng.L 10 years ago

  WHAT WE SAW AT THE SUPREME COURT WAS DR. BAWUMIA'S SLOGAN....ME AND YOU WERE NOT THERE AND PINK SHITS. WHY DIDN;T THE NPP CALL FOR A RECOUNT

  WHAT WE SAW AT THE SUPREME COURT WAS DR. BAWUMIA'S SLOGAN....ME AND YOU WERE NOT THERE AND PINK SHITS. WHY DIDN;T THE NPP CALL FOR A RECOUNT

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• George 10 years ago

  The same voters register and the same EC conducted the NPP flag bearers' election, yet at that time no complaints because it was correct. Soon after that election, they started the noise!!! We are watching them.

  The same voters register and the same EC conducted the NPP flag bearers' election, yet at that time no complaints because it was correct. Soon after that election, they started the noise!!! We are watching them.

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• kusasi 10 years ago

  his ambition to be president.this fake lawyer who cant't tell us the law school he attended doing everything tarnishing the credibility of afari gyan. he need to be watched.

  his ambition to be president.this fake lawyer who cant't tell us the law school he attended doing everything tarnishing the credibility of afari gyan. he need to be watched.

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• Rita 10 years ago

  Simply put, the truth has been told. The NPP better accept the facts as narrated here or they should stop waisting our ears. The foolish noise they are making is just too irritating and annoying.

  Simply put, the truth has been told. The NPP better accept the facts as narrated here or they should stop waisting our ears. The foolish noise they are making is just too irritating and annoying.

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• GIRLS SP 10 years ago

  Rita, you NDC chop bar plate must first Keep quiet! ok! bcos you are a clueless cheap street Girl.

  Rita, you NDC chop bar plate must first Keep quiet! ok! bcos you are a clueless cheap street Girl.

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• Elisabeth Serwaa Ampem 10 years ago

  Tribal idiot Bokor will never learn but you will pay a prize for it.The Trokosi scholar is always vomiting anything that comes to his mind.Do you know the meaning of ur name Bokor?Your father was nobody that is why you envy N ...
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  Tribal idiot Bokor will never learn but you will pay a prize for it.The Trokosi scholar is always vomiting anything that comes to his mind.Do you know the meaning of ur name Bokor?Your father was nobody that is why you envy Nana Addo.

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• Kojo 10 years ago

  Open your eyes and see the light.

  Open your eyes and see the light.

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• EC 10 years ago

  Dr come again because we saw what happens at the Supreme Court so nana is 100% right to say that .

  Dr come again because we saw what happens at the Supreme Court so nana is 100% right to say that .

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• BOY KOFI 10 years ago

  I would like to know the kind of reforms that the Supreme Court recommended.To begin with,I also believe there are some administrative lapses that is indirectly affecting the smooth running of elections.Many Ghanaians don't h ...
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  I would like to know the kind of reforms that the Supreme Court recommended.To begin with,I also believe there are some administrative lapses that is indirectly affecting the smooth running of elections.Many Ghanaians don't hold National Identity Cards and don't have residential addresses.It is even difficult for government and institutions to write to individuals across the country.I also think that in normal circumstance,the EC does open a new voters register for new comers and demands the old ones to check if their names are still in the register.I believe we shall always have inaccurate figures because of the admistrative lapses where death certificates are not of any importance.In some advanced countries,as soon as you reach 18 years,it's automatic that the City Council invites you to come for your voter's ID Card not matter which remote area you are staying.If we don't have this facility at least,we must make sure every Ghanaian holds a National Identity Card before registration otherwise we cannot blame the EC.Thank you.

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• THE ETERNAL PRINCE 10 years ago

  MY MESSAGE TO NPP IS: "JUST AS KWADWO SAID AT THE SUPREME COURT, ELECTIONS ARE WON AT POLLING STATIONS. WHILE IN ACTIVE SERVICE I USED TO VISIT MANY POLLING STATIONS DURING ELECTIONS. I USED TO HEAR COMMENTS LIKE 'CANDIDATE ' ...
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  MY MESSAGE TO NPP IS: "JUST AS KWADWO SAID AT THE SUPREME COURT, ELECTIONS ARE WON AT POLLING STATIONS. WHILE IN ACTIVE SERVICE I USED TO VISIT MANY POLLING STATIONS DURING ELECTIONS. I USED TO HEAR COMMENTS LIKE 'CANDIDATE 'X' IS HANDSOME SO I WILL VOTE FOR HIM'. SO ONE CANNOT BE SURE OF AN ELECTION OUTCOME UNDER SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES. POLITICIANS MUST RESOLVE TO ACCEPT WHATEVER THE OUTCOME OF AN ELECTION WOULD BE.

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• Abeeku Mensah 10 years ago

  UK has become a hub for misfits and bandits of the NPP stripes where ignorance, intellectual dishonesty and cowardly hypocritical character traits are required for it's membership.
  The sad and disappointing news flash is th ...
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  UK has become a hub for misfits and bandits of the NPP stripes where ignorance, intellectual dishonesty and cowardly hypocritical character traits are required for it's membership.
  The sad and disappointing news flash is that most of these UK-based Ghanaians and UK citizens of Ghanaian parentage proudly display their classroom acquired credentials while their political activities reinforces their ignorance, kokoase thinking processes and continued tribal and political party loyalties they cannot evade or shed off even when living in civilized and more organized UK where they bear witness to things work precisely because of love of or for country that flows through authentic British citizens. It only goes to show you can take ignorant kokoase people and give them the best education money can buy but you cannot remove the very tribal delusional traits that makes them classroom educated but ignorant fools. Why would elementary school level students understand that the Ghana EC that is right when it declares NPP winners of national elections but become the devil when it declare NPP losers when election results says so but college educated NPP bandits cannot grasp the same concept?

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• kaketonti 10 years ago

  Let the EC extend the sea from the coast to the up-country;they will not be satisfied.

  Let the EC extend the sea from the coast to the up-country;they will not be satisfied.

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• Sly 10 years ago

  You have told the truth. NPP has nothing to offer the good people of Ghana. What is their plan to assist Ghana if NPP is elected? Discrediting EC is irrelevant

  You have told the truth. NPP has nothing to offer the good people of Ghana. What is their plan to assist Ghana if NPP is elected? Discrediting EC is irrelevant

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• NANA 10 years ago

  Dr,where have you been?I enjoy reading your articles so pls come more often.The NPP should be told they are not the only Ghanaians worth listening to.when opposition mourns too much the electrites becomes fed up with them and ...
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  Dr,where have you been?I enjoy reading your articles so pls come more often.The NPP should be told they are not the only Ghanaians worth listening to.when opposition mourns too much the electrites becomes fed up with them and i'm afraid it's beginning to happen.

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• Lady d 10 years ago

  Well said my friend, the people can see through all their noises
  So desperate for power

  Well said my friend, the people can see through all their noises
  So desperate for power

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• hardcore 10 years ago

  Elizabeth!!! U are the the reason why your NPP will remain unattractive to fair minded floating voters, Your tribal diarrhea is never going to help Your NPP and if people like U cannot think and can talk like stone age man th ...
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  Elizabeth!!! U are the the reason why your NPP will remain unattractive to fair minded floating voters, Your tribal diarrhea is never going to help Your NPP and if people like U cannot think and can talk like stone age man then I'm sorry to say come 2016 your tribal mercenaries call NPP will suffer the same 2012 fate in 2016.

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• Alex London 10 years ago

  Mr Bokor what you have failed to touch on is that the supreme court found a number of key flaws in the administration and management of the election processes by Electoral Commission and make some useful recommendations for i ...
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  Mr Bokor what you have failed to touch on is that the supreme court found a number of key flaws in the administration and management of the election processes by Electoral Commission and make some useful recommendations for improving the electoral process. Unless you have checked and satisfied yourself that the recommendations by supreme court have been implemented your piece is not worth reders' time.

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• Abrantie 10 years ago

  Bokor lives in the USA and sees how elections their elections are conducted but did not see any fault with how our EC conducts one in his country because of his partisan nature.He does feel that as a third country we should b ...
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  Bokor lives in the USA and sees how elections their elections are conducted but did not see any fault with how our EC conducts one in his country because of his partisan nature.He does feel that as a third country we should be content with anything that gives results to any party. Very sad folks.

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• Lord Tennison 10 years ago

  Sorry,but in an electoral system where dishonesty is a common occurrence,voters do not determine the fate of a candidate.Rather,it is a lack-of-credibility Electoral Commissioner who determines the victor or the loser arbitr ...
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  Sorry,but in an electoral system where dishonesty is a common occurrence,voters do not determine the fate of a candidate.Rather,it is a lack-of-credibility Electoral Commissioner who determines the victor or the loser arbitrarily.
  Your writing is oblivious of all the acrimonious electoral experiences and suspicions which led to killings and maiming of innocent citizens on the continent just trying to ensure that the right thing was done.
  It is uncalled for to bash and cast insinuations or sprinkle invectives on fellow Ghanaians whose only guilt has been to express concerns about the pitfalls in the implementation of the electoral laws which may disturb our peace and tranquility in the foreseeable future.This should never be seen as crying wolf where there is none.Or should result in name calling as you have shown.After all,they are entitled to their opinions and have every right to ensure that our human and natural resources are utilized in a judicious manner for the benefit of all Ghanaians.I find it childish to think that any diverse opinion is the brainchild of the opposition or reactions to below par policies were instigated by the opposition ,the NPP always bearing the brunt of every accusation.As if they are little minds and cannot think for themselves.
  It is an uncovered secret that Nana Akufo-Addo won the presidential election but for the cowardly act of Dr.Afari-Gyan.
  There was a before election campaign video about biometric verification of votes on the website of the Commission which unequivocally trumpeted that no biometric verification,no voting.So going by their educational video,those 10000 votes which lacked the voting prerequisite of biometric verification should have been declared NULL and VOID.It was simple and straight forward.No court of law deliberations were needed.The video spoke for itself.A simple case of the Electoral Commissioner being courageous and nullifying the votes in question.
  Let us not open coffins in order to see corpses.The year of the rematch 2016,by divine grace,is not far-fetched and will shine its light upon us within the twinkling of an eye.I am glad that Nana Akufo-Addo was reelected the flag-bearer of the NPP again.Time will tell.

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• TEE 10 years ago

  PEPENI FRAFRA MOSI THIEF MAHAMA

  PEPENI FRAFRA MOSI THIEF MAHAMA

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