NDC folks are kicking against sound electoral reforms

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OFOSUAA 10 years ago

John Has Plunged Ghana Into Serious Indebtedness For Now And For The Future Of Our Children.....Why Is This Northerner President Treating Northerners With So Much Disrespect And Without Dignity At All.....Sada Monies Were Cho ...
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John Has Plunged Ghana Into Serious Indebtedness For Now And For The Future Of Our Children.....Why Is This Northerner President Treating Northerners With So Much Disrespect And Without Dignity At All.....Sada Monies Were Chopped By Cronies Who Are Still Walking Free Whilst Girls Troop To The South To Work As Slaves In Kumasi And Accra..Yet He Is Busy Bribing People With Cars....Our Kids In North And Volta Lie On Their Bellies On The Floor To Write And Learn Yet Massive Looting Is Going On Daily...Whilst It Is The Paramount Duty Of Every Govt To Ensure The Security Of Its Citizen, When U Come To Ghana, Our Govt The Ndc Is Rather The Very Entity Destroying Our Security By Indulging In Massive And Blatant Thievery And Corruption Against Its Very People In Several Subtle And Clear Way. This Has Deepened Poverty In The Country Especially The North And Volta Regions Which Are The Strongholds Of This Ndc Govt......Yet The Educated In Ndc Are So Devious That They Play On The Minds Of Their People To Deepen Tribalism And Ethnicity In Politics Thus Making Their Voters Who Are The Worst Victims Fail To Even Realize The Massive Thievery Of Ndc Govt........Contract Sole Sourcing And Bloated Contract Budgets, Sada, Subah, Gyeeda, Leap, Yes, Etc Have Become Tools For The Ndc Govt To Dupe Ghanaians And Hence Deepen Our Poverty Which Has Seen The Ghana Cedi Drop From 1.12 Ghc To The Dollar To The Present State Where It Is Almost 4.0 Ghc To The Dollar.........And Yet This Inept And Criminal Mafia-Like Ndc Govt Is Looking Forward To Winning The 2016 Elections Bcos They Have Got Afoko And Kwabena Agyapong Etc To Destroy Npp’s Hopes Of Winning 2016 To Save Ghana From The Hands Of These Ndc Thugs Masquerading As A Govt.....No Wonder Ghana Is Ranked As The Second Most Corrupt African Country In Africa By Transparency International.......Even John Mahama Had To Overspend National Budget By A Whooping 4.3 Bn Dollars In 2012 Just To Win Elections 2012.....Ghana Has Never Been On Its Feet Since Then.......This Man John Mahama Is Not Only Clueless But Also Very Incompetent And Deeply Involved In The Thievery And Corruption Destroying Us All ..........Ide Biiii Kekekekekeke
J.K. Bokor 10 years ago

How can a woman be very ugly like Charlotte Osei besides as the boss of the EC in Ghana?

How can a woman be very ugly like Charlotte Osei besides as the boss of the EC in Ghana?
Eric. K (Joe) - Canada 10 years ago

Man hope u don't even know what is beautiful and what is ugly. If she were your sister, you would be careful what you say against her person. Be nice!

Man hope u don't even know what is beautiful and what is ugly. If she were your sister, you would be careful what you say against her person. Be nice!
AMUZU 10 years ago

AMEN,AMEN,AMED AND AMED

AMEN,AMEN,AMED AND AMED
Senior citizen BS ,Germany. 10 years ago

The lady aclaimed by many as the beauty Queen of Ghana politics is now been re designated as very urgly by JK Bokor.Mrs Charlotte Osei brought by the NDC has always been supported by the party in every area of the ladys endev ...
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The lady aclaimed by many as the beauty Queen of Ghana politics is now been re designated as very urgly by JK Bokor.Mrs Charlotte Osei brought by the NDC has always been supported by the party in every area of the ladys endevours as the ECs,chairperson whether good or bad.Can the lady,s decision on appointing accountants to help colationing the barlots in the upcoming general elections, make a difference.
rkt 10 years ago

last time i was chatting with some friends when a lady passed us by. one of our numbers called her, but being on a mission which nothing would detract her from, she walked on, apparently oblivious to the call. the offended fr ...
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last time i was chatting with some friends when a lady passed us by. one of our numbers called her, but being on a mission which nothing would detract her from, she walked on, apparently oblivious to the call. the offended friend wondered aloud "how can any female look so shabby and ugly?" one friend then whispered to me "this guy is so used to his sister and mum he doesn't know how much more beautiful this lady is compared to his mum, and even his sister!" yet another said "this guy must have a beam in his eye and needs to remove it to see properly!"
SAGE MAN 10 years ago

I hope Sister Charlotte's heart is really genuine but not a ploy to hurl sand into our eyes

I hope Sister Charlotte's heart is really genuine but not a ploy to hurl sand into our eyes
Omanhene 10 years ago

4Naira whore, prostitute....

4Naira whore, prostitute....
Mahmoud 10 years ago

Author: Kafui Ama
Date: 2009-07-23 01:44:06

Please be patient and read this to the end.

By Craig Murray, former Deputy British High Commisssioner to Ghana | Posted: Tuesday, January 20, 2009

In 2004, Craig Mur ...
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Author: Kafui Ama
Date: 2009-07-23 01:44:06

Please be patient and read this to the end.

By Craig Murray, former Deputy British High Commisssioner to Ghana | Posted: Tuesday, January 20, 2009

In 2004, Craig Murray was famously removed as British Ambassador in Uzbekistan after accusing the Uzbek government of human rights abuses. But from 1998 to 2002, Murray served as Deputy High Commissioner in Ghana. Here he tells how, against all odds, he helped leave a legacy of free and fair elections in the African country... It was November 1999 and I'd been Deputy High Commissioner in Ghana for almost a year - the culmination of 15 years' Foreign Office service in Nigeria, Warsaw and the equatorial Africa department in London.

I'd always been passionate about Africa and had immersed myself in its minutiae. Nevertheless, my father, who had a timber yard in Ghana in the Sixties, offered a little extra counsel before I departed, aged 40. 'If you see any good-looking girl, aged about 30, light skinned, whatever you do, don't touch her - she could be your sister!'

Not that this was a big concern for me. My most pressing duty was the 1999 State Visit by the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh, Enhanced Coverage Linking the Duke of Edinburgh, -Search using: Biographies Plus News, Most Recent 60 Days, accompanied by Robin Cook, the then Foreign Secretary. It was a three-day blur of activity, the teeming crowds displaying an uncomplicated and old-fashioned reverence.

A warning that the Duke was averse to looking at things without useful purpose proved absolutely right. As we stood looking at the strip of brass laid in a churchyard that marked the line of the Greenwich Meridian, he said to me: 'A line in the ground, eh? Very nice.'

Ghana epitomises much of the best of Africa, but also throws into relief the tragedy of the continent. It has maintained its higher education and has fewer extremes of wealth than elsewhere. But at independence in 1957, Ghana was richer than Argentina, Brazil, Malaysia or Singapore. Today, those countries are at least ten times as wealthy.

Corruption, cronyism, economic mismanagement, irresponsible lending by the West and the dumping of cheap food all did for Ghana. When I arrived with my wife Fiona and children Jamie and Emily, Ghana had been ruled for 20 years by Flight Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings.

The son of a Stirlingshire pharmacist and a local woman, he seized power in a coup in 1979, but claimed to have won presidential elections in 1992 and 1996, despite allegations of vote-rigging.
In his early years, Rawlings unleashed a political terror on Ghana. His campaign against the middle classes resembled Mao's Cultural Revolution. People were persecuted for having savings or two indoor lavatories. Market women were sometimes killed for 'profiteering'.

The Queen's visit delighted Rawlings, who craved international respectability. I, too, was determined to make the most of the trip, by helping ensure Rawlings gave up power by the start of 2001, as the constitution required because he had served two four-year terms.

The Queen's speech to the parliament in the capital, Accra, was to be the focus of the visit and I had contributed to its drafting. It contained the usual guff about a future based upon partnership, but there was a sting in the tail. 'Next, year, Mr President,' the Queen intoned, 'you will step down after two terms in office in accordance with your constitution.' The opposition benches went wild and the Queen stopped, looking in bewilderment at the hullabaloo.

Afterwards, Robin Cook was furious. 'It's a disaster. Who the hell drafted that?'

'Er, I did, Secretary of State,' I said. 'I might have guessed! Who the hell approved it?' 'You did.' Cook's Private Secretary had to dig out the draft he had signed. After the State banquet, I retired to a hotel bar with the Royal Household. The senior staff had withdrawn to allow the butlers, footmen and hairdressers to let off steam.

The party appeared, to a man, to be gay. Not just gay, but outrageously camp. We'd taken the hotel for the Royal party, but allowed the British Airways crew to stay. Now three cabin stewards, two Royal footmen and a Royal hairdresser were grouped around the piano singing hits from Cabaret. I was seated on a sofa and across from me in an armchair was a member of the Household who seemed out of place. The valet looked to be in his 60s, a grizzled NCO with tufts of hair either side of a bald pate, a boxer's nose and tattoos on his arms.

He was smoking roll-ups. I turned to the old warrior and said: 'Don't you find all this a bit strange sometimes?' He lent forward, put his hand on my bare knee below the kilt I wore on ceremonial occasions and said: 'Listen, ducks. I was in the Navy for 30 years.' I think he was joking, but some things are too weird even for me. The lower reaches of the Royal Household are one of them.

One enjoyable aspect of our time in Ghana was the constant stream of visitors. Among them was Peter Hain, the Minister for Africa. Hain, a good footballer, agreed to play in a charity match between children from a community football scheme and the High Commission.

Unfortunately, the ground was hard and the opposition turned out to be super-fit professionals. After a heavy tackle, I went down. Result: a dislocated shoulder. I couldn't move my arm for eight weeks. Other visitors included Clare Short, at the time Secretary of State for International Development.

She was in Ghana to try to persuade it to join a debt relief scheme. At a dinner for her, a Minister had made a speech about how much Ghana had learnt from the British Empire. Short stood up and expostulated: 'The British Empire! Don't tell me about the British Empire. I know about British colonialism. My father was Irish and we know about British colonialism. I'll tell you what the British did to your country. They exploited it, that's what they did. They exploited it.' After a few moments of stunned silence, the dinner continued.

On another occasion we were joined by Bobby Charlton, who came to Ghana seeking support for England's bid to host the 2006 World Cup. He was still an astounding player at 60 and it was good of him to get on the pitch for a local community football programme. Nevertheless, I found Charlton disappointing. He was self-centred and ratty - one of those heroes you wish you hadn't met.

Conversely, Roger Moore, a UNICEF goodwill ambassador, was charming and suave, just as you would expect, with a fund of brilliant stories beginning with lines such as: 'One day, Frank, Dean, Tony and I decided to play a trick on Marilyn ... ' He was also well briefed about children's issues in Ghana and was prepared not just to do PR, but to get his hands dirty helping in refugee camps without a camera in sight.

I was less taken with Jamie Theakston.

The BBC were filming a wildlife programme in Ghana, looking at the endangered green turtle population near Ada. A group of young volunteers had accompanied the BBC team to help the newly-born turtles to reach the ocean. But one girl, in her mid-20s, had streams of mascara running down her cheeks. She claimed Theakston had just broken up with her - yet here he was, surrounded by young women, enjoying the adulation.

I had bigger concerns, however. Ghana's presidential and parliamentary elections were due in December 2000 and there were signs that its 11 million voters might be preparing for a change of government. Enthusiasm for politics was everywhere. Even in the meanest village, people gathered under the banyan tree listening to FM stations on a battered transistor and arguing about the coming change.

In the West, tired of our politicians' deceit, we no longer much value democracy. It is wonderful to see a people exercising for the first time their power over those who would govern them. Our job was to see the elections were free and fair, with Britain funding a £10 million programme for photo-ID cards to reduce electoral fraud. The exercise eradicated one million fake names.

Another practical new weapon was indelible ink: when somebody voted, their thumb was painted to stop them casting more than one vote. India was the only source of a truly permanent ink that could not be washed or rubbed off. I had also persuaded the Foreign Office to provide experts from the Electoral Reform Society. Further valuable additions were two British MPs, Roger Gale and Nigel Jones.

Rawlings's party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), put up the vice President, John Atta Mills, as its presidential candidate. The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) fielded John Kufuor. There is a tribal element in Ghanaian politics: the Ewe people vote overwhelmingly NDC; the Ashanti overwhelmingly NPP.

It was clear the governing party would not abandon power easily. Alarmed that it would lose, it had the high court declare the ID cards illegal because they disenfranchised legitimate voters. But the ruling was to no avail - the people took over. Polling station officers decided they were going to use ID cards anyway.

When first- round votes on December 7 were tallied; Kufuor had 48.4 per cent against Atta Mills's 44.8 per cent. The opposition was heading for a small majority but, with no candidate exceeding 50 per cent, a run- off was required. Ghana's 30 or so FM stations were vital in bringing democracy, so it was no surprise that the NDC moved against them.

On the evening before the poll, I took Roger Gale and Nigel Jones to visit Joy FM, possibly Ghana's most influential station. We were sitting in the office when an armed posse of Rawlings's security men arrived, saying they were closing the station on the President's instructions.

‘Good evening,' I said. ‘I am Craig Murray, Deputy British High Commissioner, and these gentlemen are Mr Roger Gale MP and Mr Nigel Jones MP, members of the British Parliament.' Gale added: ' Obviously there has been some mistake.

I thought I heard you say that you were closing down the station, but we are here to visit our fellow democracy, Ghana, and democracies don't close down radio stations.' The goons left. Joy FM never was closed. However, the NDC started to think I was a part of their problem and they assigned a secret service team to follow me around.

As the second round on December 28 approached, we discovered a problem: not enough Indian ink. We had paid for more, but it had to be specially made and would not be ready until December 24. This was cutting it tight and action was needed. Chartering a private plane to set off from India on Christmas Eve was easier said than done. Whitehall was in festive mode and unlikely to sanction spending quickly, so I used the Embassy's budget to pay for it.

Ghana's government did not want the Indian ink to get in and I was concerned it would be delayed by customs officials. So on Christmas Day 2000, instead of eating turkey, I stood baking on the airport tarmac. When our plane taxied in, we unloaded the boxes of little ink bottles on to two trucks. I escorted these out of the VIP gateway, helped by a substantial tip to the guards.

The truck drivers then delivered the ink to regional centres for distribution to constituencies. This was a game being played for high stakes, with real danger of civil war.

Hotheads in the ruling party might claim electoral fraud and mount a military takeover. The Ashanti could also react violently to losing. Every embassy was updating evacuation plans. Around 1am, the results started to come in. There was a more or less consistent swing to the opposition candidate, John Kufuor. You could have cut the atmosphere with a knife.

The coolest man in Ghana that night was the wry, chain-smoking Electoral Commissioner, Kwadwo Afari- Gyan, who received constant threatening phone calls instructing him to fix the result. Each time, the Electoral Commissioner replied: ' The result will be what the result will be. I am just making sure it is fairly counted.' Then, taking his umpteenth call, he stiffened. He summoned me to listen: it was his wife. Soldiers had come to their bungalow, taking her and his children hostage and threatening to kill them if he did not deliver the ' right' result.

Kwadwo barked down the phone: ' Put their leader on.' ‘Listen you little *****,' he snarled. 'How dare you come to my house and threaten my wife and children. I am sitting here with the British Deputy High Commissioner and he knows what is happening. Now get out of my home before we have you thrown into jail!' The soldier said: ' Yes, sir; sorry, sir.' Kwadwo then told his wife not to worry and calmly returned to his work.

By 3am on the second night only two constituencies were still to declare. Even if every voter there went for Atta Mills, Kufuor could still not be beaten.

The opposition had won - an African country ... had shown that democratic change could be achieved peacefully. Kufuor's eight years as President saw economic growth of more than 70 per cent - the first prolonged period since independence when Ghana was not getting poorer. But Ghanaians chose to exercise their democratic right to change and earlier this month narrowly elected Atta Mills.

Ghana is the only country in Africa to achieve the democratic norm of power alternating peacefully between parties at successive uninterrupted elections.

As I look back on my involvement with Africa over 30 years, I remain most proud of helping Ghanaians to attain democracy. It is an example that sadly, the rest of the continent has so far done little to follow.

But Ghana remains there - a glimmer of hope, an example to others and a rebuke to cynics who claim democracy is not possible in Africa.
Eric. K (Joe) - Canada 10 years ago

If you are really Omanhene, then am sorry your name does not serve as an indicator with your words. Sorry! Calling people names is witchcraft. Be delivered.

If you are really Omanhene, then am sorry your name does not serve as an indicator with your words. Sorry! Calling people names is witchcraft. Be delivered.

OFOSUAA 10 years ago

Ndc Us Full Of White Color Criminals Like Mahama, Attamills, Afotey Agbo, Nii Lantey V, Ablakwah, Ampofo, Babajamal, Bettymould, Bartonodro, Bagbin, Tonylithur, Nana Oye, Asiedu Nketia, Fredagbenyo,Woyome, Etc Etc Who Only Ar ...
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Ndc Us Full Of White Color Criminals Like Mahama, Attamills, Afotey Agbo, Nii Lantey V, Ablakwah, Ampofo, Babajamal, Bettymould, Bartonodro, Bagbin, Tonylithur, Nana Oye, Asiedu Nketia, Fredagbenyo,Woyome, Etc Etc Who Only Are Exploiting The Ignorant Masses In Ghana By Duping Ghana Thro Contract Sole Sourcing And Inflating Costs Of Projects So Hugely That It Is Tantamount To Armed Robbery…Yet Their Ignorant Masses Are Unaware Of This Ndc Criminality So They Keep Endorsing Ndc…Look At Sada Gyeeda Subah, Isofotone, Etc Etc Monies Looted And Shared Is In Billions Of Dollars Or Billions Of Ghc….We Are All Going To Suffer Excruciating Poverty Imposed On Ghana By These Ndc Moronic Thieves…Vote Them All Out In God’s Holy Name To Save Ghana From Collapse
Nurudeen 10 years ago

Ameen!!! Allah will save Ghanaians from this NDC government.

Ameen!!! Allah will save Ghanaians from this NDC government.
brains 10 years ago

say Amen to your silly self. kwasiaakwa. npp has will stay in opposition forever. stupid

say Amen to your silly self. kwasiaakwa. npp has will stay in opposition forever. stupid
oluu 10 years ago

instead of you npp guys to campaign you are sitting there talking nonsense and you want to win 2016 elections. Jm is unbeatable. go and wee wee and sleep. lazy fools. keneddy agyapong said it. fooooools

instead of you npp guys to campaign you are sitting there talking nonsense and you want to win 2016 elections. Jm is unbeatable. go and wee wee and sleep. lazy fools. keneddy agyapong said it. fooooools
NOKWARE ASA. 10 years ago

AMEN & AMEN.GOD BLESS U FOR THE PIECE.

AMEN & AMEN.GOD BLESS U FOR THE PIECE.
kill me slowly 10 years ago

tweeeaaaa

tweeeaaaa
Eric. K (Joe) - Canada 10 years ago

Is this your name? Please don't hide under the mask. Be bold to reveal your identity so the conversation can go on. Lets take the delight of sharing and offering ideas for better Ghana.

Is this your name? Please don't hide under the mask. Be bold to reveal your identity so the conversation can go on. Lets take the delight of sharing and offering ideas for better Ghana.
K the H 10 years ago

Rockson Adofo, don't be naive. Write like an educated person, if you are. The only persons to effect any change are the VOTERS. NO AMOUNT OF GRAMMAR WILL CHANGE what the voters decide on the day. It could go to any of the co ...
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Rockson Adofo, don't be naive. Write like an educated person, if you are. The only persons to effect any change are the VOTERS. NO AMOUNT OF GRAMMAR WILL CHANGE what the voters decide on the day. It could go to any of the contestants. Don't be too sure that NPP will will both the parliament and the Presidency. Let us all wait for the day.
Thank you
SAM AFFINO 10 years ago

Amen, Amen, Amen !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Amen, Amen, Amen !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Akans Prophecies 10 years ago

THE OUTCAST PARTY NDC WAS INVENTED TO ITS ONLY DOCTRINE. THE DOMESTIC COLONIALISTION OF THE AKANS. BRAVE AKANS SOLDIERS WERE SACRIFICED IN BLOODSHED TO CEMENT THIS PLAN. THIS SILENCE IS THE CAUSE OF SOME AKANS COLLABOS WITH ...
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THE OUTCAST PARTY NDC WAS INVENTED TO ITS ONLY DOCTRINE. THE DOMESTIC COLONIALISTION OF THE AKANS. BRAVE AKANS SOLDIERS WERE SACRIFICED IN BLOODSHED TO CEMENT THIS PLAN. THIS SILENCE IS THE CAUSE OF SOME AKANS COLLABOS WITH THE OUTCAST .BUT THE SELECTION AND SILENCING OF THE AKAN IS A FIASCO. SO THE OUTCAST TALKS OF GHANAIANS BUT RAPES THE AKANS BEHIND THE SCENES. BREAK THIS TYRANIC WALLS OF THE OUTCAST AND MAKE AN AKAN YOUR LEADER. HE HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP FOR THE EMANCIPATION OF AKANS AND COULDTHEREFORE NOT FORSAKE THEM.

KK. Canada, 10 years ago

The writer Rockson has said it all. Ghana does not only belong to the NDC. The professionals are to be brought on board to assist with the 2016 election. If you have nothing to worry about, let the best be done for Ghana to s ...
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The writer Rockson has said it all. Ghana does not only belong to the NDC. The professionals are to be brought on board to assist with the 2016 election. If you have nothing to worry about, let the best be done for Ghana to satisfy the desires of Ghanaians.
Amen and Amen.
Eric. K (Joe) - Canada 10 years ago

Adofo,

I have noted you in the past to be intelligent but as of now, that intelligence seem to have faded so fast.
We need solutions so our boys and girls in the SSS and universities reading could pick some semantics fro ...
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Adofo,

I have noted you in the past to be intelligent but as of now, that intelligence seem to have faded so fast.
We need solutions so our boys and girls in the SSS and universities reading could pick some semantics from to add to their repertoire. Please! Spare the nation this sentimental bolshit.
FRANK 10 years ago

I AGREE WITH YOU AND THEREFORE I SAY AMEN,AMEN. NDC STOLED ELECTIONS THEY DON'T WIN THAT IS WHY THEY CAN GOVERN. SINCE 1979 I LEADER LIED AND KILL THE MOST HIGH PEOPLE FOR WHAT HIS PARTY IS DOING NOW,THEY WILL HAVE THEIR REWA ...
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I AGREE WITH YOU AND THEREFORE I SAY AMEN,AMEN. NDC STOLED ELECTIONS THEY DON'T WIN THAT IS WHY THEY CAN GOVERN. SINCE 1979 I LEADER LIED AND KILL THE MOST HIGH PEOPLE FOR WHAT HIS PARTY IS DOING NOW,THEY WILL HAVE THEIR REWARD BUT THANKS FOR AFARI DJAN.
ONYAME NIPA(Man Of God)USA 10 years ago

MONEY CAN MAKE U BEAUTIFUL

MONEY CAN MAKE U BEAUTIFUL
Buzz 10 years ago

Foolish idiot

Foolish idiot
Joseph 10 years ago

Fake EC . Cross check everything especially the EC . If they (NDC) win Ghana is going to suffer. Copy cats like the president. NPP watch .............

Fake EC . Cross check everything especially the EC . If they (NDC) win Ghana is going to suffer. Copy cats like the president. NPP watch .............
rich 10 years ago

becos ndc cant bribe the profs but can bribe their choices thats why how dare come ofosu ampofo telling EC old system of poor teachers etc etc they have in cotrol is good

becos ndc cant bribe the profs but can bribe their choices thats why how dare come ofosu ampofo telling EC old system of poor teachers etc etc they have in cotrol is good
rkt 10 years ago

instead of admitting that he and others of his ilk have, all along, been wrongly accusing the decent chairperson of the e.c of bias, rockson chose instead to add more insult to injury by insulting the chairperson some more! m ...
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instead of admitting that he and others of his ilk have, all along, been wrongly accusing the decent chairperson of the e.c of bias, rockson chose instead to add more insult to injury by insulting the chairperson some more! may Almighty God forgive him! certainly, some folks stomp in where angels tread cautiously! this is proof that any attempt to make anyone with a set mind see reason will be an uphill task, cos as they say, "one cannot wake a man from false slumber"! dear friend, i promise not to wake u up, but one thing i know, u will certainly wake up one day! meanwhile, have a restful nap, false or otherwise! that done, whilst i like and support the ec position on engaging the services of the ICA as auditors, it cannot be gainsaid that some professionals have chosen to throw professionalism to the dogs and wear political colours when elections and governance are concerned, and this underlies the ndc's concern and objection to their use! i only hope that the professionals remember that weak controls or their absence is not evidence of fraud! too, i suggest that any reason for rejecting any polling station's results be written on the reverse of the collation sheet for the constituency. finally, to prevent anyone sabotaging any polling station because it is their nemesis, for example, by inserting more that one ballot and immediately nullifying the result of the entirety of polling station, i suggest that each voter must seal his/her ballot in an envelope before it is dropped into the ballot box in the open. this will ensure that only envelopes containing more than one vote will be discarded together with ballots which are not enveloped! b4 i am rudely reminded of the extra cost this entails, let me say, that for the purpose, we will require about 10,000,000 envelopes +-3% and there are many, many patriotic citizens and other residents who will gladly donate envelopes to the ec, if the ec has not the funds to procure them, if only to ensure that we have peace!

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