IEA calls review of EC's 'strong room' structure

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KWASI AMOAH 11 years ago

Thre is absolutely nothing wrong with Ghana's Election processess, from Registration of Voters up to the declaration of results.
It is the NPP that is causing all this problems.
The lost the elections and are trying to esta ...
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Thre is absolutely nothing wrong with Ghana's Election processess, from Registration of Voters up to the declaration of results.
It is the NPP that is causing all this problems.
The lost the elections and are trying to establish blames with the process to hide behind the defeat.
The ballots reconciliation part of the so-called Pink Sheet should be removed for its simplicity, after all that part is not in the constitution. The only portion which is in the constitution is the Declaration of Results part which records number of ballots papers obtained by each candidate and signed by party representatives.
Old boy 11 years ago

kwasi amoah,your wrong to say that.IEA is right,bcause Ghana is to move forward not backwards.

kwasi amoah,your wrong to say that.IEA is right,bcause Ghana is to move forward not backwards.
Factually Reliable 11 years ago

What is new in the process he is talking about. He is just naive person who has never gone thru the election process in Ghana. Anyone who has gone through the election process especially the 2012 election will know Ghana has ...
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What is new in the process he is talking about. He is just naive person who has never gone thru the election process in Ghana. Anyone who has gone through the election process especially the 2012 election will know Ghana has one of the best election structure right now. What do you change the structure if there is nothing wrong with it? All political parties have their representative at each polling station to watch and report whatever goes on there. If there is something, there are not comfortable with. They can raise issues with that and if the presiding officer does nothing, he will fill complain form to be looked at the district collation centre where they have their collation officers. Before election results are declared. All polling agents in addition to their supporters, election officers like CODEO, journalist etc looked on whiles the votes are counted and then filled into the form. After the forms have been filled each polling agents signed the declared results and each given a copy to be given to thier collation officers at the districts and municipal or constituency collation centres. Remember at that polling station each party especially NDC and NPP have their people around who calls their constituency offices to inform them of the declared results. after that these polling agents with election staff and the security personnel follow the ballot to the collation centres where they give the declared results to thier collation officers. When the results are being collated the collation officers of each political party collate its results from the polling stations to see whether their results tally with the electoral commission before they will agree to accept the results. if they were queries raised at the polling stations the electoral officer will address it before the results are fax to the regional offices where each political party has members manning the strong room or what Gyampo want to call collation centres. They also confirm the results before the results gets to the national electoral commmission. When the results get there, there are national officers of each political party also there to confirm the results before the results goes the chairman of EC to confirm the reuslts and declare. Remember before this most radio stations have already taken the results and will start calliing the results for either party A or PARTY B. If there is anyone who cares more about the votes not he Gyampo who will not spent even one of sleep to watch on TV what goes in the election but these political parties who spend sleepless nights and huge sums of money in electioneering process.So if you are serious political party before the electoral commission declares the results you know you have won or lose unless you want to be mischievous as we saw in 2012. So please, Gyampo should involve himself in the electoral system before he spews what he dosn't know. Sometimes it is good to keep quiet and let people presume for you than to speak and remove all doubts. what cheap proposal. Duplication of system.
OLD SOLDIER 11 years ago

Author:..Rastafara"I"...

She just rented a hotel room at market rate!!! People.

Mahama's brother took millions from a bank and said he will not pay because his brother is president...
Even a Gyan's brother can beat ...
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Author:..Rastafara"I"...

She just rented a hotel room at market rate!!! People.

Mahama's brother took millions from a bank and said he will not pay because his brother is president...
Even a Gyan's brother can beat up a journalist and walk away free....

Minister of Sports openly stole STATE money with Nyantekyi and he gets promoted...

Sack CHRAJ boss for renting a hotel room? That is the height of hypocrisy...Its not her fault that a third world country a hotel room cost $500 a night
SGT ANANI FIADZOE 11 years ago

This incessant hounding of the EC is appalling. And most of all this interference is borne out political motivation. The EC should resist all such heckling. Above all, we all must demand that we allow the EC to function. By a ...
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This incessant hounding of the EC is appalling. And most of all this interference is borne out political motivation. The EC should resist all such heckling. Above all, we all must demand that we allow the EC to function. By all means if they go wrong somewhere we shall tell them, but to be defining what they should and should do is totally repugnant.
Kakalika 11 years ago

Dr Gyampo has embarrased himself with his ignorance. He should call on his NPP to work hard, respect the electorate, minimise its arrogance and convince Ghanians that when given the chance to govern the country,it will hit h ...
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Dr Gyampo has embarrased himself with his ignorance. He should call on his NPP to work hard, respect the electorate, minimise its arrogance and convince Ghanians that when given the chance to govern the country,it will hit hard at drug peddlers,that it will not change the current currency and loot the old one,keep the ministers of state in check so that they dont loot the state coffers and also not to buy state lands cheap and resell. There is absolutely NOTHING wrong with the Electoral System in Ghana.Indeed ,several African countries are eager to apply our system in their own countries Dr Glover. When the NPP won election in the past, it was the same process that was followed my dear Dr Gyampo.My advice to Dr Gyampo is to consider the point made by Dr Apraku that a study must be conducted by the Party into the causes of its defeat which unfortunately was not taken seriously. We need a strong opposition party in Ghana to make our Democracy viable and formidable. Therefore the NPP must not be looking for a failure a non-existing failure in our Electoral System as a cause for its defeat in elections. It is unfortunate that the NPP will again lose the 2016 elections if it continues to press systemic failure in the electoral process. The Party has an image problem and must correct.
OLD SOLDIER 11 years ago

BBC NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHERE DID GHANAIANS GO WRONG TO SUFFER LIKE THIS? YOU MAHAMA BUILDING YOUR HOTELS ABROAD, AFRIYIE ANKRA BUYING MANSIONS AT EAST LEGON, OKUDJETO ACQUIRING FILLING STATIONS ALL OVER, TOGBUI AF ...
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BBC NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHERE DID GHANAIANS GO WRONG TO SUFFER LIKE THIS? YOU MAHAMA BUILDING YOUR HOTELS ABROAD, AFRIYIE ANKRA BUYING MANSIONS AT EAST LEGON, OKUDJETO ACQUIRING FILLING STATIONS ALL OVER, TOGBUI AFEDE FILLING HIS BANK ACCOUNTS ABROAD< ASIEDU NKETIA SPREADING FILLING STATIONS ALL OVER BRONG AHAFO AND BUYING MANSION IN CALGARY CANADA, HANNA BISSIW ,OYI LITHUR ANITA DISOSO SPREADING MONEY AS IF GHANA HAS NO PROBLEM
Joe kilo 11 years ago

there is everything wrong with thhis strong room

there is everything wrong with thhis strong room
Galley Dzokoto 11 years ago

good point

good point
Vote 11 years ago

The place is officially called the operations room. It is the media which started calling it the strong room and that fancy name has stuck. If that name is a problem the media can undo it. They will do Ghana a lot of good ...
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The place is officially called the operations room. It is the media which started calling it the strong room and that fancy name has stuck. If that name is a problem the media can undo it. They will do Ghana a lot of good if they call it the operations room.

benhur 11 years ago

This court issue hmmmm, who is to tell us all the wrongs that went on, how to correct them all and when to clearly to complete the corrections before the next election. Am very sure we will all come back after the 2016 electi ...
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This court issue hmmmm, who is to tell us all the wrongs that went on, how to correct them all and when to clearly to complete the corrections before the next election. Am very sure we will all come back after the 2016 elections talking about the same or more problems which will either favour npp or ndc. We just moving round in circles waisting our own time. Very sad.
VOICE OF REASON 11 years ago

Slowly but surely the overgrown wings of Afari Gyan and the EC arre being clipped.Thanks to IEA and to the likes of Stephen Addai and Ransford Gyampo who arw spearheading these reforms.Ghanaians are eternally grateful.We hop ...
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Slowly but surely the overgrown wings of Afari Gyan and the EC arre being clipped.Thanks to IEA and to the likes of Stephen Addai and Ransford Gyampo who arw spearheading these reforms.Ghanaians are eternally grateful.We hope further reforms will be put forward and Afari Gyan impressed upon to implement them.....We are waiting anxiously for the comprehensive aaudit of voters register as the first of the many reforms......to ensure a free and fair and transparent electioms
Joe kilo 11 years ago

It is only in Ghana where one can see over 100% voters having voted in an election- Abolishing the strong room is a step in the right direction.

It is only in Ghana where one can see over 100% voters having voted in an election- Abolishing the strong room is a step in the right direction.
P Otu 11 years ago

Dr Gyampoh should rather find out what goes on in the so called strong room. To the best of my knowledge the place referred to as the strong room is the conference room of the EC. It is not only reps of political parties who ...
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Dr Gyampoh should rather find out what goes on in the so called strong room. To the best of my knowledge the place referred to as the strong room is the conference room of the EC. It is not only reps of political parties who are there but but senior reps of various media houses and ops officers of EC as well as a few others who care to be there. I do not think the place is shut to reps of civil societies etc. How come that white man was able to record goings in that room during the last two election? That should tell you it is not a strongroom as the name connotes. If u want the name changed from strongroom to National Coalition Centre so be it but I do not think it will be shut to reps of other civil societies like CDD, IEA, IMANI etc in so much as they will remain neutral in their discourse.
Nana Owusu 11 years ago

Why is it that when you mention the word reform in our electoral system then NDC and it's fool soldiers are panicking?you wait after the Congress we'll push for more reform because everybody saw what happened during 2012 elec ...
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Why is it that when you mention the word reform in our electoral system then NDC and it's fool soldiers are panicking?you wait after the Congress we'll push for more reform because everybody saw what happened during 2012 election
KK- NEW YORK 11 years ago

POLISH YOUR THINKING ABIT,FOR,ELECTRAL REFORMS ARE ALWAYS VITAL AFTER EVERY ELECTION IN GHANA.

POLISH YOUR THINKING ABIT,FOR,ELECTRAL REFORMS ARE ALWAYS VITAL AFTER EVERY ELECTION IN GHANA.
Abrantie 11 years ago

My worry about this very proposal is the uninformed position of this foreign creature called IEA. There is nothing called a strong room at the EC. This name came about because it is rather the political parties that were call ...
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My worry about this very proposal is the uninformed position of this foreign creature called IEA. There is nothing called a strong room at the EC. This name came about because it is rather the political parties that were calling the collation centre strong room. I wonder why a foreign creature called IEA would like to speak for me a Ghanaian.
@@@@@@@@ 11 years ago

Opanin kwasea Afari GYAN will perish from EBOLA with his house members and extended families

Opanin kwasea Afari GYAN will perish from EBOLA with his house members and extended families
Paapa 11 years ago

You are such a disgrace to your family and Ghana as a whole.

Do you know how you will die? Be sensible and just stay off here if you have nothing good to discuss.

You are such a disgrace to your family and Ghana as a whole.

Do you know how you will die? Be sensible and just stay off here if you have nothing good to discuss.
Adam Ibrahim Nabila 11 years ago

people should spare the EC of theories. what IEA is prescribing is not practicable in our current situation.

people should spare the EC of theories. what IEA is prescribing is not practicable in our current situation.

FA 11 years ago

THE STRONG ROOM ACTIVITIES MUST BE SHOWN LIVE AND ALL THE REGIONAL OFFICES OF THE EC RECORDED.

THE STRONG ROOM ACTIVITIES MUST BE SHOWN LIVE AND ALL THE REGIONAL OFFICES OF THE EC RECORDED.
anna 11 years ago

Good idea but afari gan must go

Good idea but afari gan must go
Paapa 11 years ago

Review on strong room structure is unnecessary. After all agents certify records before departure from pooling stations.

The presence of security men is rather very important to avoid dubious work in there and to protect t ...
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Review on strong room structure is unnecessary. After all agents certify records before departure from pooling stations.

The presence of security men is rather very important to avoid dubious work in there and to protect the staff and materials/equipment used.

Unless the IEA want to say they do not trust the security staff.
okukuseku 11 years ago

Please what is the retiring age in Ghana n how old is Hon. Afari. Gyan?

Please what is the retiring age in Ghana n how old is Hon. Afari. Gyan?
FA 11 years ago

GYAN IS 70 YRS LIKE NANA AND BUT HE WAS CAUGHT DOING THE COURT CASE BY HARRISON CROSS EXAMINATION . THE INFORMATION HE USED TO REGISTER AS A VOTER WAS DIFFERENT .

GYAN IS 70 YRS LIKE NANA AND BUT HE WAS CAUGHT DOING THE COURT CASE BY HARRISON CROSS EXAMINATION . THE INFORMATION HE USED TO REGISTER AS A VOTER WAS DIFFERENT .
KOFI 11 years ago

TELL IT TO THE PRESS. THE EC HAS NO SUCH ROON OR PINK SHEET ITS THE PRESS/ POLITICAL PARTIES WHICH STARTED THOSE TERMS. SO ADVISE THEM

TELL IT TO THE PRESS. THE EC HAS NO SUCH ROON OR PINK SHEET ITS THE PRESS/ POLITICAL PARTIES WHICH STARTED THOSE TERMS. SO ADVISE THEM
Ellis Johnson- Tadi 11 years ago

This is infact a loudable idea. only if the Afari Gyan and his people will buy by it. Making the "Strong Room" as Abosum Fie doesn't help at all.

This is infact a loudable idea. only if the Afari Gyan and his people will buy by it. Making the "Strong Room" as Abosum Fie doesn't help at all.
Rawlings the MURDERER 11 years ago

Good citizen

Good citizen
IDDRISU HAMISU 11 years ago

WHAT THEN SHALL BECOME OF THE VARIOUS CONSTITUENCIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WILL THERE EQUALLY BE "DIST./MUN. OR METRO. COLLATION CENTRES" FOR THEM TOO?. HMM!!! GHANA.

WHAT THEN SHALL BECOME OF THE VARIOUS CONSTITUENCIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WILL THERE EQUALLY BE "DIST./MUN. OR METRO. COLLATION CENTRES" FOR THEM TOO?. HMM!!! GHANA.
EL WILLY 11 years ago

I totally agree with Dr. Gyampo.Just recently, i noticed the referendum on the Scotland independence from the UK. Amazingly,the collision-center was open to all the citizenry, where there was a big flat-screen erected for all ...
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I totally agree with Dr. Gyampo.Just recently, i noticed the referendum on the Scotland independence from the UK. Amazingly,the collision-center was open to all the citizenry, where there was a big flat-screen erected for all to see the accumulative result.

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