The Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO) has deployed 100 Long-Term Observers (LTOs) across the 16 regions of Ghana.
In a statement CODEO said its Observers have been deployed to the pre-election environment from October 1, 2024, to December 4, 2024, in the lead-up to the presidential and parliamentary elections on December 7, 2024.
According to CODEO, ”the observers will monitor constituency-level pre-election activities of key election stakeholders, including the Electoral Commission (EC), the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), the National Peace Council (NPC), security agencies, political parties, traditional and religious leaders, civil society/community-based organizations (CSOs/CBOs), and the media.”
CODEO will also focus on incidents of voter intimidation through misinformation etc.
“The CODEO long-term observers will also be on the lookout for incidents such as intimidation and harassment of political opponents and citizens, violence, vote buying, destruction and removal of party paraphernalia, use of abusive and inflammatory language or hate speech at party rallies, human rights abuses, destruction of public property, violation of election procedures, chiefs engaging in partisan politics, abuse of incumbency, among other things,” CODEO further stated.
