CPP seeks revival of Nkrumah’s ideology amidst election challenges
By: Savannah Pokuaah Duah The Convention People’s Party (CPP) candidate for the Bosomtwe Constituency, Eric Osei Boateng has accused the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) of deliberately undermining the CPP’s core values and legacy. In an interview with an Accra based media station on Wednesday, November 13,2024, Mr Eric Osei […]
Political Party Agents can now observe Voter Transfers
The Electoral Commission (EC) has directed its officers to re-admit political party agents for them to be able to observe the ongoing voter transfer exercise. The commission had decided to stop political party agents from observing the exercise in line with the constitutional instrument (C.I.) governing voter transfers following confrontations and delays to the exercise […]
EC to dialogue with political parties over Electoral Calendar
The Electoral Commission (EC) will meet Political Parties in Accra on Thursday, March 7, 2024, to discuss the Commission’s proposed calendar for the 2024 Presidential and Parliamentary elections. According to a letter signed by the Deputy Chairman in Charge of Corporate Services, Dr Bossman Eric Asare, the Interparty Advisory Committee (IPAC) meeting is expected to […]
Limited voter registration: Seven political parties raise red flags
By: Franklin ASARE-DONKOH Seven political parties out of the lot have raised concerns with the Electoral Commission’s (EC) decision to conduct the upcoming limited registration only at its district offices. The parties are the Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP), Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG), Convention People’s Party (CPP), People’s National Congress (PNC), All Progressives Congress […]
John Mahama speaks against State funding of Political Parties ahead of election 2024
With about 20 months until the 2024 General Election, the issue of opaque political party campaign financing and the state funding of political parties have begun gaining public discourse. Delivering the keynote address on “Financing Political Campaigns, the Ghana We Want: The Case for A More Transparent and Broad-based Citizen Participation,” at the University of […]
Political Parties in Ghana commit to peaceful elections ahead of 2024
SOURCE: GNA The leadership of the various political parties in the country have expressed their commitment to promote peaceful coexistence within their parties, political actors, and institutions ahead of the 2024 general elections. At a meeting with the National Peace Council (NPC) in Accra on Thursday, January 26, 2023, the Parties denounced the violent incidents […]
Should the state fund political parties?
In May this year, I gave a talk on intra-party democracy in Ghana. In preparation for the talk, I read the constitutions of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and New Patriotic Party (NPP), our two main political parties. I was quite struck by their elaborate political-administrative structure. Such a structure faces many challenges including coordination […]
