NEWS

EC releases ballot statistics for 2024 elections

A summary sheet with information on the certified voters’ register for the elections scheduled for December 7 has been made public by the Electoral Commission. This came after the National Democratic Congress (NDC) made a request. After obtaining the final voter list from the EC, the NDC submitted the request …

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EC disqualifies GFP’s Roman Fada over illegalities

Following the discovery of mistakes and infractions on his nomination form, the Ghanaian Electoral Commission (EC) disqualified Philip Appiah Kubi, the GFP’s new flagbearer. At a news conference on Tuesday, November 12, EC Chair Jean Mensa disclosed this announcement. The EC decided to exclude Kubi from running in the next …

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Majority Leader urges Speaker to reconvene Parliament

Speaker Alban Bagbin has been urged by the majority in Parliament to call a new session of the House so that MPs can return to their legislative responsibilities. This appeal follows the Supreme Court’s decision to follow Majority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin’s challenge and overturn Bagbin’s decision to declare four parliamentary …

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“If people lose confidence in the judiciary, it is also a loss of confidence in the legal profession” – Tsatsu Tsikata

Concerns regarding the decline of trust in Ghana’s judiciary have been voiced by prominent lawyer Tsatsu Tsikata. The Mo Ibrahim Foundation recently published a paper that demonstrated a significant drop of almost 30% in Ghana’s judiciary’s purported neutrality between 2017 and 2023. Judicial impartiality is evaluated by the report’s indicator …

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