The Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO) has issued its second election observation report, reflecting the main observations made in the run-up to the elections of 7 March 2010 in October 2020. December have been made.
The report, made available to the Ghanaian news agency by Mr Albert Archin, CODEO National Coordinator, is based on weekly reports from 65 Long Term Observers (LYMs) deployed in 65 selected constituencies across the country.
Observers monitored the whole electoral environment, including the activities of key electoral actors such as the Electoral Commission (EC), the National Commission for Civic Education (CNE), political parties, security agencies, civil society organisations (CSOs) and religious and traditional leaders.
The summary of the report’s findings is similar to the CODEO summary of September 2020, although political and voter information activities in the different constituencies are generally low.
The report points out that, in general, electoral support activities of civil society, in particular those aimed at peace building, are not yet widely disseminated.
It found that some of the activities of the political parties did not comply with the health and safety protocols of COVID-19, while the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) remained the most visible political parties in the constituencies formed in terms of political and campaign activities.
The main findings noted that the observers’ reports show that the EC’s preparations for the elections of 7 March 2007 have increased. December 2020. Comments on EC activities include the publication of the electoral register in EC district offices (for participants in the extended voter registration process), the recruitment and training of electoral assistants, the nomination of candidates and the transmission of proxy votes/proposals.
He stated that during the period covered by the Commission Decision of 20 to 23 November 2001, the Commission was able to take a number of measures to improve the situation. The reports of the election observers of 10 October showed that peaceful activities generally took place in all observed constituencies.
However, several riots occurred in some centres during the financial year. For example, there has been tension between party representatives in the Beals driving in the south of the Upper East, due to accusations that some students who requested the transfer of their votes to driving were ineligible.
The report indicates that, compared to September, there was a slight increase in civic and voter education activities in the controlled districts.
He noted that the CEECs and the EC remain the main institutions in the field of civic and voter education in the observed constituencies, followed by political parties and religious institutions.
Few civil society activities in the field of civic/electoral education and other election-related activities (such as peace building) were identified in the highlighted constituencies.
With regard to the campaign activities of political parties, the report notes that the NDC and PNP intensified their electoral activities, such as rallies and party marches, during this period.
During the campaign events it was noted that education, unemployment and the economy are the main policy issues addressed or discussed by the NAES and the NDC in particular.
He noted that the other political parties were not paying the necessary attention to the election campaign. The report indicates that although the electoral environment during the reporting period was generally peaceful, several incidents related to the use of offensive or inflammatory language, the destruction or removal of partisan/parliamentary paraphernalia and election-related violence were reported by observers.
The report states, for example, that during the transfer of EC voters to Prud West constituency in the eastern region of Bono, there was a violent clash between NDC and PNP supporters in the EC district office.
It indicates five people were injured in the collision. In another incident on the fifth. In Ajaraja-Beposo, the same district (Prü-West), some NPP supporters reportedly prevented the NDC from campaigning in the city on 1 October.
The report notes that this led to a clash between supporters on both sides, with a number of them injured.
Sunday the 25th. In October it became known that a courtesy visit by an ANP Banda candidate to some chiefs and elders in the Banda constituency had been prevented by young people from the Banda-Ahencro region in Bono.
The report states that in response to the incident, some young men suspected of being connected to the plant have reportedly sworn that they would not allow the NDC to campaign in areas considered to be the stronghold of the Banda District nuclear power plant.
He said dozens of people in the Ododio district of Greater Accra were injured to varying degrees after a collision between NDC supporters and the nuclear power plant.
With regard to the health and safety protocols of COVID-19, CODEO observers reported that several people followed social exclusion protocols and wore face masks during the campaign and other stakeholder events.
At a rally on the 7th. At the NDC vice-presidential candidate meeting held in Ahomakhomasu, Fanteakwa Northern District, Eastern Region, on 10 October, many party supporters violated the required protocol on social distance.
According to her, there was no social exclusion among some candidates during the transfer of voters to the district office of the electoral commission in Akwatiyah, and only a few of them allegedly wore masks.
The report indicates that OEYC has again condemned all reports of violence during the reporting period.
He called on the Inspector General of Police (ISU) to take immediate action against all perpetrators.
The report calls on all political parties, party supporters, the EC and all stakeholders to be aware of the risks associated with COVID-19 and to ensure compliance with all relevant health and safety protocols to prevent the spread of the virus.
It called on civil society organisations and all stakeholders, including religious organisations, to intensify their activities in support of the elections, in particular to support peace-building related to the elections.
The report indicates that the OEOC will continue to monitor the pre-selection environment and share its findings with the public.
He indicated that the long-term follow-up of the CODEO has been made possible thanks to the support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
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