{"id":3204,"date":"2024-12-21T12:56:53","date_gmt":"2024-12-21T12:56:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/?p=3204"},"modified":"2024-12-21T12:58:31","modified_gmt":"2024-12-21T12:58:31","slug":"jean-mensah-fears-losing-her-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/2024\/12\/21\/jean-mensah-fears-losing-her-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Jean Mensah Fears Losing Her Office"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana has faced criticism for its decision to re-collect and re-announce the election results. According to the Ghana Institute of Governance and Security, the December 7 election was peaceful, raising questions about the EC&#8217;s motives for disrupting the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"457\" data-src=\"https:\/\/gistme.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_7741.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3207 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 640px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 640\/457;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>David Agbee emphasized that electoral laws clearly outline the procedures for collecting votes after an election. He cited Article 49, sections 2 and 3, of the 1992 Constitution, which grants polling unit officers the authority to count and record votes in the presence of candidates and supporters. The officers must then sign a declaration of the vote count and announce the results immediately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" data-src=\"https:\/\/gistme.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_7740.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3208 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1000px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1000\/666;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Agbee also referenced Regulations 39, 41, and 43 of the Public Election Regulations 2020, which describe the procedures for collecting and announcing parliamentary election results. Despite these clear guidelines, the EC has been accused of disregarding constitutional law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"658\" data-src=\"https:\/\/gistme.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_7739-1024x658.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3209 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/658;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Critics argue that the EC&#8217;s actions undermine the democratic process and create unnecessary tension. As Professor H. Kwesi Prempeh noted, the EC&#8217;s delay in announcing results can foster anxiety and erode public confidence in the electoral process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jean Mensah Fears Losing Her Office <\/p>\n<p>The Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana has faced criticism for its decision to re-collect and re-announce the election results. According to the Ghana Institute of Governance and Security, the December 7 election was peaceful, raising questions about the EC&#8217;s motives for disrupting the process.<\/p>\n<p>David Agbee emphasized that electoral laws clearly outline the procedures for collecting votes after an election. He cited Article 49, sections 2 and 3, of the 1992 Constitution, which grants polling unit officers the authority to count and record votes in the presence of candidates and supporters. The officers must then sign a declaration of the vote count and announce the results immediately.<\/p>\n<p>Agbee also referenced Regulations 39, 41, and 43 of the Public Election Regulations 2020, which describe the procedures for collecting and announcing parliamentary election results. Despite these clear guidelines, the EC has been accused of disregarding constitutional law.<\/p>\n<p>Critics argue that the EC&#8217;s actions undermine the democratic process and create unnecessary tension. As Professor H. Kwesi Prempeh noted, the EC&#8217;s delay in announcing results can foster anxiety and erode public confidence in the electoral process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3207,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-latest","category-local"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3204"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3204\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3211,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3204\/revisions\/3211"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}