21 electoral commission stories in the last 24 hours from 9 newsrooms, including 3News, GhanaWeb, Modern Ghana. Most covered: NPP rejects Emelia Agbenyo’s appointment as electoral commission Deputy Chairperson. Tone this week: 21% negative, 43% positive (how we measure it).
It urged the President, Parliament, political parties, civil society organisations and other stakeholders to support constitutional amendments that promote a transparent, merit-based and broadly consultative appointment process.
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has rejected the appointment of Emelia Agbenyo as a Deputy Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC) by President John Dramani Mahama, questioning her ability to remain politically neutral in the role. In a statement issued on Tuesday, October 13, 2026,…
NPP has called for the removal of EC Deputy Chairperson Emelia Affi Agbenyo over alleged NDC ties, while Dennis Aboagye warns of a legal action at the Supreme Court.
Emelia Afi Agbenyo and President John Mahama President Mahama’s appointment of Emelia Afi Agbenyo as a Deputy Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC) raises a question that no impressive Read More...
NPP's Henry Nana Boakye (Nana B) rejects President Mahama's appointment of Emelia Agbenyo as Deputy EC Chair, citing concerns over impartiality.
What informed the decision of President John Mahama to make such despicable appointments to the Electoral Commission (EC) is anything but good-intentioned? Some prying Ghanaians think it is intended Read More...
Watch: EC Appointment: Felix Kwakye Ofosu Fires Back at NPP Over Emelia Agbenyo
NPP National Communications Director Dennis Miracles Aboagye has challenged claims that Emelia Afi Agbenyo became associated with the National Democratic Congress (NDC) only after the party nominated Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang as its running mate, insisting that her political affiliation was known during her university days.…
Legal scholar Professor Kwaku Asare, popularly known as Kwaku Azar, has traced the appointments and tenure of members of Ghana’s Electoral Commission (EC) since the inception of the Fourth Republic, highlighting the role successive presidents have played in constituting the seven-member body. In a Facebook…
CDD-Ghana Fellow Dr John Osae-Kwapong says the latest Electoral Commission appointment should face an ‘Akufo-Addo test’ of integrity, fairness, professionalism, and independent judgment. Speaking on Joy News’ PM Express, he proposed assessing the appointee against standards former President Nana Akufo-Addo outlined when swearing in commissioners…
Two political scientists have urged the two newly appointed Deputy Chairpersons of the Electoral Commission (EC) to chart a new and healthy relationship with the political parties through the Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC). Read More …
President John Dramani Mahama has told the newly sworn-in Deputy Chairpersons of the Electoral Commission (EC) that he expects no preferential treatment from the Commission for himself, his party or his government. “As President, I expect no preferential treatment from the Electoral Commission for myself,…
The Electoral Commission (EC) under the Fourth Republic initially enjoyed a relatively high level of public confidence under the leadership of Kwadwo Afari-Gyan, who served from 1993 to 2015. Although political parties occasionally challenged election results and aspects of electoral administration, criticisms were generally directed…
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