Accra, Dec. 21, Ghanadot/GNA – The European Union has
deployed an Election Observation Mission (EOM) to observe
the presidential run-off scheduled for December 28.
A statement issued in Accra by Mr. Mathias Eick, Press
Officer of the EOM, said the team is led by Nickolay
Mladenov, a Bulgarian member of the European Parliament.
It said a core team of seven election experts had been based
in Accra since November 1.
The statement said on voting day, 46 observers from 24 EU
member states and Norway would be deployed throughout the
country. The team would include 24 long-term observers who
have been working in all 10 regions since November 9.
The EU was among a host of institutions, including the
Carter Centre, ECOWAS, African Union and Coalition of
Domestic Observers (CODEO), who observed the December 7
presidential and parliamentary elections.
The run-off will be between Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of
the New Patriotic Party (NP) and Professor John Evans Atta
Mills of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
Dr. Kwadwo Afari-Gyan, Chairman of the Electoral Commission
announced that Nana Akufo-Addo had 4,159,439 votes
representing 49.13 per cent while Prof. Atta Mills obtained
4,056,634 representing 47.92 per cent.
