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EU EOM to
deploy observers in Tain
Accra Dec. 31, Ghanadot/GNA - The European Union Election
Observation Mission Ghana is to deploy 26 observers to the
Tain constituency in Brong-Ahafo Region to observe voting on
January 2, 2009.
This was contained in a statement issued in Accra by Mathias
Eick, Press Officer, of the Mission.
The Tain constituency was the only one in which the
elections could not take place on December 2008 due to
technical problems encountered by the Electoral Commission
(EC) in the distribution of ballot papers.
The EC announced on December 30 that due to the closeness in
the result of the second round of the Presidential Election
Runoff, election would be held in the Tain constituency to
determine the winner of the Runoff.
The statement quoted Nickolay Mladenov, EU Chief Observer,
as saying “It is now very important that Ghana’s political
leaders, the political parties and supporters exercised
maximum restraint” and reiterated their confidence in the
work of the Electoral Commission.
“Ghana has been an example of democratic elections in the
past 15 years. Now the people of Ghana have an opportunity
to prove their political maturity and democratic credential
by ensuring that the election on January 2, 2009 is carried
out with the same degree of transparency and openness as the
previous elections.”
The statement said the EU EOM would also be observing the
auditing exercise of certain results as announced by the EC.
It said within two months of the conclusion of the electoral
process, the Chief Observers would return to Ghana to
present a detailed report on the election and make
recommendations to the EC.
GNA
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