The European Union (EU) Election Observer Mission (COM) to Ghana hailed the presidential and parliamentary elections "transparency" as Ghanaians were waiting anxiously for the final results, according to the official Ghana News Agency (GNA) on Wednesday.
Nikolay Mladenow, the EU-EOM Chief Observer, told a news conference in Accra that his team was pleased with the performance put up by the Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana.
He described the general conduct of the election as peaceful, competitive and transparent.
According to him, reports on voting, tabulation and aggregation of votes collated from 466 polling stations in 70 constituencies showed that the process was generally transparent and competitive.
He said that 97 percent of the polling stations visited were rated satisfactory or positive on polling procedures, while 90 percent scored very well on secrecy of votes.
"The competitive campaign and high degree of transparency on Election Day reflect Ghana's democratic culture and we are committed to going the full nine yards in case there is a second round," he was quoted as saying by GNA.
He called on the media to be even more professional and organized in their reportage "in order to consolidate on the gains made over the last two days".
The EU-EOM leader commended the judiciary for setting up Electoral Courts to deal with electoral disputes on a fast-track basis and advised political parties and candidates to resort to the judiciary in case of disputes.
Mladenov said media coverage of campaign activities of the various political parties had been generally neutral.
According to the Ghanaian Electoral Commission, Ghana will hold a presidential run-off on December 28 as no candidate received more than 50 percent of the votes in the first round on Sunday.
Source:Xinhua
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