{"id":204804,"date":"2016-04-06T16:47:18","date_gmt":"2016-04-06T16:47:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=204804"},"modified":"2016-04-06T16:47:18","modified_gmt":"2016-04-06T16:47:18","slug":"kayayei-aged-women-baamu-yadda-demo-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=204804","title":{"rendered":"Kayayei, aged women in \u2018Baamu Yadda\u2019 demo [photos]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three pro-opposition pressure groups on Wednesday led hundreds onto the streets of Kumasi in protest against the Electoral Commission refusal to implement recommended electoral reforms.<\/p>\n<p>The demonstration was attended by hundreds of NPP supporters in the party\u2019s stronghold region. Both young and old clad in red participated in the march which was heavily protected by the police.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Citi News\u2019<\/strong> Lauretta Timah said although\u00a0the demonstration was largely against the EC, there were some placards also directed at President John Mahama.<\/p>\n<p>The placards had messages that urged Ghanaians to reject Mahama in the November polls.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-204857 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Baamu-14.jpg\" alt=\"Baamu 14\" width=\"573\" height=\"430\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-204856 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Baamu-13-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Baamu 13\" width=\"574\" height=\"323\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-204855 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Baamu-11-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Baamu 11\" width=\"583\" height=\"437\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-204854 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Baamu-10-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Baamu 10\" width=\"585\" height=\"439\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Let My Vote Count Alliance, the Alliance for Accountable Governance, and the Movement for Change, The demonstration, dubbed \u201cBaamu Yadda\u201d, which in the Hausa dialect means \u201cwe will not agree\u201d, was aimed at getting the EC to validate the voters\u2019 register for the November polls as suggested by the Justice VCRAC Crabbe panel.<\/p>\n<p>Convener for the group, Let My Vote Count Alliance, David Asante, told <strong>Citi News<\/strong> that the reluctance of the EC to validate voters on the register, which contradicts the recommendations of its own panel of experts, is only a recipe for disaster.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-204853 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Baamu-9-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Baamu 9\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-204852 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Baamu-7-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Baamu 7\" width=\"524\" height=\"393\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-204851 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Baamu-5-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Baamu 5\" width=\"545\" height=\"409\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-204849 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Baamu-2-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Baamu 2\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe principal objective of this demonstration is to drum home the need for the Electoral Commission to take the people of Ghana serious. The EC\u2018s committee recommended validation and the EC came out publicly to uphold the report of the committee.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-204714 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/20160406022718.jpg\" alt=\"20160406022718\" width=\"600\" height=\"368\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-204712 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/20160406022724-2.jpg\" alt=\"20160406022724 (2)\" width=\"600\" height=\"379\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-204711 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/20160406022724-1.jpg\" alt=\"20160406022724 (1)\" width=\"600\" height=\"442\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Most of the political parties who called for a new voters\u2019 register accepted the recommendation of the committee only for the EC to do a U-turn to say the committee will not do any validation,\u201d He said.<br \/>\n&#8211;<br \/>\nBy: Ebenezer Afanyi Dadzie\/Citifmonline.com\/Ghana<br \/>\n<a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AfanyiDadzie\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @AfanyiDadzie<\/a><br \/>\n<script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three pro-opposition pressure groups on Wednesday led hundreds onto the streets of Kumasi in protest against the Electoral Commission refusal to implement recommended electoral reforms. 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