{"id":165358,"date":"2015-11-09T06:04:24","date_gmt":"2015-11-09T06:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=165358"},"modified":"2015-11-09T10:39:31","modified_gmt":"2015-11-09T10:39:31","slug":"publish-cost-of-voters-register-forum-general-elections-group-tells-ec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/11\/publish-cost-of-voters-register-forum-general-elections-group-tells-ec\/","title":{"rendered":"Publish cost of voters\u2019 register forum, general elections \u2013 Group tells EC"},"content":{"rendered":"
A group calling itself the Coalition for Free, Fair and Transparent Elections (COFFTRE) is calling on the Electoral Commission to disclose within three weeks, its budget and audited reports on the 1992 to 2012 general and parliamentary elections.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”BijeWthJyvxNIdmOUvuAaq8PDzqxi5GO”]The group in a statement also tasked the EC to reveal the total cost and break down of the recently held forum for political parties and civil society groups on the voters\u2019 register at Alisa Hotel in Accra.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople are generally curious as to how much it cost the Electoral Commission to organise the political parties and civil society organisations at the recently held forum at the Alisa Hotel on the 29th<\/sup> and 30th<\/sup> October, 2015, to debate whether or not to change the voters\u2019 register for the 2016 general elections.<\/p>\n \u201cThe inordinately high number of tea and other breaks leads to the suspicion that the EC had a high amount of money to spend, and Ghanaians would like to know exactly how much,\u201d the group argued.<\/p>\n It further asked the EC to publish proposed cost for the conduct of the upcoming elections as well as the cost for a possible run-off.<\/p>\n Below is the full statement issued by the group<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n PRESS STATEMENT BY COALITION FOR FREE, FAIR AND TRANSPARENT ELECTIONS (COFFTRE)<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n COFFTRE GIVES ELECTORAL COMMSSION 21-DAY ULTIMATUM<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Signed:<\/p>\n Kenneth Agyei Kuranchie \u2013National President (0544397309)<\/strong><\/p>\n Kwabena Paintsil \u2013 National Secretary (0207347137)<\/strong><\/p>\n Mohammed Mumuni- National Organizer (0244144108)<\/strong><\/p>\n Michael Kwaku Ohene- Deputy Secretary (0261676225)<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0–<\/strong><\/p>\n By: Marian Efe Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A group calling itself the Coalition for Free, Fair and Transparent Elections (COFFTRE) is calling on the Electoral Commission to disclose within three weeks, its budget and audited reports on the 1992 to 2012 general and parliamentary elections. [contextly_sidebar id=”BijeWthJyvxNIdmOUvuAaq8PDzqxi5GO”]The group in a statement also tasked the EC to reveal the total cost and break […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":163348,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[2183,38,2176,17],"yoast_head":"\n\n