CODEO condemns acts of violence and vote buying during Ablekuma North Constituency election rerun and calls for swift investigations and prosecution
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Repeal of the electronic transaction levy (e-levy) aligns with Ghanaians’ wishes ahead of 2024 election
The government’s repeal of the electronic transaction levy (e-levy) on Wednesday fulfils one of the strong preferences that Ghanaians expressed ahead of the December 2024 election. [embeddoc url=”https://cddgh.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/R10-News-release-E-levy-repeal-aligns-with-Ghanaians-wishes-Afrobarometer-bh-2april25.pdf”]
The 2024 Presidential & Parliamentary Elections: Electoral Competition and the Future of Ghana’s Democracy
The 2024 presidential and parliamentary elections are generally over. There are still some post-election issues to be resolved with nine outstanding constituencies. Nonetheless, Ghana has held nine successful elections, voted to for six presidents, and chose political party turnover four times (2000, 2008, 2016, 2024) over the last thirty-one years of democratic governance. Electoral competition […]
Electoral Violence Cases Recorded on the 2024 Elections
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Election 2024 – Lessons from the campaign season
The campaign season is over. The fate of all candidates – presidential and parliamentary – now rests with 18 million Ghanaian voters. When all is said and done, all Ghanaians want is a free, fair, and peaceful election. As we head to the polls energized and excited, let our political temperaments be guided by this […]
Election 2024 – Should Ghanaians Be Concerned About Electoral Integrity?
The success of the upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections is a collective responsibility of all stakeholders – citizens, political parties, law enforcement, media, candidates, and the Electoral Commission (EC). However, because of its mandate granted by the Constitution, the EC bears a larger portion of the burden. In addition to being solely responsible for conducting […]
Election 2024: Restoring Public Trust
As the campaigns of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and New Patriotic Party (NPP) battle over whether the upcoming election is a choice between “reset” or “upgrade”, there is another critically important issue which cannot be ignored – trust in the country’s institutions. As I mentioned in my midweek op-ed piece reflecting on Dr. Bawumia’s […]
ECOWAS Delegation Engages Ghanaian CSOs Ahead of Election 2024
Accra, Ghana – July 23, 2024 A high-level delegation from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) led by Dr. Abdel-Fatau Musah, the Political Affairs, Peace, and Security Commissioner has met CSOs including CDD-Ghana, the Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO), the Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII), Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition (GACC) and Media Foundation for […]
Election 2024: Who Will Make A Pledge To Ghana’s Democracy?
Ghana is seven months away from another crucial election. As usual, candidates are sharing their vision and ideas with voters. They are making promises and taking jabs at each other. All this makes for a bustling election season. As has been the case, the election is really a contest between the National Democratic Congress (NDC) […]
Reflections On Dr. Bawumia’s Speech – Part I
“I believe the time has now come for me to speak to you, the good people of Ghana, about my candidature, what we have experienced as a nation, my vision, and priorities, and why I believe I am the best candidate for the presidency of this country in the 2024 Presidential election,” the Vice-President and […]
