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Election: (CSD-Ghana) Backs The NDC’s “Enough is Enough” Protest In Demand For A Credible Voters’Register

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The CSD-Ghana believes strongly that the foundation of any free and fair election is a credible register and as such, any effort towards having a credible Voters’ Register must be supported by all democracy lovers. The Electoral Commission has admitted to many errors in the Electoral Roll, as pointed out by the NDC, but has failed to allow for an independent forensic audit into the same. The EC, for example, has admitted that there were illegal vote transfers in Sagnerigu, Pusiga and Tamale South by an Electoral Commission Official in Tamale South. According to the EC, these illegal transfers went through because there was no “liveness check” mechanism in place to prevent such situations.  The NDC says the situation is widespread so there must be an audit. This is a fair and reasonable call to make, but the EC has remained intransigent. CSD-Ghana stands ready to fully participate in this protest and asks other democracy lovers to join us to mount enough pressure on the Electoral Commis

Ashiaman Incident: Imoro's Mum Cried Out - My son shouted for help, But People ain't Human enough.

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Afia Kyeraa, mother of the slain soldier “My son cried for help; he called out to people to save his life; explaining that he wasn’t a criminal, but no one could help my dying son”. Those were the chilling words of Afia Kyeraa, mother of the slain soldier, Sheriff Imoro, when JoyNews visited their family home in Zongo-Lakka, Ashaiman to commiserate with them. A distraught mother, Afia, found it difficult to string words together to describe exactly how she felt when news about the demise of her son got to her. According to her, she was washing on Saturday morning when a friend of Sheriff’s came to the house to ask about him (Sherrif), because he had been called from Burma camp that Sheriff had sought permission to return home due to ill-health. “I told him I haven’t seen him, and he would not sleep anywhere outside of our home because that is not his nature,” she told JoyNews. According to her, it was when one of her brothers and some friends started coming around that she felt, all wa