An ECOWAS/African Union Pre-Election team has arrived in Ghana to assess the country’s preparedness towards the upcoming Presidential and Parliamentary elections on 7th December, 2020.
The pre-election assessment is expected to be done within 3 days , from 16th November 2020 to 18 November 2020.
The team is led by President of the ECOWAS Commission Mr. Jean-Claude Kassi Brou, met with the Ghana’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration Shirley Ayorkor Botchway as well as a number of stakeholders involved in Ghana’s electoral process.
Madam Botchway noted that “the government of Ghana is committed to promoting democracy, good governance, respect for human rights and rule of law, which have underpinned Ghana’s democratic development for many years.”
She commended the “outstanding work” done so far by ECOWAS and the AU towards the conduct of peaceful, free and fair elections in the region and for the ongoing efforts to calm tensions that arose in Guinea, Cote d’Ivoire and Mali and “assured the delegation of the Government of Ghana’s commitment to working closely with stakeholders towards the conduct of a peaceful, free and fair elections in Ghana”.
She expressed the hope that stakeholders will put the interest of the country above all other considerations with the view to maintaining Ghana’s enviable image as a beacon of democracy in the region.
Story by Nathaniel Nartey.
