{"id":276268,"date":"2011-02-19T08:27:31","date_gmt":"2011-02-19T08:27:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/?p=52834"},"modified":"2011-02-19T08:27:31","modified_gmt":"2011-02-19T08:27:31","slug":"may-best-party-win-election-2012-john-mahama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/19\/may-best-party-win-election-2012-john-mahama\/","title":{"rendered":"May best party win Election 2012 \u2013 John Mahama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-29708\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2010\/11\/02\/veep-named-in-cocoa-scandal\/john_mahama\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-29708\" title=\"john_mahama\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/john_mahama.jpg\" alt=\"john_mahama\" width=\"280\" height=\"249\" \/><\/a>Vice-president John Dramani Mahama is optimistic the 2012 elections will  be peaceful irrespective of who or which party emerges the winner.<\/p>\n<p>The  Electoral Commission, the main arbiter in the 2012 elections, would be  resourced and strengthened, as well as other relevant bodies to ensure  that election results pass the credibility test, Mr Mahama assured.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking  at a round-table discussion organized by the Institute of Economic  Affairs (IEA) in Accra during the visit of UK MP Henry Bellingham  Friday, the Vice-president reposed confidence in Ghana scaling over any  election-related conflicts as being experienced in other countries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI  believe that Ghana will continue to deepen democracy and continue to be  a model of democracy on this continent. I believe we will have  successful elections in 2012; may the best party win but Ghana will  still be here and be a model of democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Two leading members  of the opposition New Patriotic Party, Dr Arthur Kennedy and Ms. Ursula  Owusu had earlier posed questions to the Vice-President Mahama bordering  on fostering unity between the two leading parties in the country  before and after elections.<\/p>\n<p>Even though there have been isolated  cases of violence during elections, according to the Vice-President,  the situation is not all that bad, and that Ghanaians can \u201ccredit  ourselves with what we have achieved in terms of our elections and our  democracy\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana\u2019s Electoral Commission was singled out by the  Vice-President for doing \u201ccreditably well\u201d in ensuring peaceful  elections in Ghana. He however had a word of caution for the commission  ahead of the 2012 parliamentary and presidential elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI  think the Electoral Commission should not let its guard down. I mean the  last district level elections were not reflective of the kind of  standard we are used to from this commission.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To further deepen  the success chalked in setting the country as a beacon of democracy, Mr  Mahama charged on all stakeholders to play their respective roles to  ensure that the commission maintains the standard it has set for the  whole of Africa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNormally violence and disagreements emerge in  two circumstances, in circumstances where the stakes are very high, and  often it is in the interest of various political groupings to raise the  stakes, and so that is why civil society and organisations like the IEA  [and] traditional rulers come in. When the temperature is getting a bit  too high it is for them to step in.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vice-president John Dramani Mahama is optimistic the 2012 elections will be peaceful irrespective of who or which party emerges the winner. The Electoral Commission, the main arbiter in the 2012 elections, would be resourced and strengthened, as well as other relevant bodies to ensure that election results pass the credibility test, Mr Mahama assured. 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