{"id":419416,"date":"2017-09-17T16:36:25","date_gmt":"2017-09-17T16:36:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/09\/17\/mac-manu-to-observe-germanys-election\/"},"modified":"2017-09-17T16:36:25","modified_gmt":"2017-09-17T16:36:25","slug":"mac-manu-to-observe-germanys-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/09\/17\/mac-manu-to-observe-germanys-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Mac Manu to observe Germany\u2019s election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/mac-manu.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"> <\/aside>\n<p>A former chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party Peter Mac Manu will be part of the observer missions which will monitor Germany\u2019s elections which comes off on September 24, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Manu who was prevented from monitoring the controversial Kenyan elections is going to Germany on the invitation of the International Democratic Union.<\/p>\n<p data-xp=\"0\">A statement announcing the arrangement said \u201cPeter Mac Manu, Honorary Chairman of the Democratic Union of Africa (DUA), an affiliate of the International Democratic Union (IDU), joins, the Election Observer Mission of IDU to witness the Germany\u2019s elections to the Bundestag scheduled for Sunday, 24th September 2017. Mr. Mac Manu is also former National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and its 2016 National Campaign Manager for Ghana\u2019s Presidential\/ Parliamentary elections\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>It added: \u201cHon Peter Mac Manu will observe some of the rallies and also have firsthand experience on how the Germans\u2019 conduct their political rallies in recent times. Further, Mr. Mac Manu would have the opportunity to tour some polling stations across some of the 299 voting districts to observe voting conduct in Munich voting district\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel is seeking re-election for the 4th time leading the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the CSU in a coalition with Martin Schulz of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) as her main opponent. Other parties include the Free Democratic Party (FDP) and the left\u2019s Alternative for German (AfD) which is led by Sahra Wagenknecht and Dietmar Bartsch.<\/p>\n<p>The elections are taking place in all the 299 voting districts across the country. The German\u2019s electoral architecture is transparent and analog \u2013 voters are only allowed to vote with pen and paper and not with digital voting machines. 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