{"id":261315,"date":"2024-12-06T00:59:12","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T00:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/06\/jonathan-leads-waef-monitoring-team-for-ghana-poll\/"},"modified":"2024-12-06T00:59:12","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T00:59:12","slug":"jonathan-leads-waef-monitoring-team-for-ghana-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/06\/jonathan-leads-waef-monitoring-team-for-ghana-poll\/","title":{"rendered":"Jonathan leads WAEF monitoring team for Ghana poll"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A delegation of the West African Elders Forum observation mission, led by former President Goodluck Jonathan, on Wednesday, arrived in Accra, Ghana, ahead of the December 7 general election in the West African country.\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Other members of the team were former Burkinabe Prime Minister and President of the ECOWAS, Mr Kadre Ouedraogo; Executive Director of the Goodluck Jonathan Foundation,\u00a0 Ms Ann Iyonu and the Special Adviser to Jonathan and head of Media and Communications, Ikechukwu Eze.\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a statement issued by the WAEF\u2019s Communications Officer, Dickson Ominabo, Jonathan urged Ghanaians to be patriotic and work for peaceful, free and transparent elections.\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The former president also charged the Electoral Commission of Ghana and the security agencies to keep to their mandate of independence and neutrality to ensure a credible polling process.<\/p>\n<p><amp-video-iframe src=\"https:\/\/360playvid.info\/slidepleer\/videoIframe.html?fn=s1184s\" width=\"16\" height=\"9\" layout=\"responsive\" dock=\"#pv-dock-slot\" style=\" overflow: visible !important;\"> <\/amp-video-iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He commended the people of Ghana for their enduring commitment to democratic values, adding that the nation\u2019s history of peaceful political transitions served as a beacon for democratic governance across Africa.\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe upcoming elections present another opportunity for Ghanaians to reinforce their dedication to democracy, stability, and development,\u201d Jonathan stated.\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He added, \u201cWAEF urges the Electoral Commission of Ghana to uphold its mandate of conducting free and fair elections and ensuring transparency and credibility of the 2024 elections as a way of building trust among the electorate and stakeholders.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWe encourage the security agencies to sustain their professional conduct, maintain their neutrality and a peaceful electoral environment by ensuring impartial deployment to safeguard voting materials, polling centres and citizens across the country.\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cAs we approach the end of campaign activities, we urge all political parties and their candidates to reaffirm their commitment to peaceful campaigns devoid of hate speech, inflammatory rhetoric, and personal attacks.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Jonathan also called on political parties, candidates and all stakeholders to respect the integrity of the electoral process and pledge to resolve disputes through lawful and constitutional channels.\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He urged the youth and party supporters to remain law-abiding during and after the elections, avoiding acts of intimidation or violence.\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Describing Ghana as a model of democracy, Jonathan urged the people to safeguard the legacy by rejecting violence, intimidation or actions that could undermine the integrity of the electoral process.\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cBy working together, Ghanaians can once again assert the country\u2019s position as a model of democracy built on a tradition of peaceful, free, fair and transparent elections,\u201d he declared.\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A delegation of the West African Elders Forum observation mission, led by former President Goodluck Jonathan, on Wednesday, arrived in Accra, Ghana, ahead of the December 7 general election in the West African country. 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