General News of Saturday, 7 December 2024

Source: www.ghanaweb.com

2024 Elections: Zanetor's team member accused of bribing Returning Officer

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Confusion has erupted in the Korley Klottey constituency due to an alleged bribery of a Returning Officer by persons close to the incumbent Member of Parliament, Dr Zanetor Agyemang Rawlings.

GhanaWeb gathered that the incident took place after the MP for the area, Zenator Rawlings headed for her car after casting her vote.

An observer disclosed that one of the followers of Zanetor gave the returning officer money.

The returning officer, upon interrogation, confirmed that the money was meant for canopies.

Background:

The 2024 general elections are ongoing across 276 constituencies in the country, with 18.8 million people expected to vote.

The 2024 election has thirteen presidential candidates, with nine of them representing political parties and four being independent candidates.
Of the 18.8 million voters, 459,291 represent 4% of the voter population. 48% of the voters are male, while the female population makes up 52%.

The role of the youth in the elections will be significant as they make up 55% of the voter population.

A total of 40,976 polling centres will be used for the 2024 elections, with 328 already used for the Special Voting exercises that took place on Monday, December 2, and Thursday, December 5, 2024.

According to data published by CODEO, the largest CSO in elections, the 2024 elections will feature 801 parliamentary candidates vying for the 276 seats.

Of the 13 presidential candidates, four are independent, while nine represent political parties.

This means that the elections will have nine political parties contesting. In the parliamentary elections, there are 111 candidates contesting as independents.

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