General News of Thursday, 10 December 2020Source: www.ghanaweb.comElection 2020: Misuse of state resources, unregulated campaign finance still persists – EU EOMGhanaians went to the polls on December 7, 2020–for the eighth time since 1992The European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) has noted the misuse of state resources and unregulated campaign financing still persists in Ghana’s electoral process. According to Chief Observer Javier Nart, though the election was held in a peaceful and organised manner, its preliminary findings identified the aforementioned. “However unregulated campaign finance, the reportedly common practice of vote-buying, and the prevalent misuse of state resources for electioneering purposes did not contribute to creating a level playing field among contestants. On election day, the EU EOM deployed some 80 observers throughout the country to monitor the electoral process. The Chief Observer emphasised that the electoral process was not yet over and that the findings of the EU EOM were preliminary in nature.

Source: GhanaWeb December 10, 2020 13:17 UTC