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The State of Electoral Reforms in Ghana

Zum Stand der Wahlreform in Ghana
[journal article]

Gyampo, Ransford Edward Van

Abstract

Nach den Wahlen in Ghana vom Dezember 2012 kam es zu einem langwierigen Petitionsverfahren vor dem Höchsten Gericht des Landes, weil der Wahlsieg des zum Gewinner erklärten Präsidentschaftskandidaten angezweifelt wurde. Zwar fiel das Urteil des Gerichts letztendlich zugunsten des erklärten Wahlsiege... view more

Nach den Wahlen in Ghana vom Dezember 2012 kam es zu einem langwierigen Petitionsverfahren vor dem Höchsten Gericht des Landes, weil der Wahlsieg des zum Gewinner erklärten Präsidentschaftskandidaten angezweifelt wurde. Zwar fiel das Urteil des Gerichts letztendlich zugunsten des erklärten Wahlsiegers aus, doch es enthielt auch einige Empfehlungen für künftige Wahlen. Diese Empfehlungen bereiteten den Weg für eine gezielte Sammlung von Vorschlägen zur Wahlreform in Ghana, um künftige Wahlverfahren zu verbessern. Bis Ende 2013 waren der Wahlkommission etliche Reformvorschläge zugegangen. Bei der Vorbereitung der Wahlen von 2016 wurden diese Vorschläge allerdings nicht berücksichtigt. Daher ist die erfolgreiche Durchführung dieser Wahlen als „Wunder“ bezeichnet worden. Doch warum waren die Reformvorschläge nicht umgesetzt worden? Wie steht es derzeit um die Vorschläge, die der Wahlkommission zugeleitet wurden? Wie geht es weiter? Diesen Fragen geht der Autor nach.... view less


Following Ghana’s December 2012 elections, there was a protracted election petition process at the nation’s Supreme Court challenging the declaration of the winner as the duly elected presidential candidate. Even though the Supreme Court ruled in favour of the declared winner, it made several recomm... view more

Following Ghana’s December 2012 elections, there was a protracted election petition process at the nation’s Supreme Court challenging the declaration of the winner as the duly elected presidential candidate. Even though the Supreme Court ruled in favour of the declared winner, it made several recommendations that paved the way for numerous interventions aimed at putting together proposals for electoral reform to finetune Ghana’s electoral processes. Several such reform proposals were submitted to the Electoral Commission by the end of 2013. Nevertheless, these were not implemented to guide the 2016 general elections. The successful conduct of the 2016 elections has therefore been described as a “miracle.” Why were the reform proposals not implemented? What is the current state of reform proposals submitted to the Electoral Commission? What is the way forward? This article addresses these questions.... view less

Keywords
Ghana; election; suffrage; political reform; political development; West Africa

Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture

Document language
English

Publication Year
2017

Page/Pages
p. 95-109

Journal
Africa Spectrum, 52 (2017) 3

ISSN
1868-6869

Status
Published Version; reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0


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