CHRAJ to monitor 2016 elections
The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) is to monitor the 2016 Elections to ensure that all Ghanaians express the civic right of voting.
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That is also to ensure that Ghanaian voters elect the president and members of Parliament out of their free will and choice.
In an interview with the Daily Graphic, the Acting Commissioner of CHRAJ, Mr Richard Quayson, said as a prelude to the monitoring of the 2016 Elections the reports of the 2008 and 2012 elections, were serving as the tools for engaging other partners and sensitising Ghanaians.
The Commission monitored the 2008 and 2012 elections, observing the right to vote and how it was expressed.
Sensitisation for election
Mr Quayson said regional and district offices of the CHRAJ were seizing all opportunities available to educate anyone they came across on their civil rights and responsibilities.
He said with the limit of funding, the Commission had to improvise and educate people whenever possible, whether individuals walking through the doors of their district and regional offices or groups of people.
“CHRAJ endeavours to carry out its public education and sensitisation programmes in a cost-effective manner. In some communities, we use the gong gong to share information, in others we are able to get groups of people to sensitise,” he told the Daily Graphic.
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“Our election monitoring has been to improve governance, while also looking to ensure that citizens have easy access to polling stations,” Mr Quayson said.
“We want to ensure that in selecting their leaders, citizens participate in the choice with no obstacles in their way,” he added.
Mr Quayson said with their budgetary allocation, the Commission was ensuring the optimum use of its resources.
The UNDP, he added was also supporting CHRAJ with about $220,000 in funding programmes under its anti-corruption, election monitoring and ombudsman functions.
