Baroness Valerie Amos (center), chairperson of the Commonwealth Observer Group for Ghana elections speaks to a voter at a polling station in Accra on 7 December 2008. She is flanked by Mr Ayodele Oke (right), head of Africa Section, Political Affairs Division of the Commonwealth Secretariat. Baroness Amos said that the voting generally went smoothly in an orderly and peaceful manner, and that the people exercised patience in exercising their right to vote.
Ghana elections: Commonwealth observers say process is credible, so far
9 December 2008
They have called on all the people in the country to continue to be calm and peaceful as they await the final results
The Commonwealth Observer Group for Ghana elections has said the process has so far been conducted in a credible manner and called on all the people in the country to continue to be calm and peaceful as they await the final results.
While making interim observations of the Group at a press briefing in Accra, the capital of Ghana, on 9 December 2008, the chairperson of the Observer Group, Baroness Valerie Amos, said: "Our overall assessment thus far is that the observed voting and counting process has been conducted in a credible manner."
She added: "At this crucial stage of the electoral process, the Commonwealth Observer Group calls on all Ghanaians to continue to exercise patience as the Electoral Commission concludes its work."
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