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Build people's confidence in governance system - IMANI

The report urges government and state-appointees to work towards taking steps to addressing the issues that have led to the erosion of confidence in electorates.

 

The comprehensive report outlines the expectations of the nation and the issues that will determine a winning candidate going into the 2016 elections.

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"Public confidence in most government and state-appointed officials has been eroded with successive reports of flagrant scandals involving massive impropriety. As a matter of fact, the inability of Ghana’s parliament to accelerate the passing of the freedom of information bill, almost a decade and a half [since its inception], compared to the speed with which the same parliament passed multi-million dollar bills overnight and [its’ intention to pursue a communication bill that was designed to eavesdrop on electronic communications, clearly indicated to the interested public that where there is motivation, the legislature can, indeed, rally around and pass bills," the report said.

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The group, in an article titled: “IMANI’s 2016 Pre-Election Report, indicated that the investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas and Manasseh Azure Awuni, unveiled the abuse of office by officeholders.

“Whoever Wants to Win Election Must Pay Attention”, indicated that the aftermath of investigative works by investigative journalists Anas Aremeyaw Anas and Manasseh Azure Awuni, have put the spotlight on abuse of office by various officeholders, something that has led to constant monitoring of perceived corrupt practices by public officials,” the article indicated.

The article said: “Voters expect any upcoming government, be it the incumbent or an incoming one, to take the issue of corruption very seriously and with a very swift and firm hand”.

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“Governance will be seen to only advance with the passing of the Right to Information Act, as well as the ability of the next government to swiftly deal with the inability of the Auditor General to bring the hammer down on abuses that have been discovered, of which excesses are into billions of cedis.”

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The article said: “Voters expect any upcoming government, be it the incumbent or an incoming one, to take the issue of corruption very seriously and with a very swift and firm hand”.

“Governance will be seen to only advance with the passing of the Right to Information Act, as well as the ability of the next government to swiftly deal with the inability of the Auditor General to bring the hammer down on abuses that have been discovered, of which excesses are into billions of cedis.”

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