Ghana voters' reaction to run-off
Monday, 15 December 2008
Governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) candidate Nana Akufo-Addo won 49.13pc of the vote, against 47.92pc for his rival, John Atta Mills of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), report agencies.
It has given the New Patriotic Party (NPP) a scare which is a good thing.
A lot of people gave their votes to the CPP to protest against the NPP because of all their corruption and so it has turned out to be a good thing.
NPP thought that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) wouldn't have a chance to come back but now they know that it does matter what people do when they're in power.
We have done this run-off thing before and then when we did, that Christmas was a bit tense, but this time I am around, if I go by how I am feeling myself, I think that everyone's just going to relax.
I am feeling relaxed because over the weekend there were no incidents, there was nothing to make me worry and there were also a lot of checks and balances in place to ensure everything went well. I think there'll be a clear winner by the time we vote in the run-off.
I don't know who it will be and as I explained before, I don't support either of the two men. The last time we went to a second round it was the opposition's man who won.
I am happy that the election has been peaceful so far and everyone has been understanding of the situation and that our lives have gone on.
It has given the New Patriotic Party (NPP) a scare which is a good thing.
A lot of people gave their votes to the CPP to protest against the NPP because of all their corruption and so it has turned out to be a good thing.
NPP thought that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) wouldn't have a chance to come back but now they know that it does matter what people do when they're in power.
We have done this run-off thing before and then when we did, that Christmas was a bit tense, but this time I am around, if I go by how I am feeling myself, I think that everyone's just going to relax.
I am feeling relaxed because over the weekend there were no incidents, there was nothing to make me worry and there were also a lot of checks and balances in place to ensure everything went well. I think there'll be a clear winner by the time we vote in the run-off.
I don't know who it will be and as I explained before, I don't support either of the two men. The last time we went to a second round it was the opposition's man who won.
I am happy that the election has been peaceful so far and everyone has been understanding of the situation and that our lives have gone on.