A pre-election survey by the Centre for Democratic Development (CDD) has revealed that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) is the guiltiest with regards to vote buying.
After a survey it conducted, the CDD found that 51 per cent of Ghanaians believed that the NDC was engaged in vote buying while 32 per cent felt that the NPP used various ways to coerce people to vote for them.
Generally, the respondents of the survey abhorred vote buying and indicated that it was wrong and punishable to buy or offer votes.The survey also revealed that about 50 per cent of Ghanaians believed the Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana would announce wrong results for the December 7 polls.
Even though about 60 per cent believed the EC was neutral, one third of the respondents held the view that their votes would not be counted.
This was based on a survey conducted across the country with a sample size of 2400 respondents.
Senior Research Fellow of the CDD Dr Enam Selormey, who presented the results at a stakeholder meeting in Accra on Thursday August 18, revealed that the survey was conducted between July 2 and July 18.
12 percent of the respondents indicated that the use of violence was justified if intended for a good cause.
Executives of CDD explained that the survey would inform security institutions and other stakeholders about what was happening among voters and plan in that regard.
CDD also charged the media to educate the electorate about the upcoming presidential and parliamentary polls to forestall any dire consequences.
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