Ruling party of Ghana seeks to delay decisive balloting
Friday was to witness a ballot that would decide the out come of the closely matched presidential elections in Ghana. The current ruling party has however decided to delay the decisive voting that was going to take place in a rural district of Ghana. It also threatened to boycott if the ballot was continued as per schedule. 
Foreign investment in Ghana has increased in the recent years. Ghana is also set to start oil pumping in the year 2010. Sunday’s elections however were so tight that both parties are currently standing shoulder to shoulder and no single party has emerged as a clear winner. The balloting scheduled for Friday was supposed to provide the final results of Ghana’s presidential elections.
A spokesman for Akufo-Addo’s New Patriotic Party said on a Joy FM radio broadcast “We have determined that conditions will not be conducive for a free and fair election to be held tomorrow, and if there is one we’ll not be part of it, we’re concerned about the safety of ordinary citizens and all of us. We expect that there will be no voting.”
The radio station was also informed that the party was seeking to delay the Friday balloting by NPP lawyer Tawia Akyea. The court had not made any official statement regarding the party’s request.
Certain problems restricted the voting to take place in the rural district of Tain on Sunday. The region is known for its rich cocoa plantation which is only second to the neighboring Ivory Coast.
23000 votes in all separate the two major candidates in the presidential elections from Ghana’s 229 constituencies. Tain has a voting strength of 53000 electors and the outcome of the elections is to be decided by this laid back farming town.
On Tuesday it was reported that Mills was slightly ahead in the race for presidential elections. This saw his supporters take to the streets of Tain campaigning for the party. The district was being patrolled by armed military men but no violence broke out.
According to international observers the election took place in a transparent and orderly manner. The outcome of the elections has however brought to light the internal rivalry that exists between the two major contenders for the presidential elections.
