Former President Jerry John
Rawlings on Friday cast his ballot at the PWD One polling station
near the Osu Castle and said he expected the will of the people to
be respected.
“The spirit of determination is
quite admirable. There is nothing that can be rewarding than the determination that is being
shown by the people and this must be respected,” he said, adding
that some of the people had to sacrifice to be in the queues as
early as possible to cast their votes.
Former President Rawlings arrived at
the polling centre at about 1045
hours amidst cheers from the residents who run along his vehicle
and the voters in the queue did not hide their excitement shouting
his name.
He then went straight to check his
name and cast his ballot for both the Presidential and
Parliamentary.
“It is healthy and pretty from what
I have seen and I sincerely hope that other places should also be
gentle and orderly,” Former President Rawlings told journalists
after the vote.
Electoral Officials at the PWD one and two
polling stations told the Ghana News Agency that voting was
progressing steadily and there had been no hitches so
far.
Mr Victor Kojo Dadson, Presiding
Officer at PWD two said more than 40 people out of 163 on the
electoral roll had voted as at about 1000 hour and expressed the hope that it was likely
all on the roll could cast their ballots before 1500
GMT.
