Managing Election- Relation Violence for Democratic Stability in Ghana such funds. Although there has been growing public perception of illicit funds financing politics, no significant evidence has been found apart from one case involving a sitting NPP Member of Parliament who was arrested and jailed in New York for trafficking heroin to the United States. Even in that case, there was no established trace of any linkage to the financing of his political party. Additionally, there is a mysterious involvement of party functionaries in the procurement and tendering processes of the country particularly at the district and regional levels. Party officials sit on the district and regional tendering committees where contractors are selected(Ghana News Agency, 2007). The link between the above development and:(a) the quality of contractors who win public tenders;(b) the spate of uncompleted projects; and(c) increasing allegations of vital files disappearing during political transitions is yet to be rigorously explored but these are among the complexities and challenges that Ghana's constitutional democracy continues to encounter. Secondly, the unregulated political party financing regime is supported by the reality that the country's electoral laws only compel political parties(as entities), elected party officials and certain categories of public office holders to declare their assets – in the case of political parties, they have to publish their accounts. The political party laws do not compel candidates to declare their assets prior to and after the elections. While the above regime allows candidates to mobilize endless resources, elected officials have the opportunity to recoup their investment through the manipulation of the legal and procurement system. Losing candidates are, however, denied any such opportunities 149