the national and regional levels to oversee that political parties abide by their commitments. Notwithstanding the adoption of the Code of Conduct, there were open infractions of the rules by the political parties. The use of intemperate language still flooded the airways and cases of violence between supporters of the two main political parties (NDC and NPP) were also reported. 2.6.2 Chieftaincy The Ministry of Chieftaincy and Culture (MCC) launched a 5-year Strategic Plan aimed at strengthening the chieftaincy institution and resolving outstanding conflicts. Chieftaincy disputes continue to be a source of concern for Ghanaians though fewer cases (309) were recorded in 2011 compared with 320 in 2010. The number of cases resolved in 2011 was also lower (29) compared with 33 cases resolved in 2010 (Table 2.4). The Ministry resolved some key chieftaincy disputes, notably the longstanding disputes in Ejura and Akim Oda. During the year under review, officials at the Ministry toured all the traditional areas in all ten regions and enumerated all outstanding conflicts. The disputing parties were invited to Accra for resolution of the conflict. Table 2.4: Chieftaincy dispute statistics (2008 – 2011) 2008 n.a n.a Total number of cases Number of cases resolved 2009 n.a n.a 2010 320 33 2011 309 29 Source: National House of Chiefs, 2011 Succession Codification stalls The codification of succession lines has been stalled due to lack of funding. The project is meant to establish lines of succession in all traditional areas to reduce the many chieftaincy disputes which arise when a stool becomes vacant. When the project was ongoing the Ministry of Chieftaincy and Culture was able to document 70 lines of succession out of an estimated 265 across the country. Eleven out of the 70 lines of succession have been legislated and another 17 have been verified and validated and their Sixth Annual APRM Progress Report: January – December 2011 16