A Deputy General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mustapha Foyo Gbande, is questioning “why the Electoral Commission (EC) is in a hurry to please the public.”
This comes on the back of a press statement by the EC where it admitted to some errors in the voters’ register as indicated by the NDC.
The NDC had earlier accused the Commission of deliberately transferring people from their place of voting to other centres whilst they were not aware of the development.
The party issued a statement and demanded the Commission to explain to the public how those errors came about. In a press conference addressed by the Deputy Chairman of the EC in charge of Corporate Services, Dr Eric Bossman Asare, he admitted that although there were errors, those were not intentional and also to aid any rigging as the NDC alleged.
“Preliminary investigations by the Commission have revealed that voter transfers were indeed effected for Thirty-Eight (38) individuals using the credentials of an Electoral Commission Official. The records of those transfers are captured in the Voter Management System’s (VMS) audit logs. A look at the verification done during the transfer process shows that photos of the voters from their Voter ID Cards were used for facial verification and to effect the transfer,” he disclosed.
“It is also absolutely untrue that the Commission has added names to the Voters Register in a bid to rig the elections for a particular party. Those allegations are without merit and should be disregarded by the Public. The EC has no intention of bloating the register to give any political party advantage over the other,” Dr. Asare added.
But according to Mr. Gbande, the NDC wanted the Commission to call for an Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) meeting for all the stakeholders to be present to address the issues. However, the Commission chose to do a press conference which did not bring closure to the issues being raised.
“Nobody is chasing the Electoral Commission but it is running. What is it running from? The Electoral Commission is on high speed trying to please the public when you are morally and integrity deficient,” he told Onua TV’s Captain Smart on Maakye Tuesday, September 03, 2024.
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