The National Democratic Congress says it welcomes the decision by the Electoral Commission (EC) to allow agents of political parties to participate in the ongoing vote transfer exercise.
The NDC, which strictly opposed to an earlier decision by the EC not to allow the agents monitor the process, ordered its agents to disregard the directive.
Whilst the EC said the order was to avoid the possible clash between the agents as it occurred at some places in the early hours of Sunday, June 02, 2024, when the exercise began, the NDC said the move was a ploy by the EC and ruling party to gerrymander the process.
In a statement signed by the Deputy Director of Research, Monitoring and Evaluation, Fred Tetteh Tuesday, June 04, the EC said the reason to rescind the decision stemmed from concerns from stakeholders following its initial decision.
“Following internal discussions and in consideration of the concerns of some stakeholders, the Commission has decided to revert to its decision made at IPAC.
“The Commission has directed its Officers at the Districts to allow Agent of Political Parties to observe the Transfer of Votes Exercise with effect from tomorrow Wednesday, 5th June, 2024,” portions of the release read.
Reacting to the change, Dr. Tanko Rashid Computer, Deputy Director of Elections and IT for the NDC, in an interview on TV3’s Ghana Tonight noted, that it welcomes the EC’s u-turn on the decision, expressing confidence in the party winning the elections now that the process is going to be transparent.
“…so, to us it’s a welcoming news. We have taken it in good faith. That is why we have been pushing all along to sanitise the electoral system not give undue advantage to any other person because as a political party, our aim is not to cheat somebody and we also don’t want to somebody to cheat us. We want free, fair and transparent elections and I’m sure with this, we are going to win the elections hands down,” he stated.
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