Political parties should have been consulted in the decision by the Electoral Commission to exclude them from the ongoing vote transfer, Dr. Edward Kofi Omane-Boamah, Director of Elections and IT for the NDC, has noted.
According to him, the directive is unlawful. This comes after the party has earlier instructed its agents to disregard the EC’s directive issued in response to the clashes that took place at some of the vote transfer centres.
But according to Dr. Omane Boamah, the parties should have been consulted especially when there is an IPAC meeting today, Monday, June 03, 2024.
He said the decision of the Commission is illegal since it not backed by any legislation.
“There is an IPAC meeting today this morning and what was the brain wave that made the EC issue that statement without coming back to IPAC for us to discuss that we need to modify it and we either agree or disagree or have a middle ground and modify but you take a unilateral decision to go ahead and announce that political parties cannot have agents to monitor the transfer of vote? They should quote the law that supports that,” he said on Citi FM Monday.
According to him, the last election that claimed 8 lives has not served as a lesson, admonishing the security agencies to be proactive to ensure nothing of such reoccurs in the subsequent processes leading to the December 07 elections.
“The year 2020 presidential election, eight people were killed. One was killed, but nothing happened. Two were killed, but nothing happened. Three killed, but nothing happened, Four killed, nothing happened, Five killed, nothing happened, Six killed, nothing happened, seven killed, nothing happened. Eight killed. We are here in 2024 and these avoidable occurrences are still being recorded. We must do better and we can do better,” he stated.
