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General News on Wednesday, January 30, 2019
Source: Starrfmonline.com
2019-01-30
Jean Mensah, President of the EC
The Electoral Commission has described the baseless and unfortunate claims of the National Democratic Congress that the register of voters for the partial election of Ayawaso Wuogon is inflated to nil.
The opposition party also criticized the leadership of EC President Jean Mensa, saying that it could jeopardize the credibility of the election.
The NDC claims that the EC has not provided a credible register for the by-election scheduled for Thursday 31 January 2019. However, the Electoral Commission (EC) has indicated that it will use the voter register. of 2016 to lead the election. .
The NDC had previously asked the EC to provide it with a credible voter register before the vote.
But in a statement, the EC said that "the Ayawaso Wuogun register is clean.It reflects the total number of valid voters in the constituency.It is not inflated as claimed by the NDC."
The statement added that "the Electoral Commission has observed the CND's constant attempts to denigrate the credibility and integrity of the Chair of the Commission, members of the Commission and the Commission as a whole. Indeed, the Electoral Commission wonders why the CND would choose to rely on its services
Below the complete statement of EC
The attention of the Electoral Commission was drawn to a press release issued by the NDC, alleging bloating in the register of the constituency of Ayawaso Wuogun in anticipation of the election to vote on Thursday 31 January 2019.
In this version, the NDC indicates that its attempts to access the proxy list, the transfer list and the special list of voters have yielded no result. It's wrong. The NDC requested a copy of the said lists on Friday, the 25th? January 2019 when the activities of the Commission ended.
It is important to note that the author of the press release has unlimited access to the president in charge of operations and could have reached it without much effort.
Such letters go through a registration process before being brought to the attention of the recipients. Requests for confidential information must be approved by the President or Vice-Presidents before being published.
Although the Commission wants to respond in a timely manner to requests from political parties, it will not compromise its processes and put in place systems for any entity.
The Commission finds it surprising that, rather than approaching the Commission to debate this issue, the NDC has chosen to go public, accusing the Commission of inflating the registry to favor a particular political party. These allegations are baseless and unfounded and we call on the public to disregard them.
We wish to badure the public that the Ayawaso Wuogun Register is clean. It reflects the total number of valid voters in the constituency. He is not inflated as the NDC claims. For public information, the special voters list, the list of transfers and the list of powers of attorney appeared on separate lists in 2016. They have now been combined with the main list, hence an increase in the number of voters. number.
The Electoral Commission has since provided the CND with all the requested registers, namely the special voters list, the proxy voting list and the transfer list. It is important to note that the NDC first requested a copy of the main register in December 2018. It was made available to them in December 2018.
The Electoral Commission observed the CND's constant attempts to denigrate the credibility and integrity of the Commission President, the Commissioners and the Commission as a whole. Indeed, the electoral commission wonders why the CND would choose to trust his services to elect the flag bearer during the course of his primary, while the electoral commission is not obliged by law. The Commission leaves that to the good people of this country to judge.
The Commission badures the general public that its activities are conducted in a manner that reflects the values and beliefs of the NDC. As professionals in charge, we have the core values of integrity, fairness and transparency in all our activities, and we intend to respect them even in the face of threats, opposition and intimidation.
We call on well-meaning Ghanaians to resist and condemn the attempts made by key elements of our society to undermine the institutions of integrity. The doors of the Commission remain open to all stakeholders wishing to hold credible, fair and transparent elections in Ghana.
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