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The Election Commission (EC) said the by-elections held Thursday in the constituency of Ayawaso West Wuogon proceeded as planned without any hiccups.
Jean Mensa, President of the European Commission, said that the voting process had been successful and that none of the Commission's officials had encountered any difficulty in any of the 137 polling stations of the European Commission. riding.
"At the end of the by-elections in the constituency of Ayawaso West Wuogon, the Electoral Commission is pleased to announce that the voting process in the 137 polling stations was conducted in a calm, regularity and order.
"EC staff members and security officers in the polling stations conducted themselves in an orderly and professional manner," said Ms. Mensa at a press conference in Accra on Friday.
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She added that all biometric verification devices deployed in the field were working efficiently and that equipment was not in short supply.
The President of the EC added that the Commission was satisfied with the result of the elections held in the polling centers.
Ms. Mensa congratulated all the election officials and security personnel deployed in the 137 polling centers to monitor the polls.
Electoral Violence and Chaos
In response to the violence and chaos that occurred at the La Bawaleshie Presby School, she objected to a report from the Coalition for the National Electoral Observer (CODEO).
CODEO had criticized the Commission for the low turnout due to the presence of masked men at the polling station and the violence that characterized the voting process.
But the EC denied knowing who the masked men were and dissociated the Commission from the violence in La Bawaleshie.
Ms. Mensa denied the involvement of the EC in this development.
These masked men would be charged Samuel George, Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram
Describing the report as unilateral, the EC president said: "On the allegation of shootings in the La Bawaleshie region, the Commission rejects the attempts of CODEO's report to bind the electoral commission to the incident. allegation occurred at the private residence of the NDC parliamentary candidate.
"The Commission wishes to point out that the shooting did not take place in any of the polling stations in the constituency and therefore did not in any way disturb the conduct of the poll."
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On allegations of intimidation by security personnel, she again denied the involvement of any officer deployed by the EC to monitor the polls.
"We want to reject the claim that the presence of unarmed security, immigration and fire officials would have disrupted the polls."
She pointed out that none of the Commission's security officers in any of the 137 polling stations in the constituency were armed, giving voters the freedom to exercise their right to vote.
Therefore, the Commission can not be held responsible for the alleged acts of violence, she added, "these security officers are well off the stands and have no the Commission had intimidated the voters ".
The President of the European Commission said that even if the Commission hated the violence and the alleged attack on the CND candidate, it would not be held responsible for everything that had happened outside the voting center.
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