By Founder and President of IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe, has urged political party agents to disregard the Electoral Commission’s directive preventing them from supervising the vote transfer exercise.
He argues that the EC cannot be trusted to conduct the process fairly without oversight from political parties.
In a Facebook post on Monday, June 3, Mr. Cudjoe criticized the EC’s directive, asserting that it would be unwise for any political party agent or leader to trust the EC to transfer votes without their presence.
He emphasized that without proper monitoring, the integrity of the votes transfer process could be compromised.
Mr. Cudjoe pointed out the EC’s track record of incompetence and unreliability, underscoring the necessity for political parties to participate in monitoring the process.
He emphasized that the EC should not operate independently but should be subject to oversight by its key stakeholders to guarantee transparency and fairness.
“We keep telling you that the current leadership of the Electoral Commission is now the most incompetent of all public sector workers. Apart from earning inglorous stripes for lying, chicanery, and subterfuge, of course. Just watch this comical explanation for playing with electoral figures. These were the same IT staff they used in telling us that all biometric devices we bought with hard cash were damaged and must be thrown away.”
“These same IT staff took part in tenders to approve the purchase of multi-million dollar machines! They have just issued a carefully crafted presser that no political party agent should observe the transfer of votes that its sole staff must undertake.”
“You would be a very foolish political party agent or leader to trust these people to transfer votes in your absence. Shine your eyes. Corel draw for data analysis and data visualisation,” he posted.
The NDC has vehemently opposed the directive issued by the EC, urging its agents to disregard the EC’s instruction.
The NDC argues that this directive could pave the way for gerrymandering through illicit voter transfers, thus compromising the integrity of the electoral process.
The EC recently issued a directive to its Regional Directors, instructing them to inform district directors that agents of political parties will not be allowed to observe the ongoing vote transfer.
This directive is scheduled to take effect on Monday, June 3. The EC stated that this measure was necessary due to the sporadic violent incidents observed at some of its centers, with a notable one occurring in the Awutu Senya East Constituency of the Central Region.
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