The Electoral Commission (EC) has disclosed that its staff at several collation centres faced death threats from political party supporters during the collation process, leading to disruptions and invalid results in certain constituencies.
Addressing a press briefing in Accra on Thursday, December 19, EC Chairperson Jean Mensa condemned the violent actions of political party supporters who besieged EC offices and attacked staff.
She described the incidents as unacceptable and cited them as the primary reason for the incomplete collation of results in some areas. "The presence of hundreds of supporters who besieged our collation centres brought proceedings to a standstill in a number of the centres.
These supporters destroyed pink sheets required for the collation as well as results collation forms in some areas. "In some instances, they vandalised and destroyed the desktop computers set up to collate the results electronically.
