The Anchoring Democracy Advocacy Movement Ghana (ADAM-Gh), a civil society organisation, has called for the complete overhaul of the Electoral Commission (EC) in order to build public trust in the country's democratic governance.
Speaking at the press conference in Accra Monday, the Executive Secretary of ADAM-Ghana, Azubila Emmanuel Abdu-Salam said the public trust in the Electoral Commission (EC) had been eroded during the conduct of its Chairperson, Mrs Jean Mensa.
He also refuted claims made by a section of the public that low turnout recorded the during the election was as result of the low participation of members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) as he indicated that most people in the strongholds of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) did not vote due to the lack of trust in the EC.
Furthermore, Abdu-Salam said the reasons for the re-collation exercise that was given by the EC Chairperson, including the declaration of parliamentary results under duress by returning officers, could not be justified. "We have not seen the police arresting anybody from Tema Central or Obuasi East with an offence that they put an electoral commissioner or returning officer under duress.