The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has warned the Electoral Commission (EC) that it will not tolerate any attempt to rig the upcoming December 7 general elections.
Dr.
Omane Boamah, the Director of Elections for the NDC, in a social media post indicated that the EC's refusal to grant a live broadcast of an upcoming meeting to discuss issues it discovered in the provisional voters register for the upcoming elections forms part of plans to rig the polls to favour the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) which he said will be resisted.
General Secretary of the NDC, Fifi Fiavi Kwetey, wrote to the EC on Thursday, September 5, demanding that permission be granted for a live broadcast of its engagement to discuss the discrepancies discovered during the voter's exhibition exercise but the request was rejected.
According to the EC, such discrepancies are not new adding that broadcasting the engagement with the opposition party was unnecessary.
Omane Boamah in his post stated that the refusal of the EC is a blatant attempt to "escape public scrutiny and forensic audit of the voters register!" Below is Dr.
Omane Boamah's full post.
Why Should Electoral Commission of Ghana be Afraid of Live Coverage of Today's Meeting with the NDC @ 2pm? ----------------------- The Electoral Commission has refused to grant NDC's request for live broadcast of our meeting with them today @ 2pm.
We disagree with the EC and I have communicated same to them.
This deliberate refusal flies in the face of Transparency: Transparency is cardinal to the attainment of Free, Fair and Peaceful elections.
The EC cannot escape public scrutiny and forensic audit of the voters register!
Meanwhile, we've all observed the LOUD SILENCE of the ruling NPP notwithstanding all these anomalies.
It cannot be lost on us that the NPP stands to benefit illegally from the overt and covert manipulation of the register and the electoral process.
Additionally, the palpable purchased silence from other previously loud-mouthed personalities and institutions that are supposed to call the EC to order is telling!
We are serving notice that the NDC will not tolerate the unfolding day light advance robbery/rigging of Election 2024 to materialise.
This being the case, at today's meeting at the Corporate office of the EC near the National Cathedral, we shall also serve as the broadcast outlets in the meeting and after the meeting.
We shall not relent!
We shall not falter!!
We shall not rest!!!