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The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has expressed caution in sharing the full range of discrepancies they’ve identified in the electoral process with the Electoral Commission (EC).
According to Dr. Edward Omane Boamah, the NDC’s Director of Elections and IT, the party is strategically withholding some information to ensure a more calculated approach.
Speaking at an Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) meeting on October 1, Dr. Boamah acknowledged that the EC had accepted three of the five pieces of evidence the NDC presented.
In instances when the EC rejected specific disparities, the Commission endeavored to offer clarifications. Dr. Boamah stressed that the NDC has not presented the “full gamut” of anomalies it has found because of this selective acceptance.
“That is one of the reasons – it is not strategic to provide the Electoral Commission with the full gamut of what we have,” he said.
He also expressed displeasure with the EC’s neglect to bring up a particular instance in which a voter by the name of Ernest Ofori had transferred votes.
In light of these problems, Dr. Boamah restated the NDC’s demand for a forensic audit of the Electoral Commission’s voter register and IT systems, saying that he thinks this is essential to guaranteeing transparency and justice in forthcoming elections.
“So the PVR that we were given, if you analyse them, would you have arrived at the same conclusion? The answer is yes. As you try to rationalize after having the information, what you forget is that you are assembling what you did not provide political parties with to rationalize. Because of the coefficient of bias which is very high, there is the need for a forensic audit of the register which is being fixed.”
Source: Ghanatodayonline.com
