Running mate of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP) in the 2020 presidential election, Mr. Kofi Asamoah-Siaw says the 2020 presidential and parliamentary elections cannot be credible, free, and fair when the Electoral Commission (EC) has not been transparent in the processes.
Speaking to Kwabena Agyapong on Rainbow Radio 87.5Fm, Mr. Asamoah-Siaw said the only way to resolve the allegations of rigging, manipulation, ballot stuffing is to allow ”sunshine to prevail on the results”.
Mrs. Jean Mensa, the EC Chair he opined touted the EC as a credible, transparent body, but she has not been able to exhibit these traits.
He indicated that the results declared should have been audited before declaration by the EC.
He recounted how the previous EC under Chairperson Afari Gyan received a proposal from the PPP to have the results audited.
The running mate stressed the processes in declaring the results has
generated controversies because when PPP proposed the auditing of results, before the declaration, Ghanaians pretended as if it was not important.
”Today, someone is requesting for the auditing of the results. If we will agree to t6o audit or not, what will solve the allegation of manipulation is for the EC to publish all the results from the 275 constituencies where the elections were conducted. The EC wants Ghanaians to trust them and yet, they have failed to do things that will make us trust them.”
”The EC should publish the polling station results. It does not have to satisfy the political parties. They have to satisfy Ghanaians because Ghanaians went to the polls to vote. They have to satisfy Ghanaians that the polls are transparent. The EC should publish all the results from the constituency collation sheets because it is not a state secret or a national security threat. The law says the EC should publish it. Publication means on the EC’s website, in the newspapers, and the constituencies.”
”What is the basis in describing the polls as credible and transparent when the EC is not publishing the results. The only way the EC can come to that conclusion is to publish the 275 constituency collation sheets.”
By: Rainbowradioonline.com
