Former President John Dramani Mahama has described as absurd the Electoral Commission’s directive for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to send its electoral reform proposals to IPAC.
The NDC presented 34 proposals to the Electoral Body including the proposal to have the EC Commissioners appointed prior to parliamentary approval.
But the EC in its response asked the NDC to table their proposals before IPAC.
Speaking in an interview on GBC Radio during his ‘Thank You Tour’ in the Upper East Region, John Dramani Mahama described the directive of the EC as “the most absurd request.”
“Where is the inter-party advisory committee, where is their offices, where does it exist?” he added.
“IPAC is an advisory committee to the EC and IPAC is housed by the EC and it’s the EC that calls IPAC meetings. So how can you ask that the letter be given to IPAC? Who is IPAC?” he asked.
According to him, the directive of the EC is an indication that the commission is being unreceptive to the party.
“These are some of the absurd things this committee does that make us feel it’s hostile to our party, I mean, the right place to send the letter is to the Electoral Commission,” he said.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com
