Jean Mensa, Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), has stated that the electoral body cannot rig election results in favour of anyone.
She has thus guaranteed Ghanaians that they will ensure a free, fair, and transparent process that reflects the will of the electorate.
Mrs. Mensa offered the guarantee when she came before Parliament on Friday, July 19, 2024, to answer some questions about the EC’s actions ahead of the general elections.
The electoral body currently uses a manual system for transferring results from polling stations across the country to the EC headquarters in Accra.
With these results, respective polling agents have copies, making it impossible for any alteration to take place at the helm.
“I will like to assure you that whatever comes from the ground and it goes from the polling stations where all the agents of the parties are to the constituency collation centres where the agents of the party are.”
“A tabulation is done in their presence and then from there is goes to the regional collation centres where the agents of the parties are and then it comes to the national and it is not transmitted. It is hard copies of documents that are coming.
“So it is pink sheets that are scanned that are sent by fax and email that come through and we believe that by that time, the party should have copies of all these on their telephones to enable you to verify.”
“So I like to assure you that there is absolutely no way that at the helm of affairs the commission can change anything because the documentation comes from the ground and we believe that you have copies,” she said.
“From the registration to the declaration, our processes are embedded with one key ingredient, and that is transparency, transparency, transparency. As such we will continue to operate in the spirit of transparency, fairness and integrity as embedded in our motto,” she said.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
