The Electoral Commission of Ghana, on Tuesday held a press briefing to give accounts about the formal outcome of the 2018 referendum which birthed the creation of additional six new regions of the country which have since received a presidential accent.
The vice chairman at the commission in charge of operations, Samuel Tetteh gave accounts, as well as blow- by- blow synopsis of activities which took place during the process of the referenda last year. However, the Electoral Commission has since maintained its posture on the credibility of the exercise, notwithstanding 90% turnouts claims across board.
He noted that, allegations of rigging amidst vote buying claims have been duly examined and the outcome cannot be substantiated by persons who made these claims, amidst what Mr. Tetteh stated the viral video footages as showing a gentleman under taken a repetitive voting process did not have any bearing on the overall outcome of the process and depicted the video is not real, and must be disregarded as spurious.
Mr. Samuel Tetteh further aver to prepositions that, the EC regulations gives eligible electorates the voting right to vote and be verified manually if the verification devices fails to verify them automatically.
Meanwhile, he categorically debunked assertions that top echelons at the commission infiltrated the process and masterminded the exercise in favor of their paymasters.
Nana Dogbe / AHOTOR news/ ahotoronline.com
The Electoral Commission of Ghana, on Tuesday held a press briefing to give accounts about the formal outcome of the 2018 referendum which birthed the creation of additional six new regions of the country which have since received a presidential accent.
The vice chairman at the commission in charge of operations, Samuel Tetteh gave account as well as blow- by- blow synopsis of activities which occurred during the eve of the elections during the referendum last year as the Electoral Commission maintained its posture about the credibility of the entire exercise.
He noted that, allegations of rigging amidst vote buying claims have been duly examined and the outcome cannot be substantiated by persons who made these claims, amidst what Mr. Tetteh stated as spurious viral video footages showing a gentleman under taken a repetitive voting process did not have any bearing on the overall outcome of the process and depicted the video is not real, and must be disregarded.
Mr. Samuel Tetteh further aver to prepositions that, the EC regulations gives eligible electorates the voting right to vote and be verified manually if the verification devices fails to verify them.
Meanwhile, he categorically debunked assertions that top echelons at the commission infiltrated the process and masterminded the exercise in favor of their paymasters.
Nana Dogbe / AHOTOR news/ ahotoronline.com
