Director of Legal Affairs of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Abraham Amaliba has told political parties to discuss and accept the suggestion given by a former Chair of the Electoral Commission (EC) Dr Kwadwo Afari-Gyan on the number of collation centres when the parties have the Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) meetings.
Mr Amaliba says he agrees with the comments of Dr Afari-Gyan to the effect that more collation centres create the grounds for rigging in an election.
Dr Afari-Gyan made a case for the reduction in the number of collation centers in Ghana while speaking at a forum to mark 60 years of the political science department of the University of Ghana.
This, in his view, would reduce the rate of voter manipulation.
He said “Examples from recent elections will indicate that collation centres are the most vulnerable points in manipulating election results. It is not desirable to set up any collation point in the results management process.”
Commenting on this on the Big Issue on TV3 Friday, June 16, Mr Amaliba said “The political parties should take this up at IPAC.”
He added “I agree that more collation centres create the grounds for rigging.”
Former Chair of the Electoral Commission, Dr. Kwadwo Afari Gyan is making the case for the reduction in collation centers to reduce the susceptibility of voter manipulation.#MiddayLive pic.twitter.com/yf7KAIcsSv
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