Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Jean Mensa has assured political parties that the Commission will maintain its credibility and ensure a free and fair elections come December 7.
Addressing Members of Parliament on Friday, July 19 Jean Mensa said the EC will in no way effect any change in the election results.
According to her, this will be difficult for the commission to do as parties would have been presented with copies of the actual results by polling agents.
“I would 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,” Jean Mensa said on the floor of the House.
She continued: “This is message that we are sending and we continue to send to officers on the ground but thankfully you have your agents there so with the right training, they should be able to scrutinize some of these things and ensure that there is integrity at every level of the processes.”
The EC chairperson called on political parties to thoroughly train and educate party agents about the electoral processes.
“We would like to call on you to do a thorough education of your agents to ensure that they scrutinize and ensure integrity all across the chain…there’s nothing more than we can declare than what comes to us,” she added.
Political parties are gearing up for the upcoming December 7 elections, the Afrobarometer report, Global Info analytics and Fitch Solutions have all predicted a win for the NDC’s John Mahama.
