The Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana has reassured its duty as an electoral body is to oversee and ensure free and fair elections and not to choose or appoint the president.
During the Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) meeting on Tuesday, October 15, 2024, the EC chairperson Madam Jean Mensa stated that the commission’s sole aim is to reflect the will of the people in upcoming elections and not to temper or influence the results in any way.
Madam Mensa asserted the commission’s commitment to ensuring neutrality, dedication, and fairness in the upcoming 2024 general elections. She also urged political parties to desist from spreading misinformation about the EC’s role with regard to the electoral process.
“I would like to quote from Dr Hassan Ayariga’s statement where he said the EC can never make anybody a president, and I think that we all know that around this table. Therefore we should not peddle misinformation. And peddle false news and disinformation and give the innocent citizens who do not know the process that the Electoral Commission can make somebody a President.
“What the EC does is to declare who the voters choose as their President. And so, it’s the Ghanaian voter who votes a president into being and not the EC that makes a President. We only declare the voter’s choice. And that is what will happen come December 2024. It’s who the voter wants to be President of this land who will be declared by the EC,” the EC chairperson stated.
Source: Ghana/Starrfm.com.gh/103.5FM/Salimatu Nuhu
