We are not in bed with government - EC to critics

A Deputy Chairperson of the EC in charge of Corporate Services, Dr. Bossman Asare, has dismissed claims that the electoral body is colluding with the ruling government to manipulate or interfere with the elections.

Addressing the claims during an interview on GHOne TV on Monday, November 18, 2024, Dr. Asare stated that individuals who make such insinuations or claims are mischievous.

"If you understand our processes, you will realise that anyone who jumps to that conclusion or that bandwagon is just being mischievous and pretending not to understand the processes," he said.

He explained that the EC works closely with the various political parties and stays informed about all developments throughout the electoral process.

According to Dr. Asare, this makes it impossible for the Electoral Commission to conspire with any particular party to manipulate election outcomes.

"With the processes, we do the registrations with the parties, and they are allowed to have agents at all the registration centres. Once the registration is concluded, data is shared with them in what we call the start-of-day and end-of-day reports at each registration centre."

He added, "We work closely with the political parties, so anyone who makes that assertion or conclusion that the EC is in bed with the government, then clearly the person has just decided not to understand the process…"

MAG/AE