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The Electoral Commission (EC) has rescinded its directive preventing political party agents from observing the vote transfer exercise.
In a memo to its district officers on Sunday, June 2, the EC had instructed that agents of political parties be denied access due to violent clashes at some transfer centers.
This decision drew widespread criticism from various political parties and civil society organizations, who argued that the directive undermined the democratic process and could lead to irregularities in the vote transfer exercise.
John Dramani Mahama, the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), claimed in a Facebook post that the EC’s decision suggested an attempt to collude with the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) to rig the upcoming December 7 general elections. However, during a press conference on Tuesday, June 4, the EC announced the reversal of its decision.
Samuel Tettey, the Deputy Commissioner in charge of Operations at the Electoral Commission, stated that the reversal was made following extensive deliberations.
