The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has announced that it will not disclose certain discrepancies identified in the electoral process to the Electoral Commission (EC).
This resolution was reached during the Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) meeting held on October 1, 2024. Dr. Edward Omane Boamah, the NDC’s Director of Elections and IT, explained that this decision is part of a strategic approach to address electoral concerns more effectively.
As reported by myjoyonline.com, Dr. Boamah mentioned that the EC had acknowledged three out of the five pieces of evidence submitted by the NDC.
However, he noted that the EC’s explanations for the discrepancies it rejected prompted the NDC to withhold the”full gamut” of their findings.
“That is one of the reasons – it is not strategic to provide the Electoral Commission with the full gamut of what we have,” he said.
Dr. Boamah also highlighted a particular case involving a voter named Ernest Ofori, who had transferred his vote but was not addressed by the EC.
He underscored the necessity of conducting a forensic audit of both the voter register and the EC’s IT systems to guarantee transparency and fairness in the upcoming elections.
“So the PVR that we were given, if you analyse them, would you have arrived at the same conclusion? The answer is yes. As you try to rationalize after having the information, what you forget is that you are assembling what you did not provide political parties with to rationalize,” he remarked.
He argued that the significant bias coefficient underscores the need for a forensic audit, as it would offer a more precise and impartial evaluation of the electoral process.