Chair of the Electoral Commission (EC), Jean Mensa, has firmly stated that the EC cannot alter election results to benefit any candidate.
In her address to Parliament on July 19, Madam Mensa assured that any staff member who engages in misconduct during this year’s elections will face strict penalties.
She emphasized that the Commission will not tolerate any questionable behavior and will act decisively within the bounds of the law.
“I can assure you if any of our staff misbehaves we would not take it lightly. We will sanction our staff and do what we have to do within the remits of the law.
“There is no way EC can change election results in favour of any candidate.
“We accepted this job knowing posterity will judge us, we have integrity,” Madam Jean Mensa said on Friday, July 19 when she briefed the lawmakers on the conduct of the 2024 general elections.
Earlier, she had promised that the process leading up to the 2024 general elections would be transparent and equitable, with involvement from all stakeholders, including political parties and the public.
This statement was made during the presentation of the Democracy Cup to the EC by Parliament’s leadership on July 17, 2024.
“Just like the football match we serve as the midwives that birth the elections, we are the referees that conduct, that lay the elections and the processes that lead to the election day itself.
“So as referees we are committed to ensuring that our activities from now in the lead up to the election and all our electoral processes are transparent, they are open, they are fair, and they involve the collaboration of our key stakeholders, that is, the political parties and the citizenry.”
“We commit to ensuring transparency in all aspects of our work…We will commit to maintaining and showing that level of transparency across all aspects of our work.
“So, we also want to entreat and call upon the contestants of the election to accept the outcomes of the election. Surely there will be a winner and surely there will be losers,” she stated.