The former Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Koku Anyidoho, has urged the Electoral Commission (EC) to maintain its focus on holding a successful 2024 elections.
In an interview with a US-based Ghanaian radio station, Sky 102.1 FM, Koku Anyidoho noted that the EC must not be intimidated by recent criticism from some politicians.
He explained that the EC, as a state institution, has the responsibility of executing its core duties fairly and firmly and that it should not allow political parties to dictate to it.
Koku Anyidoho disregarded suggestions of the EC manipulating the elections for one political party, noting that pulling off such a scheme is impossible.
“The EC is trying its best to show that it is competent, fair and firm. There is a trend of parties in opposition accusing the EC of bias and parties in government supporting the EC, so what the EC has to do is to keep its focus and not be swayed by these things.
“It is difficult for any political party to influence the EC. The system we have in the country makes it difficult for the EC to rig an election. The results are being declared at the polling station, so the EC in Accra cannot change figures. It is impossible,” he said.
Koku’s comments come on the back of criticism of the EC by the NDC following a directive by the EC for party agents to not be present at centers for the vote transfer exercise.
John Dramani Mahama, the flagbearer of the NDC, accused the EC of looking to rig the elections for the NPP.