{"id":6313,"date":"2024-06-03T15:07:50","date_gmt":"2024-06-03T15:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=6313"},"modified":"2024-06-03T15:07:52","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T15:07:52","slug":"voter-transfer-ignore-ec-outrageous-directive-ndc-tells-party-agents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=6313","title":{"rendered":"Voter transfer: Ignore EC \u2018outrageous\u2019 directive \u2013 NDC tells party agents"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has urged its members across the country to disregard a directive from the Electoral Commission to stay away from the ongoing voter transfer exercise.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This follows a memorandum from the Deputy Chairman (Operations) of the Electoral Commission to Regional Directors of the EC, urging them not to allow party agents to observe the ongoing process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRegional Directors are to inform District Officers not to allow Agents of Political Parties to observe the Transfer of Votes Exercise with effect from tomorrow, Monday, 3rd of June, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPursuant to Regulation 22 (8) of C.I.127, Returning Officers are required to give copies of the transferred voters list to political parties and candidates upon request,\u201d portions of the EC\u2019s memo issued Sunday, June 02, 2024, noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the NDC, in a Monday, June 03, statement signed by its General Secretary, Franklin Fifi Fiavi Kwetey, says the move is a ploy by the Commission and the ruling party to rig the polls in the latter\u2019s favour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He has directed all General Secretaries in the respective regions and constituencies to deploy agents to monitor the exercise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn our view, an insistence on this directive by the Electoral Commission can only be in furtherance of the suspected devious and sinister agenda of the Commission to manipulate the processes leading to the 2024 elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe National Democratic Congress therefore hereby calls on all its agents across the country to defy and disregard this outrageous directive by the Electoral Commission. All structures of the party, particularly Regional and Constituency Secretariats, are hereby directed to deploy NDC agents to all district offices of the EC to closely monitor the ongoing voter transfer exercise,\u201d portions of the statement read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Find below the full release from the NDC:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

PRESS STATEMENT
For Immediate Release:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

03\/06\/2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n

POLITICAL PARTY AGENTS MUST OBSERVE THE VOTER TRANSFER EXERCISE<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has noted with disgust, a memorandum from the Deputy Chairman (Operations) of the Electoral Commission to Regional Directors of the Commission, directing them to disallow agents of political parties from observing the ongoing voter transfer exercise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We find this directive outrageous and clearly calculated to aid gerrymandering through illegal voter transfers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is sad that the Electoral Commission, which is supposed to be a neutral umpire and a champion of transparency in our electoral processes, has opted for opacity in such an important electoral exercise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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