{"id":6850,"date":"2024-07-09T08:09:20","date_gmt":"2024-07-09T08:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=6850"},"modified":"2024-07-09T08:09:22","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T08:09:22","slug":"ec-chair-pledges-commitment-to-work-with-security-agencies-to-ensure-free-transparent-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=6850","title":{"rendered":"EC Chair pledges commitment to work with security agencies to ensure free &amp; transparent elections."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Chair of the Electoral Commission (EC) Jean Mensa has pledged the commitment of the commission to always work with the security agencies to ensure their objectives of ensuring free and transparent elections are achieved.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She said that the Commission enjoyed police presence in all the registration Centers and Police also provided security for their mobile teams when they moved around the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Madam Mensa said that all the electoral activities undertaken ahead of the 2024 general elections have been inclusive and<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking at a meeting with the national election security task force at the headquarters of the Electoral Commission on Monday, July 8, 2024, the EC chair said \u201cI\u2019m happy to note that all the activities we have undertaken so far have been very successful and inclusive and all citizens who wished to register had the opportunity to do so. We couldn\u2019t have done this without the cooperation of our security agencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe had meetings with the IGP and National Security Task Force, and I would like to recognize the amazing work they have done so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019ve enjoyed fruitful collaboration with them and that has led to the fruitful exercises we have had so far,\u201d Jean Mensa said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She added \u201cWe enjoyed police presence in all our registration Centers and Police also provided security for our mobile teams when they moved around the country. I would like to pledge our commitment to always work with the security agencies to ensure our objectives of ensuring free and transparent elections are achieved\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"ose-youtube ose-uid-61d5cd8fb39e694c1820034ec7608d8d ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:400px; height:400px; max-height:400px; max-width:100%; display:inline-block;\" data-embed-type=\"Youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i-WzKpUc3-Q?feature=oembed&color=red&rel=0&controls=1&start=&end=&fs=0&iv_load_policy=0&autoplay=0&mute=0&modestbranding=0&cc_load_policy=1&playsinline=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; encrypted-media;accelerometer;autoplay;clipboard-write;gyroscope;picture-in-picture clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen referrerpolicy=\"origin\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For his part, the IGP Dr. Akuffo Dampare said \u201cWe are grateful to the public and the EC and all other stakeholders for the cooperation we have had from them so far. I will continue to urge them to support the police in ensuring that Ghana continues to be the beacon of hope for the continent and beyond. This is the only country we have and we need to ensure it\u2019s always at peace\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, the Commission has said that it is going to conduct a mop-up voter registration exercise from August 01 to August 03, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The exercise is to afford persons who were unable to register during the limited registration exercise as well as persons who turned 18 after the completion of the registration to register.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The mop-up registration will follow a voter exhibition from August 20 to August 27.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jean Mensa, Chairperson of the EC, made the announcement at a debriefing by the Election Security Taskforce led by the Inspector General of Police, Dr. George Akuffo Dampare, to the EC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The debriefing was on the Task Force\u2019s election security performance in the first half of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI would like to put on record that the mop-up of the voter registration exercise will take place from August 1\u20133, 2024, and it is to afford persons who turned 18 after May 29 or persons who have not previously registered the opportunity to get onto our register; this goes to persons who are eligible,\u201d she stated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chair of the Electoral Commission (EC) Jean Mensa has pledged the commitment of the commission to always work with the security agencies to ensure their objectives of ensuring free and transparent elections are achieved. 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