Withdraw your supporters immediately from collation centres; it’s delaying the process – EC begs

The Electoral Commission (EC) has raised concerns about party supporters inundating collation centres in various constituencies across the country.

According to the EC, this behaviour undermines the electoral process, stating that by law, political parties are required to have only two representatives at each collation centre for each candidate.

The Commission’s concerns follow reports from several constituencies indicating that political party supporters are attempting to force their way into collation centres.

Briefing the media on Sunday, December 8, the Deputy Commissioner in charge of Operations at the EC, Samuel Tettey, stated that the directive from political parties for supporters to converge on collation centres violates established policies and breaches standard procedures.

He urged political parties to immediately withdraw their supporters, stressing that such actions disrupt and delay the collation process.

“We call on political parties to withdraw their supporters with immediate effect, and we call on the Ghana Police Service to step in,” Mr Tettey stated.

Although voting ended at 5:00 pm, no official result has been released as of 3:00 am.

Source: myjoyonline.com