Jean Mensa, the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), has pledged to deliver a transparent, credible and fair elections to all political parties come the December election.
The EC Chair disclosed that her spiritual values restrains and foils any activity of deviating from the mores of the Commission.
“I also have a duty to God and to our country to be an agent of peace. As the head of the Electoral Commission, the signals I send out, be it to our staff, or the public is important as it would have an impact on the election and our nation.
“As a Christian, I am a firm believer in the principles that Christ stands for, Justice, Peace and Truth. I am committed to ensuring that these principles are reflected in everything that both I and the commission do. I am committed to being fair to conducting my activities without fear or favor”.
Also, she maintained her commitment to work and undertake her duty to ensure that “it is the will of the people which is the will of God that stands, as an agent of peace”.
“I commit to truth and not to alter the will of God. The onus is on me to abide by this principle and God being my guide and helper I am confident that I will not let him and the people of Ghana down in Jesus’ name”.
Her comments comes on the back of several agitation and concerns raised over the competence of the EC in delivering credible elections, as a result of the voter’s registration exercise and the exhibition exercise being fraught with challenges.
A week ago, the former President John Dramani Mahama registered his disappointment with the many anomalies in the voter’s register as the ongoing exhibition exercise.
According to him, irregularities in the electoral process makes it impossible to have a free and fair election in December.
“There is too much anarchy and disorder, we are not sure we can have a credible register, we are not sure we can have a free and fair election. I am cutting short my tour of the Bono Region to return to Accra because of the increasing reports of challenges with the voter register and the exhibition process. We’ll address a major press conference on the issues in due course”.
“A voter register is the most important document in any election if the voter register is not credible or is full of errors; it makes it difficult to have free, fair and transparent elections”.
Speaking at a rally held in the Sunyani East Constituency, John Mahama bleakly described the voter’s registration process organized by the Commission.
The NDC party, he noted, does not have confidence in the voter’s register and doubts the December polls will be credible.
“There is so much wrong going on, the incompetence of this electoral commission is legendary. We have had so many elections in this country but never have we had one that the processes appear so chaotic and confused like this one.
“We are not comfortable with the processes leading to the elections. We want election observers in this country long in advance to supervise the elections”.
