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2020 polls: CSOs demands immediate resignation of EC chair

Nana Araba Bedu-Addo | nanaaraba@awakenewsroom.com by Nana Araba Bedu-Addo | nanaaraba@awakenewsroom.com
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The Democratic Credentials Network Ghana (DCN Ghana) in cooperation with Community Focus Foundation Ghana (CFF-GH), and the Grassroots Mobilizers Network (GMN) is demanding the immediate resignation of the chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Jean  Mensa.

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According to them, if the EC boss fails to do the needful, it will be forced out by the people’s anger for the wrong 2020 presidential election results declared on Wednesday, December 9, 2020.

The demand follows the non-transparent order of the collation, the change of certified figures on EC’s official website after declaring the candidate Nana Akufo-Addo president-elect at the just ended December 7, polls.

“We consider the opaque nature of the collation, the change of certified figures on EC’s official website and the declaration of 13, 433,573 valid votes cast INSTEAD of the 13,119, 460, in the presidential elections very fraudulent and unacceptable. The EC did not in any away helped Ghana in consolidating her democratic gains. We believe strongly that if the Commission had lived beyond reproach, unnecessary tension and the post-election protests could have been avoided,” they said.

In furtherance, they renowned that free and fair elections are the core of democracy, thus, the will of the people shall be the fundamental principle of the mandate of government and must be respected as such.

“For the records, it is instructive to note that we live in times shaped by the conviction that periodic ‘free and fair’ elections are the heart and soul of a democracy. Article 21 of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted in December 1948, famously set the standard that: ‘The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government; this will shall be expressed in periodic and genuine elections which shall be by universal and equal suffrage’”.

As organizations working to defend the democracy of Ghana, and in the spirit of fair play and accountable governance, we are by this release calling on Mrs. Jean Mensah to honorably resign her position as the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission to appease Ghanaians whose votes were subverted by her negligence, the statement read.

The coalition therefore, urged the aggrieved parties, to “fully utilize the available legitimate means to get justice rather than public incitation.

Find below the full release by the CSOs:

PRESS STATEMENT

Ghana’s Electoral Commissioner, Mrs. Jean Mensah must honorably resign or get fired by the people’s anger for the falsification of 2020 election results.

The Democratic Credentials Network Ghana (DCN Ghana) and its collaborators including Community Focus Foundation Ghana (CFF-GH), and the Grassroots Mobilizers Network (GMN) condemn in no uncertain terms the wrong 2020 presidential election results declared on Wednesday, 9th December, 2020 by Mrs. Jean Mensah, the Electoral Commissioner.

As you may be aware, prior to this year’s Ghanaian general elections, some section of Ghanaian people including election management experts, Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), political actors, and governance experts among others have raised several concerns regarding the capacity and credibility of the Electoral Commission (EC) to conduct free and fair elections in 2020 due to certain decisions they claimed were unilaterally taken by the Commission without engaged participation of key stakeholders. For instance, the EC has been accused of blatantly sidelining the Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC), which is a special platform for knowledge sharing and consensus building among political parties and this raised suspicions among some of the political stakeholders. Though the said claims by the stakeholders were flatly dismissed by the EC, the unfortunate declaration of wrong presidential election results as admitted by the EC itself and the opaque nature of collation as identified by the EU Observer Mission in the just ended general elections lay credence to the doubt expressed explicitly by majority of the electorates as to how neutral the EC could be to freely and fairly conduct the critical general elections of 2020.

For the records, it is instructive to note that we live in times shaped by the conviction that periodic ‘free and fair’ elections are the heart and soul of a democracy. Article 21 of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted in December 1948, famously set the standard that: ‘The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government; this will shall be expressed in periodic and genuine elections which shall be by universal and equal suffrage’

We consider the opaque nature of the collation, the change of certified figures on EC’s official website and the declaration of 13, 433,573 valid votes cast INSTEAD of the 13,119, 460, in the presidential elections very fraudulent and unacceptable. The EC did not in any away helped Ghana in consolidating her democratic gains. We believe strongly that if the Commission had lived beyond reproach, unnecessary tension and the post-election protests could have been avoided.

As organizations working to defend the democracy of Ghana, and in the spirit of fair play and accountable governance, we are by this release calling on Mrs. Jean Mensah to honorably resign her position as the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission to appease Ghanaians whose votes were subverted by her negligence.

For the aggrieved parties, we urge you to fully utilize the available legitimate means to get justice rather than public incitation.

Signed by the under listed CSOs:

1. Democratic Credentials Network Ghana (DCN-GH).

2. Community Focus Foundation Ghana (CFF-Ghana).

3. Grassroots Mobilizers Network.

For Interviews Contact:

-0553943209-English, Ga &Twi

-0243276906-English

0248144469-English & Ewe

Tags: 2020 pollsCommunity Focus Foundation Ghana (CFF-Ghana)Democratic Credentials Network Ghana (DCN-GH)ECGrassroots Mobilizers Network
Nana Araba Bedu-Addo | nanaaraba@awakenewsroom.com

Nana Araba Bedu-Addo | nanaaraba@awakenewsroom.com

Nana Araba Bedu-Addo is a seasoned broadcast and creative writer with over 10years of experience in the media industry. She is a TV and Radio Show Producer, Event Coordinator, and Mistress of Ceremony (MC). She is the CEO of Glancy Dynamic Multimedia owners of Glancy Music record label. Before joining Awake News as the News Editor she was a journalism lecturer and worked with several TV and Radio stations. Contact Nana Araba via email: nanaaraba@awakenewsroom.com

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