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The Election Commission (EC), the police and the leaders of the two main political parties in Adaklu in the Volta region have failed to reach a compromise on attempts to relocate the voting materials and ballot boxes containing the ballots cast during the special voting exercise on Monday, December 1. .
This follows the agitations of some young people from the Democratic National Congress (NDC) in the area.
The agitated young man stormed Adaklu Waya Police Station on Wednesday to prevent the EC and police from moving the ballot boxes and voting materials from Adaklu to Ho, arguing that the Adaklu Police Station will not be secure enough to protect the ballots. .
But a long meeting between the leaders of the political parties, the police and the EC on Thursday to keep the ballots in the Adaklu Waya police station with a reinforced security presence ended inconclusively.
While the New Patriotic Party (PNP) says the parties agreed to the new terms, insists the opposition Democratic National Congress, its concerns have not been addressed.
But an NDC youth spokesperson, Charles Agbesi said Citi News after the meeting that:
“The indication we got from the police through the EC officer was that they had decided that the materials remained in Adaklu, but they rejected our request to affix a seal and lock to the armory and that is what we were not comfortable with. Once that intention exists, anything can happen and therefore, as a political party, we are not comfortable with that. We cannot trust them because they cannot grant that request. So we keep appealing to the police. The meeting ended inconclusively, so we are going to ensure our vigilance at the station until we transfer the materials from the custody of the police to the EC office for later distribution ”, he lamented.
The PNP Constituent Clerk for Adaklu, Bright Nyatsikor in Eyewitness news He indicated that he cannot understand why the NDC continues to suspect foul play when law enforcement agencies have ensured the safety of materials.
“At the end of the meeting, we resolved to allow the ballot materials to be kept at the district police station. We asked the police to reinforce security at the police station and to also guarantee 24-hour security protection. We also request that we be granted access to the armory, so we verify that the voting materials are tampered with. Everything was intact; the only difference was that the NDC requested that a lock be put on the armory, but the police refused, which I think is not good. So with this, I think this matter has been resolved because we have reached an amicable solution. ”
— citinewsroom
