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General news for Monday, December 7, 2020
Source: FM class
2020-12-07
President of the Electoral Commission
The Election Commission has removed the president of an electoral college in the Klottey Korle constituency for allowing a special voter to vote again.
Mr. Nehemiah Amu Antwi presided over the electoral processes at the polling station of the Standards Education Center at Asylum Down.
His removal followed the filing of a complaint by the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to the District Elections Officer during the elections on Monday, December 7, 2020.
An EC technical officer, Mr. Bernard Hagan, now serving as President (PO) said that his predecessor “allowed a man on the absentee list to vote again.”
“As he is now, he has been fired,” Hagan said.
The NDC complained that a member of the security staff had been involved in multiple voting in the district.
“There is evidence that this guy is a security agent who voted in the special vote,” Ade Coker, Greater Accra regional chair of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), told Class News’ Pious Kojo Backah on Monday. December 7, 2020. during the current general elections.
According to him, the security officer, known as Ebo Francis, a former assemblyman, “voted in the special vote and has also come to vote here, which is criminal.”
“So, we came here to fill out an objection form,” he said.
Mr. Coker also expressed his dismay that the electoral management body, according to him, does not have complaint forms at the polling place.
“Apparently, the EC does not have an objection form either; This is ridiculous; the law says they must have objection forms, they don’t have objection forms here, so we have asked our constituency secretary to officially write to complain and then send a copy to the district official and then to the CE to take measures in this regard.
“We’re going to make sure this guy gets arrested, prosecuted and the vote here is null and void because he’s compromised,” Mr. Coker said, emphasizing: “The shameful aspect of all this is that the EC received forms of He denounces at the electoral college and that is very worrying.
The alleged security personnel allegedly escaped after they were discovered.
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