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The Electoral Commission (EC) has reiterated the calls for voters to go to their different polling stations on Monday, December 7 with their masks and observe all Covid-19 protocols.
This comes after a lawyer, Samson Lardy Anyenini, denounced the Electoral Commission for rejecting potential people without masks during the special voting exercise.
He described the incident as constitutionally incorrect, as there is no law prohibiting qualified Ghanaian voters without masks from exercising their right to vote.
However, EC Director of Election Services, Dr. Serebour Quaicoe, in an interview on Joy FM’s special coverage of the electoral process, said that wearing masks is a constitutional requirement.
For this reason, he insisted that although the law is not stipulated in the Executive Instrument of the 2020 electoral process, the law clearly establishes that citizens must always be disguised.
“The law does not discriminate income levels, the law states that when you go out you must be masked. And there are also places where when you go they say ‘no mask, no entry’, and the voting table is one of those places.
“So it’s not now that we’re going to justify that someone can’t afford a mask or whatever. So in that case, we should change the law. But to the extent that the law says that we should all be masked, that is what the EC will comply with, ”he said.
The Director of the Electoral Service also pointed out that the use of a mask is a responsibility that citizens must take seriously while exercising their constitutional right.
“We should all know that rights go with responsibilities. So where your rights end is where someone else’s right begins. You are supposed to protect yourself and protect me [by wearing a face mask].
“So if you have the right to vote, you must exercise that right responsibly and that includes wearing face masks and complying with Covid-19 protocols at polling stations,” he said.
