News:
May 21, 2011
The Member of Parliament for Asokwa, Maxwell Kofi Jumah has said he strongly stands by his assertion that the Electoral Commission is colluding with the ruling NDC government to rig the upcoming 2012 elections which promises to be keenly contested.
According to him, the recently held secret meeting at Shai Hills in which the Director of Research at the E.C Amadu Sulley was invited to educate NDC strategist on how the whole biometric registration exercise may be distorted in favour of the ruling party is a testament to his assertion.
The Public Relations Officer of the EC, Christian Owusu Parry, had earlier denied on the media that any staff member of the Commission had attended any such strategic partisan retreat, only to be confirmed by the NDC General Secretary Johnson Asiedu Nketiah that the party invited the ECs Director of Research to a “training of trainers” workshop on electoral rules and regulations.
Speaking on e.tv’s Breakfast TV programme on Wednesday, the Member of Parliament for Asokwa, Maxwell Kofi Jumah, stated that he found it difficult to understand why an EC official would be allowed to educate the ruling party on the contentious issue of biometric registration, at a time when the E.C had turned down calls from opposition parties who had called for a meeting to educate all political parties on the issue.
“We from the NPP will not sit down idle while this unfortunate practice goes on; we will resist any such clandestine moves buy the NDC government to rig the impending 2012 elections, we want the right thing to be done’’ he said.
Hon. Kofi Jumah however noted that the NPP is very much committed to ensuring a peaceful, free and fair election that would be acceptable by all people.
Kwadwo Anim/ghanamps.gov.gh