Arrest Persons behind “False” Vote Transfer Claims; EC to Police

The Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana has characterized as false allegations that it undertook vote transfer days after officially concluding the exercise and has urged the police to effect the arrest of persons behind the allegations.

“The Commission has taken note of two videos circulating on social media, depicting two women purporting to be members of a Political Party. Both women falsely accuse the Commission of registering voters and undertaking a Transfer of Votes Exercise.

“The Commission states categorically that both allegations are FALSE,” it stated in a press release on July 15.

Highlighting the failure of the two individuals in adducing any video evidence to support their claims in the viral video, the Commission lamented the implication such action could have on the country’s democracy.

“It is obvious that this calculated mischief is aimed at tarnishing the image of the Commission and causing disaffection for the Commission in the lead up to the General Election in December 2024… The Commission finds these allegations dangerous to our democratic process and we entreat the General Public to disregard them.”

It thus called on the police service to arrest and prosecute the two.

“We call on the Ghana Police Service to arrest and prosecute those behind these fabrications as a matter of urgency.”

According to the EC, the 2024 Limited Voter Registration Exercise was concluded on May 29, 2024, while the Application for the Transfer of Votes ended on June 14, 2024.

The application was however reopened for students in Public Universities, Prisoners, as well as personnel of the Security Agencies from July 3 to July 5, 2024.

“Indeed, all the Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) kits used for the Transfer for students were deactivated after the Exercise. Therefore, they could not have been used to register voters or undertake transfers as alleged by the two in the video”

The EC on that note urged Political Parties to avoid propagating falsehood which has the potential of undermining state institutions and destroying peace and stability.

Source:opemsuo.com