The Deputy Director of Elections and IT for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Dr. Rashid Tanko-Computer, has voiced criticism against the Electoral Commission (EC), arguing their actions lately is creating confusions.

This response follows a press release from the EC on June 2nd, which stated that party agents should not be present at polling stations.

This instruction goes against the consensus reached during an IPAC gathering on May 29th, where it was determined that political parties should be able to oversee the transfer process to guarantee transparency.

The sudden change of stance by the EC, as highlighted in their statement on June 2nd, has raised apprehensions within the NDC regarding the legitimacy of the electoral procedure.

Speaking to the media, Dr Tanko said, “The posturing of this current Electoral Commission does not allow anybody to go to sleep and to think that they are an independent body because they have not shown enough good faith to warrant that kind of accolade that we used to know about the Electoral Commission.

“I will walk you through the process. Look at what happened in 2020. In 2020, how many results did she declare? On the 9th, she declared one. In the evening, she changed the result. In the morning on the 10th, she changed another result, several changes, as we speak now, you cannot even pinpoint which result she used to declare Nana Addo as the President.”

Dr. Rashid Tanko-Computer asserted that by declining to be subjected to a cross-examination about the 2020 election outcomes, the Electoral Commission evaded criticism.

In addition, he criticised the 2023 voter registration process as “shambolic,” alleging that the EC is still grappling with the task of cleaning up the voters’ register.

“We did an election, Assembly men election, where ballot papers got short in the polling station. Have you ever seen some before? So, this kind of Electoral Commission is noted for these kinds of wrongs. Just recent registration, fake figures and wrong figures were chained out. We corrected them”, he noted.