National Democratic Congress (NDC) has instructed all its representatives nationwide to defy and ignore the Electoral Commission's (EC) directive to its district officers to prevent the presence of party agents during the ongoing vote transfer process.

Fifi Fiavi Kwetey, the General Secretary of the NDC, strongly criticized the EC's instruction, labeling it as "appalling and unacceptable," suggesting it is designed to facilitate unfair manipulation of voter transfers.

In a statement released on June 3, the NDC's General Secretary accused the EC of collaborating with the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) to undermine the transparency of the process, urging party agents to disregard the directive.

The EC, in a memo issued to its district officers on Sunday, June 2, cited instances of violent clashes at some transfer centers as the reason for prohibiting political party agents from attending.

“The Commission’s attention has been drawn to the violent clashes occurring at some of the District Offices as a result of the Transfer of Votes Exercise.

“Regional Directors are to inform District Officers not to allow Agents of Political Parties to observe the Transfer of Votes Exercise with effect from tomorrow, Monday, June 3, 2024.”

Fifi Kwetey said the insistence on the directive is “in furtherance of the suspected devious and sinister agenda of the Commission to manipulate the processes leading to the 2024 elections” and therefore called for its outright defiance.

“The National Democratic Congress therefore hereby calls on all its agents across the country to defy and disregard this outrageous directive by the Electoral Commission.

“All structures of the party, particularly Regional and Constituency Secretariats, are hereby directed to deploy NDC agents to all district offices of the EC to closely monitor the ongoing voter transfer exercise.”