Some high-ranking personnel of the Ghana Armed Forces within Burma Camp say they suspect sabotage in the special voting exercise taking place on 1 December.
Some of them told Class91.3FM’s Emefa Apawu that their inability to find their names on the list of special voters smacked of a grand scheme to disenfranchise them.
Across the length and breadth of the country, reports indicate that security personnel in particular are complaining about their inability to find their names on the register so they could vote. For instance, confusion over missing names on the list of special voters at the Nima Police Station in the Ayawaso East constituency of the Greater Accra Region led to a suspension of the exercise temporarily.
Reports from the station said most the police officers who had gone to vote could not find their names on the list.
In the Ashanti Region too, some military and police personnel complained they were being prevented from casting their vote because they cannot trace their names on the register.
In the Eastern Region, reports say the regional police commander could not vote because he could also not find his name on the register. Also, the District police commander in Suaman Dadieso in the Western Region was disenfranchised for the same reason.
The Special or Early Voting is organised by the Electoral Commission for journalists, security personnel, and officers of the election management body who will be busy supervising the general elections on 7 December.
The Director of Communications of the Electoral Commission, Mr Kofi Dzakpasu, told Prince Minkah on Class91.3FM’s Executive Breakfast Show that the inability of the security officers to vote could be attributed to the inability of their High Commands to submit their names.
Mr Dzakpasu also said some personnel may have relocated to different places but may not have transferred their vote as required by law and so cannot vote in their current places of residence.
He added that personnel who may also have made errors in submitting their voter ID numbers may not be able to vote.
Ghanaians are electing a new president and new parliament for a fresh four-year term. Seven candidates are contesting in the presidential race.
Source: Classfmonline
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FATHER PLEASE LET ALL THE PLANS OF NDC TO MESS UP THE ELECTION BECOME LIKE THE PLANS OF AHITHOPHEL. DO TO MAHAMA AND THE NDC LIKE YOU DID TO PHAROA AND HIS ARMY IN THE RED SEA. DISCONFIT THEIR THINKING. LET ALL THEIR PLANS BE FOILLED. IF ANY BODY SITS IN HELOCOPTER TO GO MESS THE ELLECTION, LET IT CRASH. IF THAT PERSIN USES CARS LET IT NEVER REACH ITS DESTINATION, IF THE PERSON USES MOTO LET A WIND BLOW IT AWAY. IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST AMEN
Do not be ***barred word*** that this is just incompetence, this is the exact plan and it was well executed to the letter. The EC is not a nuetral player in this election they are doing all they can to make the NDC win. How is it that new recruits to the security services who only joined in November got to vote in this special election yet they don't even have Police ID NUMBER yet. They have not even completed they training yet and we all know that this is the type of job that the NDC give to theory boys. Show your party card and get a job. Ghanaians worse will happen on election day. be vigilant seriously else your voice will be drowned by the EC and the NDC and they will choose a leader who will turn Ghana into a place worse then Venezuela where people can't even find money to buy food to eat. They form long lines to get a portion of the little food that can be found and this is not a war torn country. It is just poor economic management of their country by their leaders.
If an incompetent person appoint an incompetent person to do a job, this is the end results. But on a more serious note it is a deliberate attempt to rig the elections for a particular party. The opposition parties should be vigilant.
FOLKS THIS IS NOT A GOOD SIGN FOR EC TO DO A GOOD JOB.
So where did EC get all those names from? If those supposed to vote are not seeing their names, where did the over 120k names come from? EC must be careful.
Mr Kofi Dzakpasu is not telling the truth. Instead of accepting their mistake and apologize to those affected he is rather apportioning blames to the affected officers.Ghanaians must rise up to defend themselves from such repetition on the election day.
Yes, indeed it is sabotage. JDM is losing and the EC is helping him to win. Watch out for Dec 7th.