The Electoral Commission wants the law to deal with thugs believed to be supporters of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC), who ransacked its office at Suhum in the Eastern Region.
The thugs allegedly destroyed the equipment belonging to the EC in the ongoing voter transfer exercise, forcing the Commission to suspend the exercise in the area.
The thugs were said to have initiated the attack following an EC officer’s resolve not to transfer the vote of some of the voters, who could not identify themselves as required by the process.
Speaking on Eyewitness News, the Director of Communications at the EC, Eric Dzakpasu, condemned the act, describing it as criminality.
He said the perpetrators must be punished without fear or favour.
“Whether it is in the realm of politics or not people must be punished, law enforcement must work. Because the EC is not empowered to do anything beyond reporting to the appropriate authorities about this incident and some of these incidents happen and some of the security services know. In the case of Suhum, my colleague indicated that the people who perpetuated this act are well known in the community. They are known to the police and those around so why should be allowed to go free?”
“What we are witnessing at some of these offices are now acts of criminality and ones they are acts of criminality; I think law enforcement must come to play otherwise all that would be witnessed would be impunity. The EC officer certainly went to the Police to lodge a complaint and that should be enough as a way of pressing for charges; and if a criminal comes to accept his criminality and apologizes I think in law, the appropriate sanctions must be applied especially where the people have come forward to accept criminality,” Mr. Dzakpasu added.
NDC takes responsibility for destruction
Meanwhile the Suhum Constituency of the NDC have reportedly accepted responsibility for perpetuating the attacks and has apologized accordingly.
Kukuom confusion
The scuffle follows a similar incident which happened in Kukuom in the Asunafo South District in the Brong Ahafo Region.
There were clashes between members of the NDC and the NPP, who accused each other of manipulating the voter transfer exercise in the constituency for their gain.
The exercise there has since been suspended.
In Ghana, criminal acts committed by political party activists largely go unpunished, particularly acts committed by persons affiliated to the party in power.
Source: Citifmonline.com
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Like USA, where the FBI failed to prosecute Mrs Clinton for her wicked and criminal deeds during her turned as Secretary of State because the hands of FBI are tide up by the corrupt Obama administration ,so are the hands of Ghana Police been tided up by the corrupt John Mahama and his NDC Government.But the TRUTH shall be the winner
This us serious. Coming events cast their shadow. If the Ghana police does not live up to task this ***barred word*** will be replicated in the Dec. Polls. The police bigwits should know that they have relatives so if they forment trouble by allowing this ndc thugs to misbehave Ghanaians will also go after their relatives. This is for sure, walai!
Blame the police, they decided whether one should be changed or not. Imagine the commander of operations saying that Kukuom and Suhum incidents are normal and he sees nothing wrong with that. It is a big shame that people who could be traced have committed offense but police decides not to arrest them even when a report is made. Sometimes I am tempted to think that it is not worth using taxes to pay them and provide all those benefits. For them to serve their own interests. When a police man is affected, they decend with all arsenals to fight his cause, remember Afram plains incidence.
What are we doing about them? If they are known criminals, what are we waiting for? Are we going to let them go free? Do we not know that if we do not do anything about the incidence in Suhum and Kukuom, it will serve as incentives in other areas to do worse? We have to immediately prosecute these criminals to serve as a deterence to others who intend to cause mayhem. These are the sparks that lead to future civil unrests.
When it's coming it is what? Yassssss! Nobody will punish the thugs, mr dzakpasu! Take them to court and I can tell you exactly what will happen now now now!!!! They will be found guilty and RELEASED! Yes, Mr Dzakpasu, you read right! Released because their party, made up of ***barred word*** and ruffians and semi-literates, from the presidency to the ministers to the common foot soldier, --because that party does not understand Rule of Law! And they don't give a flying fork!