{"id":183081,"date":"2024-05-16T12:46:11","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T12:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/05\/16\/imani-peddles-falsehood-ec\/"},"modified":"2024-05-16T12:46:11","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T12:46:11","slug":"imani-peddles-falsehood-ec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/05\/16\/imani-peddles-falsehood-ec\/","title":{"rendered":"IMANI Peddles Falsehood &#8211; EC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Jean Mensa<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Electoral Commission (EC) has chided the President of IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe, accusing him of peddling falsehood and untruth about the Commission and its activities at every point and turn.<\/p>\n<p>According to the EC, it has received an audio circulating on social media in which the President of IMANI accuses the Commission of disenfranchising the people of Santrokofi, Apkafu, Lolobi and Lipke (SALL).<\/p>\n<p>It noted Franklin Cudjoe\u2019s claim that the Commission disenfranchised the SALL people, now known as the Guan Constituency, is patently false.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe wish to state categorically that his accusations are false and without basis.\u00a0We urge\u00a0the public to verify information put out by IMANI with the Commission for the truth and the facts,\u201d the EC said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The statement, signed by the Acting Director of Public Affairs, Michael Boadu, added, \u201cIt is unfortunate that IMANI continues to peddle falsehood and untruths about the\u00a0Commission at every point and turn.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Explanation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Commission denied\u00a0ever disenfranchising\u00a0the inhabitants of the newly created Guan Constituency, noting that\u00a0it is not in its interests to do so.<\/p>\n<p>The statement explained that the Legislative Instrument (L. I. 2416) which created the Guan District (SALL) was laid in Parliament on October 6, 2020 by the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (MLGRD).<\/p>\n<p>This instrument matured on November 9, 2020, roughly a month to the 2020 general election, which same day Parliament went on recess.<\/p>\n<p>According to the statement, the House returned on December 14, 2020, one week after the 2020 general election.<\/p>\n<p>The EC stated that on November 10, 2020, it received a letter from the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development informing it of the creation of the Guan District (SALL).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe letter requested the Commission to take steps to create a new Constituency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Commission drafted a new Constitutional Instrument (C.I.) to bring into force the Guan Constituency and forwarded the draft C.I. to the Attorney General\u2019s Department for its review on the 13th\u00a0of November, 2020 as required by law,\u201d it indicated.<\/p>\n<p>According to the statement, for a C.I. to mature and come into force, the Electoral Commission must lay it before Parliament for twenty-one (21) sitting days.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis means that Parliament should be in session during the twenty-one (21) day period when the C.I. is laid,\u201d it posited.<\/p>\n<p>The statement went on to say that because Parliament was in recess, the Commission was unable to lay the C.I.\u00a0to bring the Guan Constituency into force as required by law.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe question is, how could the Commission proceed to create a new Constituency when Parliament was in recess and when the law required the Commission to lay the C.I. before Parliament for twenty-one (21) sitting days?\u201d the EC quizzed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow can any well-meaning person accuse the Commission of disenfranchising the good people of SALL when the facts are so clear?\u201d it questioned further, adding that it is sad that IMANI continues to spread falsehoods and misinformation about the Commission at every turn.<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Ernest Kofi Adu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 2 -->\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jean Mensa \u00a0 The Electoral Commission (EC) has chided the President of IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe, accusing him of peddling falsehood and untruth about the Commission and its activities at every point and turn. 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