{"id":186509,"date":"2024-06-04T09:40:05","date_gmt":"2024-06-04T09:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/06\/04\/ec-leadership-wont-affect-election-outcome\/"},"modified":"2024-06-04T09:40:05","modified_gmt":"2024-06-04T09:40:05","slug":"ec-leadership-wont-affect-election-outcome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/06\/04\/ec-leadership-wont-affect-election-outcome\/","title":{"rendered":"EC leadership won&#8217;t affect election outcome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Evans Nimako, the Director of Elections for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has declared that the outcome of the upcoming elections will not be influenced by who occupies the chair of the Electoral Commission (EC).<\/p>\n<p>This statement followed the National Democratic Congress (NDC) condemning the Electoral Commission\u2019s (EC) decision to exclude political party agents from the ongoing vote transfer exercise, labelling it as unlawful.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the NDC had instructed its agents to defy and disregard the EC\u2019s directive, which was issued in response to violent clashes at some transfer centres.<\/p>\n<p>Responding to this on Eyewitness News, Mr. Nimako dismissed the NDC\u2019s accusations of collusion between the NPP and the EC to rig the elections, emphasising that the NPP is poised for a significant win in the December 7 elections.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cWe will not send agents to the transfer centres. We will wait to see what the police and the EC will do <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">under the circumstances<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. But you see, the<\/span> <span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">NDC will not depart from this argument that the NPP is conniving with the EC to rig elections. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cThe election will be conducted on December 7, and, the<\/span> <span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">majority of voters, now about 18.7 million, will vote massively for Dr Mahamudu Bawumia. You watched the election situation when Madam <\/span>Charlotte<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0Osei<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> was the EC. We won elections in 2000 when Dr Afari Gyan was the EC Chair. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cFor us as NPP, it doesn\u2019t matter who sits there as the EC boss, we are well represented in all the 38, 622 polling stations and I can assure you that come December 7, the candidate of the NPP, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, will win massively.\u201d<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><em><strong>Explore the world of impactful news with CitiNewsroom on WhatsApp!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Click on the link to join the Citi Newsroom channel for curated, meaningful stories tailored just for YOU:\u00a0https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaCYzPRAYlUPudDDe53x<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>No spams, just the stories that truly matter! #StayInformed #CitiNewsroom #CNRDigital<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Evans Nimako, the Director of Elections for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has declared that the outcome of the upcoming elections will not be influenced by who occupies the chair of the Electoral Commission (EC). 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