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Pressure group Election Watch Ghana has warned the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) against setting up its own creature Data Compilation Center.<\/p>\n
The pressure group insists the move is illegal as it is against the regulations guiding public elections in Ghana.<\/p>\n
It said the Commission has planned to foist this on political parties at the next meeting of the Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC).<\/p>\n
These were contained in a statement issued by Election Watch Ghana on Tuesday, November 26.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs citizens, we reject any attempts to circumvent the laws governing our electoral process,\u201d the statement jointly signed by joint convenors Jude Balma and Mark Ewusi Arkoh said.<\/p>\n
The group said by law it is only at polling centers and constituency collation centers that ballots are collated and counted.<\/p>\n
Therefore, it described as unlawful and unacceptable the intentions of the EC to introduce a new center.<\/p>\n
\u201cAny attempts to introduce an unauthorized \u2018Data Compilation Center\u2019 will be a recipe for chaos, violence, and destruction. We demand that the EC adheres to the law and respects the democratic process.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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