National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has accused the Electoral commission for admitting political parties with no office into IPAC meetings.
According to him, these parties are mostly unknown and are run by one-man which is unacceptable.
He said, there political parties have equal voting rights same as the likes of the National Democratic congress who can boast of huge numbers in parliament.
According to him, the EC boss comes to IPAC meetings with the posture of a headmistress who treats the other partners as students.
Mr Ofosu-Ampofo expressed worry that IPAC meetings have been transformed into a forum for majority votes instead of consensus-building.
The NDC chairman said these when he was jointly interviewed by Nana Otu Darko, host of Dwabre Mu, CTV’s morning show; and Emmanuel Quarshie, host of Accra100.5FM’s morning show Ghana Yensom on Wednesday, 28 September 2022.
“You go for IPAC meetings and some parties are mentioned and you ask yourself, ‘where from this one, too?’” he mentioned.
“IPAC is full of political parties without offices run by a fellow with his wife and children as executives, yet these parties are made to take decisions for a party with a huge representation in parliament,” Mr Ofosu-Ampofo lamented.
He further alleged that, the security presence at the electoral commission since Jean Mensa become the chairperson is uncalled for.
“Now, during IPAC meetings, people are heavily searched before they are admitted into the meeting with security armed to the teeth,” he said.
According to him, Mr Rawlings thought it wise to create a forum for consensus in the management of elections in the country, hence the establishment of IPAC.
“And over the years, IPAC helped in ensuring election reforms in the country,” he stressed.
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has accused the Electoral commission of working in favor of the New Patriotic Party after the commission proposed to use the Ghana card as the only source document for registration.
source: theGhanaianvoice.com